Terms to Know
This device removes seeds from cotton
What is the "cotton gin"?
Group of people who elect the President of the United States
Who are the "Electoral College"?
Name of Alexander Hamiliton's political party
What is "Federalist"?
Second president of the United States who took office after George Washington
Who is "John Adams"?
This land acquisition doubled the size of the United States
What is "The Louisiana Purchase"?
Most people living in 1790s America had this type of job
What is "rural"?
Word that mean "relating to the country, having to do with farming"
What is "rural"?
This was a requirement in order to vote until 1828
What is being a "land owner"?
These were the first two American political parties
What are "Federalist and Democratic-Republican"?
Our 3rd U.S. President who sent two Army officers to explore the newly acquired Louisiana Purchase
Who is "Thomas Jefferson"?
Name of the European country that sold the Louisiana Purchase to America
What is "France"?
The two army officers that were sent to explore the west
Who are "Lewis and Clark"?
Term for the belief most Americans had by 1840 regarding the country expanding to the Pacific Coast by any means
What is "Manifest Destiny"?
By dropping this, the number of voters in the 1828 Presidential Election
What is "dropping the land owner requirement"?
This is the practice of giving appointed positions in government to people who show loyalty to the party in power
What is the "spoils system"?
President that created the Federal Court system in the United States
Who is "George Washington"?
This city is known as the "Gateway to the West"
What is "St. Louis"?
By 1850, St. Louis was populated with these types of occupations
What are "bankers and merchants"?
This is a national counting of the U.S. population which is gathered every 10 years
What is a "census"?
The heads of departments that meet to advise the President
What is the "Presidential Cabinet"?
These are private party meetings that make important political decisions
This is the President responsible for the Indian Removal Act
Who is "Andrew Jackson"?
St. Louis is near the junction of the Mississippi and this state's rivers
What is "Missouri"?
This northwestern trail cost many people their lives due to the distance and rough terrain
What is the "Oregon" trail?
Tax that angered the farmers of Pennisylvania
What is "whiskey tax"?
Term known as "the right to vote"
What is "suffrage"?
This political party believed in a strong central government with wide powers and needed to control the other states
Who are the "Federalists"?
Founded in 1828 by this president, the Democratic Party believed in a decentralized government with more states' rights
Who is "Andrew Jackson"?
Once known as "Indian Territory", this state is where the United States sent displaced Native/Indigenous people
What is "Oklahoma"?
Native tribe that won a legal defense against removal that was not legally enforced, causing them to be displaced
Who are the "Cherokee"?
The act of making something (particularly in law/legislation) legally invalid
What is "nullification"?
Years that George Washington served two terms as President of the United States
What is "1789-1797"?
This political party believed in a small central government with limited parties and the ability of average people to make decisions about the government
Who are the "Democratic-Republicans"?
He did not win the popular vote amongst the people, yet he received the electoral college vote in 1824
Who is "John Quincy Adams/JQA"?
The states known as Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin all used to be a part of this specific territory
What is the "Northwest Territory"?
Group who escaped west to flee religious persecution
Who are the "Latter-Day Saints/Mormons"?