This 1763 agreement officially ended the French and Indian War and gave Britain control of most French land in North America.
Treaty of Paris
The term given to the years 1815-1825 characterized by nationalism, unity, and confidence in American culture and innovation.
Era of Good Feelings
This was Andrew Jackson's nickname
Old Hickory/ King Andrew
Manifest Destiny
This reform movement pushed for making alcohol illegal.
Temperance
This British law of 1765 required colonists to pay a tax on printed materials such as newspapers, legal documents, and playing cards.
Stamp Act
These two states joined the union as a consequence of the Compromise of 1820.
Maine and Missouri
This president won the elections of 1828 and 1832 and lent his name to the era of his presidency.
Andrew Jackson
The name of the 1803 land purchase that more than doubled the size of the United States and which Lewis and Clark were commissioned to explore.
Louisiana Purchase
This system brought many steps of production together in one place using machines and wage labor, replacing home-based production.
Factory system
This pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1776 argued strongly for American independence from Britain.
Common Sense
A feeling of pride and loyalty to a nation.
Nationalism
Spoils System
This former-republic-now-state fought the battles of Gonzales and the Alamo against the Mexicans to win their freedom.
Texas
This invention of Eli Whitney's almost singlehandedly revived slavery.
Cotton gin
This colonial meeting in 1774 brought representatives together to respond to British policies and coordinate resistance.
The First Continental Congress
The name of "the Great Compromiser" who helped keep the union together through most of the 19th century (Hint: He was named Secretary of State after the Corrupt Bargain of 1824).
Henry Clay
The 1832 crisis sparked by the Tariff of Abominations in which South Carolina refused to acknowledge federal laws.
The Nullification Crisis
The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill in sparked this 1849 move westward to California.
Gold Rush
Transportation was changed due to this system
Trains/Steamboats
This treaty ended the War of 1812.
Treaty of Ghent
The American policy warning Europe away from meddling in American and South American affairs.
The Monroe Doctrine
The institution for which Jackson refused to renew its charter.
Second Bank of the United States
This trail (really, series of trails) west took the name of one of its northernmost points. (Hint: There would later be a video game named after it.)
The Oregon Trail
This invention revolutionized communication.
The telegraph