U.S history- chapter 13- people
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
