Westward Expansion
Which territory declared independence from Mexico in 1836 and became a republic?
Texas
Which movement sought to reduce or eliminate the consumption of alcoholic beverages in American society?
The Temperance Movement
What president, nicknamed "Old Hickory," served from 1829 to 1837 and championed the "common man."?
Andrew Jackson
Which communication system developed by Samuel Morse used patterns of dots and dashes to represent letters and numbers?
Morse Code
What 1830 law authorized the forced relocation of Native American peoples from their homelands?
Indian Removal Act
At which 1836 battle did defenders including Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, and William Travis die while resisting Mexican forces?
The Battle of the Alamo
What was the name of the influential abolitionist newspaper founded by William Lloyd Garrison in 1831?
The Liberator
Jackson's opposition to this institution led him to veto the recharter bill in 1832, claiming it favored the wealthy elite. What is the name of the institution?
Second Bank of the United States
Who developed Morse code and helped make the electric telegraph a major innovation in long-distance communication?
Samuel Morse
Which Native American nation was forcibly removed from its southeastern homeland in the Trail of Tears?
The Cherokee Nation
What economic system depended on expanding cotton production and the forced labor of enslaved people?
The cotton economy
What 1831 violent slave rebellion in Virginia, led by an enslaved preacher, intensified Southern fears and led to harsher slave codes?
The Nat Turner Rebellion
Which two parties defined the Second Party System, and which one opposed Andrew Jackson?
The Whig Party and the Democrat Party
What machine sent coded messages over wires, transforming how quickly information could travel?
Telegraph
What name is given to the Cherokee people's forced removal, during which thousands died?
The Trail of Tears
Which economic transformation linked canals, railroads, and factories to the growth of markets and the movement of goods?
The Market Revolution
Which education reformer from Massachusetts worked to establish free public schools and improve teacher training during the 1830s?
Horace Mann
What political party formed in opposition to Andrew Jackson, taking their name from opponents of monarchical tyranny?
The Whig Party
Which three developments helped connect markets and move goods during the Market Revolution?
Canals, railroads, and factories
NAME ONE southeastern Native American nations were primarily targeted by the Indian Removal Act for relocation west of the Mississippi River?
Cherokee
Creek
Chickasaw
Choctaw
Seminole
What financial crisis began in 1837, causing banks to fail and the economy to sink into depression?
Panic of 1837
What national organization, founded in 1833, mobilized activists to campaign against slavery?
The American Anti-Slavery Society
What did South Carolina oppose during the Nullification Crisis?
Tariffs
What innovation allowed travel upriver against the current, improving transportation and commerce in the 1830s?
Steam-powered engines/boats
What method did the federal government often use to obtain Native American land, even though these agreements were frequently made under pressure or coercion?
Treaties