War
This war erupted over a dispute of the border of Texas.
What is the Mexican-American War?
This was bought from France and doubled the size of the U.S.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
A former slave, powerful speaker, and participant in the Women's Movement.
Who is Sojourner Truth?
This term refers to the expanding of democracy during Jackson's presidency.
What is Jacksonian Democracy?
This allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state and Maine to enter as a free state while outlawing slavery north of the 36° 30' line of latitude, except in Missouri.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
This war was a result of British impressment of American sailors, British interference with Native Americans, and conflict over the Northwest Territory.
What is the War of 1812?
This was the belief that the U.S. had the right and duty to expand democracy across the continent of North America.
What is Manifest Destiny?
Prison Reform leader.
Who is Dorothea Dix?
Jackson felt the National Bank was unconstitutional and favored these people.
Who are the wealthy?
The reason Southern senators wanted to keep a balance of free and slave states in the Senate.
What is so they would have equal representation in the Senate and the North could not outlaw slavery?
This ended the War of 1812.
What is the Treaty of Ghent?
Lewis and Clark, Zebulon Pike, and this woman are credited with exploring much of the western frontier.
Who is Sacagawea?
Escaped slave, powerful speaker, publisher of the abolitionist newspaper, "The North Star"
Who is Frederick Douglass?
This forced march of the Cherokee to Indian Territory caused 25% of the Indians to die along the way from disease, hunger, and exposure to the elements.
What is the Trail of Tears?
This split the remainder of the Louisiana Purchase into two territories and abolished the Missouri Compromise by allowing settlers to determine whether slavery would be allowed in the new territories.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Outcomes of the War of 1812 included an increase in patriotism and this.
What is manufacturing?
This event caused California's population to grow so rapidly that it had enough people to become the first western state in 1850.
What is the Gold Rush?
Publisher of the abolitionist newspaper, "The Liberator"
Who is William Lloyd Garrison?
This is the term for giving political supporters and friends government jobs.
What is the spoils system?
This admitted California to the Union as a free state, allowed the New Mexico and Utah territories to decide the issue of slavery for themselves, outlawed the slave trade in Washington D.C., and created a stronger fugitive slave law.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
This is the large area of land that was granted to the U.S. at the end of the Mexican-American War.
What is the Mexican Cession?
This was the reason that the U.S. bought the Gadsden Purchase for $10 million from Mexico.
What is to build a transcontinental railroad?
Education Reform Leader
Who is Horace Mann?
This was a debate over states' rights and the ability of states to reject federal laws they believed were unconstitutional.
What is the Nullification Crisis?
The Wilmot Proviso stated that no slavery should be allowed in this land area.
What is the Mexican Cession?