Louisiana Purchase
Important Terms
Key Historical Figures
Supreme Court Cases
In what year?
100

What country sold Louisiana in the Louisiana Purchase?

France

100

What does the term "Manifest Destiny" mean?

Belief that U.S. should expand across North America

100

Who was the 7th President, known for Indian removal and expanding democracy?

Andrew Jackson

100

When was the decision on Worcester v. Georgia made?

1832

100

In what year was the Missouri Compromise?

1820

200

How much did France sell Louisiana for?

1 million dollars

200

What does the term "Indian Removal" mean?

Policy forcing Native Americans west of Mississippi River

200

Who was the famous abolitionist leader that was a former enslaved person?

Frederick Douglass

200

When was the case on the Missouri Compromise made?

1820

200

In what year did France get Louisiana?

1803

300

What is the Louisiana Purchase?

U.S bought Louisiana from France

300

What does the term "Trail of Tears" mean?

Forced relocation of Cherokee Nation to Oklahoma

300

What did Araminta Ross rename herself?

Harriet Tubman

300

What case ruled that states couldn't enforce laws on Native American territories?

Worcester v. Georgia

300

In what year did the Mexican-American War start?

1846

400

What were the benefits of the U.S buying Louisiana?

Expanded agricultural opportunities

Control of Mississippi River

Strategic advantage

400
What does the term "Abolition" mean?

Movement to end slavery

400

Who was the famous conductor on the Underground Railroad?

Harriet Tubman

400

What case maintained balance between free and slave states?

Missouri Compromise

400

In what year was the case Worcester v. Georgia?

1832

500

What were the disadvantages of the U.S buying Louisiana? 

Constitutional concerns

Cost

Management of vast territory

500

What does the term "Nativism" mean?

Anti-immigrant sentiment and policies

500

Who was Elizabeth Stanton?

Women's rights activist

500

What were two important Supreme Court Cases between 1820 and 1832?

Missouri Compromise and Worcester v. Georgia 

500

In what year did the Mexican American war end?

1848

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