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was the military commander who exceeded his government's instructions during an invasion of Spanish territory
Andrew Jackson
was the leading voice promoting nationalism and greater federal power in the United States Senate in the 1820s
Daniel Webster
Was a frontier Hero, Tennessee congressman, and teller of tale tales who died at the Alamo
David Crocket
was the eloquent Kentucky spokesman for the American System and key architect of the Missouri compromise in the U.S. Senate
Henry Clay
Was the president whose personal popularity contributed to the Era of Good Feelings
James Monroe
Was the former Vice President, leader of South Carolina nullifiers, and bitter enemy of Andrew Jackson.
John C. Calhoun
was the aristocratic Federalist jurist whose rulings bolstered national power against the states
John Marshall
was the nationalist Secretary of State who promoted American interests against Spain and Britain
John Quincy Adams
Was known as the "wizard of Albany" and whose economically troubled presidency was served in the shadow of Jackson
Martin Van Buren
was the original leader of American settlers in Texas who obtained a huge land grant from the Mexican government
Moses Austin
was the talented but high-handed bank president who fought a bitter losing battle with the president of the United States
Nicholas Biddle
was the Seminole leader whose warriors killed fifteen hundred American soldiers in years of guerrilla warfare
Osceola
Was the former Tennessee governor whose victory at San Jacinto in 1836 won Texas its independence
Sam Houston
Was the Cherokee leader who devised an alphabet for his people
Sequoyah
was one of the first nationalistic American writers to achieve literary recognition in Europe
Washington Irving
Was "Old Tippecanoe," portrayed by Whig propagandists as hard-drinking common man of the frontier
William Henry Harrison
