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sequoyah
Cherokee leader who devised an alphabet for his people
Black Hawk
Illinois-Wisconsin area sauk leader who was defeated by American regulars and Militia in 1832
Henry Clay
Jackson's rival for the presidency in 1832, who failed to save the bank of The United States
Santa Anna
Mexican general and dictator whose large army failed to defeat and Texans
William Henry Harrison
Old Tippecanoe, who was portrayed by Whig propagandists as a hard-drinking common man of the frontier
Osceola
Seminole leader whose warriors killed fifteen hundred american soldiers in years of guerrilla warfare
David Crocket
a frontier hero, Tennessee congressman, and teller of tall tales who died in the Texas War for Independence
John Quincy Adams
aloof New England statesman whose elitism made him unpopular leader in the new era of mass democracy
Sam Houston
former Tennessee governor whose victory at San jacinto in 1836 won Texas its independence
john C. Calhoun
former vice president, leader of south Carolina nullifers and bitter enemy of Andrew jackson
Stephen Austin
original leader of of american settlers in Texas who obtained a huge land grant from Mexican government
Whigs
political party that favored a more activist government, high tariffs, internal improvements and moral reforms
Democrats
political party that generally stressed individual liberty, the rights of the common people, and hostility to privilege
Nicholas Biddle
talented but high handed bank president who fought a bitter losing battle with the president of the United States
Martin Van Buren
the wizard of Albany, whose economically troubled presidency was served in the shadow of Jackson