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Doubled the size of the U.S. and accelerated territorial expansion
Proclamation of the independence of a new nation which would be ruled by the people rather than a king
Declaration of Independence
This treaty ended the Mexican-American War?
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
What year did Congress passed the Indian Removal Act?
1830
This treaty ended the Texas Revolution
Treaties of Velasco, 1836
Colonists began importing Africans to meet a severe labor shortage
Slavery
Marked the official beginning of the two party system with a peaceful, and orderly transfer of power
Election of 1800
This supporter of westward expansion said, “Do not lounge in the cities! There is room and health in the country, away from the crowds of idlers and imbeciles. Go west, before you are fitted for no life but that of the factory."
Horace Greeley, 1841
Spain ceded Florida to the U.S.
1819
Either fate or god decreed that the U.S. should spread free enterprise, civil liberty and democracy from Atlantic to Pacific
Manifest Destiny
Pilgrim settlers established a new settlement in North America
Plymouth Colony
This Supreme Court decision upheld right of federal government to regulate interstate commerce – and gives “commerce” the widest possible definition
Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)
When Congress declared war, a country was clearly divided along sectional lines
War of 1812
Texas was admitted to the Union
1845
The slogan, "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight” refers to dispute over which territory?
Established a blueprint for American government
Ratification of the Constitution
The opening salvo of the Texas Revolution occurred at this settlement
Gonzales
The Senate agreed that the southern boundary of this state extended west would become permanent line dividing slave states from free states.
Missouri Compromise
Louisiana Purchase
1803
When/where did the idea that the United States has been divinely sanctioned or is morally obliged to bring democracy, liberty, civilization to the rest of the world
This notion began in Massachusetts Bay Colony with Winthrop’s “city upon a hill”
Extreme form of states’ rights – the right of a state to refuse to enforce an act of Congress and ultimately secede from the union if Congress does not accept it.
Nullification
Gives squatters on public land preference in the purchase of that land
Preemption Act of 1830
With this treaty, the U.S. gave up 823 square miles of territory
Webster-Ashburton Treaty
Texas declared independence
1836
United States trading interest ran afoul of local Muslim states. First time U.S. sent troops overseas.
Barbary Wars