US History Ch 7 Sec 4
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- doctrine of nullification
- belief that states had the right to disobey federal laws that they considered unconstitutional
- pet banks
- state banks that received deposits of federal funds because of their loyalty to the Democratic party
- Sequoya
- fought against the Creek as a member of a Cherokee regiment in the US Army
- Indian Removal Act
- authorized the relocation of American Indians from east of the Mississippi River to Oklahoma
- Worcester V Georgia
- limited state power over Cherokee Nation
- Trail of Tears
- a forced march of Cherokees to Oklahoma
- John C Calhoun
- vice president in 1828 who wrote the4 Doctrine of Nullification
- Martin Van Buren
- Clay's running mate who attacked the veto during Jackson's campaign and won
- Specie Circular
- treasury only accepted gold and silver for payments of public lands
- Panic of 1837
- US economic collapse caused in part by the Specie Circular and by an economic crisis in Great Britain
- William Henry Harrison
- Whigs nominated him in 1846 election
- John Tyler
- Tippecanoe's running mate from Virginia