Indian Removal Act
This is what the United States hoped to gain by removing tribes from their ancestral lands
In general: resources
In specific (100 point bonus if mentioned): land
This area of the country had its economy badly damaged by the tariff passed by Congress and President John Quincy Adams just prior to the presidential election of 1828
The South
By creating durable, long-lasting clothing for gold miners, this individual built a clothing empire that still thrives to this day, some 150 years later
Levi Strauss
U.S. President James K. Polk sent a regiment of American troops into an area of Texas disputed by both the U.S. and Mexico near this major river, with the intent of provoking Mexican forces to attack
The Rio Grande
Name one of the nicknames that Andrew Jackson's enemies and detractors gave him
"King Mob," "Emperor Andrew the First," and 'Jackass'
The hundreds of miles that Native Americans were forced to march by foot from their ancestral lands to Indian Territory has been given this nickname, due to the deaths and hardship they endured
Trail of Tears
This Southerner, who’d been serving during President Jackson’s first term as vice president, and then resigned and became a U.S. Senator during President Jackson’s second term, wrote an anonymous essay in which he argued that a state has the right to nullify any federal law it feels is unconstitutional- more or less providing the eventual basis for the Civil War
John C. Calhoun
Prospectors made their way to California by foot, horseback, ship, or by this mode of transportation, which was at that time, the most common way to get to California
Prairie Schooner/Covered Wagon
200 point bonus if mentioned: the sea routes were faster, but much more expensive
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the Mexican-American War, would not have been signed even a month later due to this discovery
Gold in California
This widely used term describes the belief most Americans held throughout the nineteenth century that the United States was destined to expand US control across all the land of the North American continent
Manifest Destiny
This tribe, having assimilated much of white American culture (they had learned English, written a Constitution, built towns, and published their own newspapers, among other things), chose to fight resettlement through lawsuits and the legal system, rather than violent resistance
The Cherokee
Deeply opposed to higher tariffs, the state legislature of this state passed the Nullification Act in which the state threatened to secede if the federal government were to use force to collect tariff duties
South Carolina
John Sutton was building this along the American River when his workers discovered gold
Sawmill
What was President Polk's goal in provoking the Mexican American War, as seen in his war strategy priorities?
To gain more land and territory for the United States
200 point bonus if mentioned: the first two of President Polk's three war goals were focused on seizing land
Shortly after the California gold rush had begun, in order to supply prospectors with the goods and supplies they needed, small towns known as these sprung up seemingly out of nowhere all across California; the most famous of them is still a thriving city today, but most quickly collapsed into ghost towns when the rush ended
Boomtowns
200 point bonus if mentioned: the most famous and successful boomtown was San Fransisco
As part of the Indian Removal Act, Congress established Indian Territory in what's now this state, where many displaced Native Americans were forced to resettle, and over half of which is still Native American Reservation territory today
Oklahoma
At the request of President Jackson, Congress passed the Force Bill, which authorized the president to do what to enforce the tariff?
March federal troops into South Carolina
100 point bonus if mentioned: this could have started the Civil War decades earlier
This was in the year that gold was discovered in California
1948
100 point bonus: prospectors were call '49-ers,' because the slow rate of travel meant they didn't arrive until the next year.
This U.S. general was sent to capture Mexico City, he was also the most prominent American general in the U.S. military between the Revolutionary and Civil Wars
General Winfield Scott
These men made a living in the fur trade until many animals were nearly extinct, then often became guides for the later settler wagon trains. They knew how to survive in the wilderness, and often were adopted by or married into Native American Tribes.
Mountain Men
100 point bonus if mentioned: A Mountain Man marrying a tribeswoman and then becoming a guide is how Sacajawea joined the Lewis and Clark party
Congress created this bureau to oversee tribe resettlement and other various services with the Native Americans. It has had a long history of mismanagement and poor decisions in relation to the tribes.
Bureau of Indian Affairs
This U.S. Senator from Kentucky was one of Jackson's main political foes (running against Jackson for president in 1832), but he helped solve the Nullification Crisis with the "Compromise Tariff," one of many compromises he helped orchestrate to try and resolve the tensions between the North and the South over his long political career
Henry Clay
This class/kind of people saw the most money and success as a result of the California Gold Rush
Business owners who sold supplies to the prospectors
The Santa Fe trail, which was an important trade route, also played a key role in the Mexican-American War by letting American troops do what?
It allowed the troops to move quickly to the New Mexico capital
President Jackson was accused by his political opponents of using this type of “system” after appointing some of his most loyal supporters to sought after positions in the federal government
“Spoils System”