Madison Thru Jackson Vocabulary

Act of seizing men from ships and forcing them to serve in the British navy.

• impressment

• Nullification

• Secede

• Tecumseh

Name given to a hated import tax in 1828.

• Impressment

• Tariff of Abomination

• War Hawks

• Spoils System

Election of 1824 that led to the controversial election of a president

• Electoral College

• Corrupt Bargain

• Nationalism

• Election of 1824

The act of canceling a law.

• Nullification

• Veto

• Secede

• Nationalism

A group of unofficial advisors to President Andrew Jackson.

• Nullification

• Secede

• Spoils Systems

• Kitchen Cabinet

Members of congress who wanted war with England.

• Tecumseh

• Electoral College

• War Hawk

• John Quincy Adams

Ended the War of 1812. Both sides agree to return to prewar conditions.

• Treaty of Ghent

• Election of 1824

• Tariff of Abominations

• Trail of Tears

No candidate won a majority of electoral votes. President chosen by the House of Representatives.

• Election of 1824

• Corrupt Bargain

• Secede

• Impressment

Withdraw from the Union.

• Secede

• Nullification

• Nationalism

• Trail of Tears

Shawnee leader who tried to unite Native Americans against the United States.

• John Quincy Adams

• Tecumseh

• Francis Scott Key

• Andrew Jackson