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A historian's term for the political culture of white male citizens in the 1820s and 1830. It celeberated the "self-made
man" and rejected the idea that leaders should be drawn from the intellectual and economic elite.
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An 1828 protective tariff, ortax on imports, motivatedby special intrest groups. It resulted in a substantial increase
in duties that angered many southern free traders.
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In the winter of 1838-1895, The Cherokee were forced to evacuated their lands in Georgia and travel under military guard
to present-day Oklahoma. Due to exposure and disease, roughly one-quarter of the 16,000 forced migrants died en route.
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Between 1832-1836, Andrew Jackson used his presidential power to fight and ultimately destroy the second Bank of the
United States.
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In 1836, President Andrew Jackson issued this executive order that required purchasers of public land to pay in "specie"
gold or silver coin, rather than paper money.
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A finanicial depression that lasted until the 1840s.
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A historian's term for the National two-party rivalry between Democrates and Whigs. The sencond party system began in
the 1830's and eded in the 1850s wiht the demise os the Whig party and The rise of the republican party.
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