Policies
This is the law passed to take southeastern Native American tribes ancestral lands
The Indian Removal Act
This law forced American Indians to leave their homelands to go to Reserved Indian territory
The Indian Removal Act
Texas gains its Independence from Mexico in 1836 and was known as
The Republic of Texas
This was the belief in the 1800's that the US civilization was superior and gave them the right to expand West
Manifest Destiny
Andrew Jackson gains his title of an American Hero during this Battle
Battle of New Orleans
This was a program that used tax dollars to improve means of transportation in the US
The American System
The Choctaw, Creek, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Seminole are known as
The Five Civilized Tribes
After this victory the Creek Nation gave up 23 million acres in the Mississippi Territory to the US
The Battle of Horseshoe Bend
This event in 1849 brought more than 80,000 people to California
The Gold Rush
This president implemented (put into action) the Indian Removal Act
Andrew Jackson
This is the law that tried to address growing sectional tensions over the issue of balancing the number of slave states versus free states
The Missouri Compromise
The territory the Indian Reservation was located in was this state
Oklahoma State
This settled land disputes and the US buys Florida for $5 million, and Spain maintains control over Texas
The Adams-Onis Treaty
This territory was purchased by the US to complete a Railroad
The Gadsen Purchase
Name 2 policies that James Monroe enacted during his presidency.
Monroe Doctrine, American System, Missouri Compromise, Adams- Onis Treaty
James Monroe declared the US would not interfere in the affairs of European nations or existing colonies of the European nations with this
The Monroe Doctrine
Indians attacking American settlements in Florida were known as
Seminole Raids
This was the first canal in the United States to connect western waterways (The Great Lakes) with the Atlantic Ocean.
The Erie Canal
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo gained the US this territory
The Mexican Cession
War of 1812
This law banned slavery from the lands located north of the 36º 30’ parallel
The Missouri Compromise
This was the Paths taken during the forced displacement of about 60,000 Natives between 1830 and 1850
The Trail of Tears
This was the movement of US settlers into the Western territories, expanding from the original 13 states
Westward Expansion
Steam engine, train, telegraph wire
Why did Jackson reserve the Oklahoma territory for the Indian Reservation
It was undesirable land