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Created in 1816 by Congress. It lent money to indiduals and controlled the money supply. It gave a boost to American business.

A plan created by Henry Clay help the economy in each section of the country. It proposed high tariffs and a federal program of public works.

Trade between two or more states.

The economic system in which privately owned businesses compete in a free market.

the right to vote

After Andrew Jackson seized two important Spanish towns and forced their governors to flee, in 1819 Spain ceded, or gave up, Florida to the United States.

President of the United States who created the Monroe Doctrine which provided that the US would not allow European nations to create American colonies or to interfere with the free nations of Latin America.

The right of people to rule themselves independently

Served 2 terms as President. Democrat. Nickname was Old Hickory b/c he was tough. His presidency marked the start of a new more democratic era. He stood for the idea that ordinary people should participate in political life. He also fought to remove American Indians from their land.

A meeting of members of a political party

Large meetings of party delegates to choose delegates for office.

To the practice of rewarding government jobs to loyal supporters of the party that wins an election.

A Cherokee Indian leader who created a written alphabet.

The Supreme Court declared that Georgia's laws could have no force inside the Cherokee territory

Andrew Jackson offered American Indians land in the Indian Territory in exchange for their land. The Trail of Tears was the forced march of the Indians from their land to the Indian Territory. 4,000 Indians died.