The Jacksonian Era
Mapping Westward Expansion
American Progress Painting
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Manifest Destiny
100
What act did Congress pass to force the relocation of Native Americans?
The Indian Removal Act
100
What territory is gained on this map?
Florida
100
What concept is shown in the painting American Progress?
Manifest Destiny
100
What institution did Jackson veto the bill on because he decided it was unconstitutional and favored the rich?
The Bank of the United States
100
Who did Americans believe granted them this manifest destiny?
God
200
Jackson created this political party, which still exists today
Democrats
200
This area was annexed by the United States, after declaring independence from Mexico.
Texas
200
Name two forms of transportation used in American Progress.
Trains, Boats, Covered Wagons, Carriages, Horseback Riding, Walking
200
Jackson was known for doing this to any law that he didn't like. Previous presidents only did it when they thought a law was unconstitutional.
Vetoing
200
The belief that the U.S. was meant to control land from the Atlantic to the Pacific is known as:
Manifest Destiny
300
When Andrew Jackson gave government jobs to his closest supporters/allies it was called:
The Spoils System
300
This area is the land we gained from what conflict?
The Mexican American War
300
How are the Native Americans portrayed in the painting?
They are running west and they looked scared/angry
300
This was the name for the path many Native Americans took to go west.
The Trail of Tears
300
This war was fought for the purpose of Manifest Destiny.
The Mexican American War
400
Andrew Jackson gained fame from fighting in this war.
The War of 1812
400
Who did the United States purchase the area in green from?
France
400
What is the woman in the sky holding as she travels west?
A school book and a telegraph wire
400
Name one of Jackson's vice presidents.
John C. Calhoun
Martin Van Buren
400
What two groups were forced to move as America expanded Westward?
Native Americans and Mexicans
500
The Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw peoples were collectively known as the…
Five Civilized Tribes
500
How did the United States gain this area of land?
Winning the Revolutionary War
500
Why is the sky in the west dark and the sky in the east light?
It shows that the west is uncivilized and living in darkness and that the east is civilized.
500
What state argued in reaction to tariffs that state could ignore any federal law that they didn't like?
Hint: Think about the Nullification Crisis!
South Carolina
500
Who created the term “manifest destiny?"
John O'Sullivan