U.S history- chapter 13- people

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William Henry Harrison

"Old Tippecanoe" who was portrayed by Whig propagandists as a hard drinking common man of frontier

John Quincy Adams

Aloof New England statesman who's elitism made him an unpopular leader in an era of mass democracy

Sequoyah

Cherokee leader who devised an alphabet for his people

Sam Houston

Former Tennessee governor whose victory at San Jacinto in 1836 won Texas its independence

John C Calhoun

Former VP, leader of South Carolina nullifiers, enemy of A.J

Denmark Vesey

Free SC black whose 1822 rebellion raised southern fears about the future of slavery

Black hawk

Illinois-Wisconsin area Sauk leader who was defeated in 1832

Henry Clay

Jackson's rival for presidency in 1832, who failed to save National Bank

Santa Anna

Mexican general and dictator whose large army failed to defeat the Texans

Stephen Austin

Original leader of American settlers in who obtained huge land grant from Mexican government

Democrats

Political party that generally stressed individual liberties, rights of common people, and hostility to privilege

Osceola

Seminole leader whose warriors killed fifteen hundred American soldiers in years of guerrilla warfare

Nicholas Biddle

Talented but high handled president of the National Bank

Martin van Buren

The "wizard of Albany" whose economically troubled presidency served in the shadow of Jackson


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