Westward Expansion
Westward Expansion and the gaining of new land led Andrew Jackson to pass what Act in Congress which forcefully moved Native Americans to Oklahoma? What is the famous Cherokee movement known as?
Indian Removal Act and Trail of Tears
Americans in which area started a rebellion against Mexico which eventually led the United States to war with Mexico?
Texas
What type of economy did the South have? What type of economy did the North have?
Agricultural based with slaves and little manufacturing
Manufacturing with a focus on factories
What is popular sovereignty?
The people of a territory get to choose if they want to be a slave or free state
Jacksonian Democracy focused on protecting and speaking on behalf which group of people?
The common man
What is Manifest Destiny?
The belief that God gave land (the land west) to the United States and it is the duty of American citizens to go and settle in it.
What treaty ended the War of 1812 and what did it address?
Treaty of Ghent. Didn't address the causes of War of 1812 such as the trade rights, impressment, and the borders remained the same between Canada and the U.S.
What negative event happened due to the Kansas Nebraska Act and popular sovereignty?
Bleeding Kansas
What led to the increase of slavery in the South? What is the impact it had on plantations?
The invention of the Cotton Gin by Eli Whitney and cotton plantations spread inland in the South
What happened in the Election of 1824 with Jackson and Adams?
No one won the electoral vote, House of Representatives chose Adams as President (Jackson won popular vote)
What invention led U.S. citizens to push westward looking for land to farm? And by moving west, what did people celebrate?
The mechanical reaper and individualism
What were the causes of the Mexican-American War? Start from the before the war began and what happened to make the U.S. citizens rebel against Mexico.
1) Mexico stopped immigration into Texas 2) Increased taxes on U.S. settlers and on imported goods 3) U.S. annexed Texas into the U.S.
What 3 things did the Missouri Compromise do?
Set Missouri as a slave state, set Maine as a free state, created the 36-30 line not allowing slavery North of the line
Who were the main men in the Debate of 1858 and what was the outcome?
Stephen Duncan and Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln lost but showed that he potentially would be an impact on politics as well as a potential candidate for president
Which 2 groups of immigrants came to the U.S. during this time and where did they settle?
Irish- settled in cities and were poor
German- settled in Midwest and bought farms, middle class
Describe what sectionalism is and how it comes into play during this era. (Give an example)
Regional interests are put above national interests. Seen in the North and South. They are complete opposites. North is manufacturing, South is agriculture. North has cities and factories, South has plantations. North everyone works, South has slaves.
What did the United States gain from the Mexican-American War? What did we pay for it?
Got California, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, and Wyoming. U.S. paid $15 million for it and took on $3.25 million in Mexican debt to the U.S.
What is an abolitionist and give me 2 examples of what they did?
What 3 things did the Kansas Nebraska do?
Undid the Missouri Compromise, set Nebraska as a free state, set Kansas as a slave state
The earliest attempt to get women more rights in 1848.
The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848.
Explain what the Missouri Compromise was and what 3 things it did and what the issue was surrounding it.
Missouri Compromise set up Missouri as a slave state, added Maine as a free state, and drew a line below Missouri which said that all states added above the line would be free states. Came to be because Missouri wanted to join the U.S. as a slave state and would have been unbalanced in Congress with 1 more slave state than free state.
List and explain the 3 causes of the War of 1812
1) Violation of U.S. free trade by Britain: England not allowing the U.S. to trade with France 2) Impressment of U.S. sailors by Britain: England would kidnap our merchant sailors and force them to fight for England 3) Encouragement of Native American rebellions in Indiana by the British: England trying to get the Native Americans to fight against the U.S.
What 3 things did the Dred Scott Supreme Court case decide?
1) Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional
2) Congress does not have the power to determine which territories can be slave or free
3) Slaves are not citizens of the U.S. and therefore do not have any rights
What did the Compromise of 1850 set up?
Fugitive Slave Act was set up
Border was settled between New Mexico and Utah
Future territory in the Mexico area has not limitations on slavery
What was the Supreme Court case of Marbury v. Madison, who was President during it, and what did it set up?
Midnight judges appointed by Adams didn't get their appointments and one judge sued saying the president couldn't hold his appointment, Jefferson was president and purposefully didn't deliver the appointments on purpose, and it set up the idea of judicial review