Key People
Henry Clay
North
The belief that God wanted the USA to expand its border from Atlantic to the Pacific was called what?
Manifest Destiny
The Oregon Territory was split with the British at what parallel?
49th parallel
Abolitionists called for an end to what?
slavery
Who was the famous South Carolinian nicknamed the "Great Nullifer" who believed in states rights and nullification of federal laws?
John C Calhoun
What crop was grown in the South during the 1800s because of Eli Whitney's new invention?
Cotton
Where did the women's rights movement start in 1848?
Seneca Falls, NY
The main purpose of the Louisiana Territory was the secure the USA's access to what river?
Mississippi River
Who was the famous conductor on the so called "Underground Railroad" to helped slaves escape the South?
Harriett Tubman
What religous group who praticed polygamy settled the territory of Utah?
Mormons
What were the three major occupations of people in the West during the 1800s?
Farming, Cattle Ranching, Mining
California
The Texans broke away from what country and later joined the USA as a slave state?
Mexico
What was the title of Harriet Beecher Stowe's best seller about the slave institution in the mid 1800s?
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Who was the president who made it his goal to achieve Manifest Destiny?
James K Polk
Which region benefitted the most from government tariffs?
North
Although they won their court case, what Indian tribe was forced off their land by Andrew Jackson in the "Trail of Tears"?
Cherokee Nation
What US President went to war with Mexico in order to acquire California and achiever the goal of Manifest Destiny?
Jame K Polk
Who was the radical abolitionists who made a name for himself in "Bleeding Kansas" and later attempted to overthrow a weapons aresnal at Harpers Ferry, VA, but was caught and later killed?
Which controversial president established the modern day Democratic Party?
Andrew Jackson
Slaves did most of the labor in the South. Who did the North depend upon for labor?
Immigrants
What was the first major canal completed in 1825 that connected New York City to the Great Lakes region?
Erie Canal
The USA acquired the Florida territory in the Adams Onis Treaty from what country?
Spain
Fredrick Douglas