People
people who wanted to end slavery.
Abolitionists
The idea the U.S. is destined to expand as far as possible. "from sea to shinning sea"
Manifest Destiny
This machine was a techonological advancement that increased slavery.
The cotton gin
Technology that allowed for easier transportation by land.
Railroad/trains
A technology that increased communication through wires and morse code.
Telegraph
President who oversaw Indian removal and the trail of tears.
Andrew Jackson
The U.S. policy that we would defend the Americas from further European colonization.
Monroe Doctrine
Region of the U.S. that heavily focused on agriculture.
The West
Region of the U.S. that was industralized and most populated.
The North
Region of the U.S. where slavery was most prominent and cash crop was the main economic drive.
President during the Louisiana Purchase.
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson's idea to reward people loyal to him by giving them positions in the government.
Spoils system
This treaty ended the Mexican American war.
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
After the Missouri compromise this was the lastitude that slavery would be ban from.
36, 30
River that seperated Louisiana Territory from the colonies.
Mississippi River
Native American who helped Lewis & Clark in their expiditon.
Sacagawea
A deal in which Maine was added as a free state to balance out the addition of a new slave state.
Missouri Compromise
This war started because of a border dispute.
Mexican American War
Whose property was effected when the U.S. got the new terrories after the Mexican American war.
women
Andrew Jackson was our first ____________ President.
Populist
This Native American tribe was forced to move from the south to Oklahoma, in what is now known as the trail of tears.
The Cherokee
The concept of taking in another culture by giving up your own culture.
Assimilation
Name the two ways in which the United states tried to assimilate native americans.
Boarding schools
Adoption
The biggest state that the U.S. got after the Mexican American war.
California
The annexation of this state led to another debate over slave states vs. free states. (not Missouri).
Texas