the forced movement of over 4,000 Native Americans from georgia to what is now oklahma.
What is trail of tears?
100
executive branch check against the congress.
What is veto
100
document written in 1776 that included colonists' grieviances against the king of england.
What is declaration of indepandence?
100
U.S. president during the Civil War, assassinated in 1865, supported a plan in which 10% of voters from the 1860 election in the South would swear an oath to loyalty to the United States.
What is Abraham Lincoln?
100
country in dispute with the U.S. over the Oregon Territory during the first half of the 19th century.
What is Great Britain?
200
year that Andrew Jackson was elected president.
What is 1828?
200
having the same rights,privileges, and immunities as other members of society.
What is equality
200
european country that assisted the americans at the battle of yorktown.
What is france?
200
ratified in 1865, the amendment abolished slavery in the U.S.
What is 13 amendment?
200
Native American Who helped Lewis and Clark on their expedition to explore the louisiana Territory.
What is Sacajawea?
300
act that forced Native Americans to move west of the Mississippi River.
What is Indian Removal Act?
300
decisions made when more than half of those who vote agree.
What is majority rule?
300
general who led the americans to victory at the battle of saratoga.
What is Benedict Arnold?
300
granted African Americans citizenship and gave them the rights to make contracts, sue, and own property.
What is Civil Rights Act of 1866?
300
an area bought by president thomas jefferson in 1803 from the french that doubled the size of the United States.
What is Louisiana Territory?
400
system in which Andrew Jackson filled political positions with his supporters and party members.
What is spoils system?
400
as stated in the declaration of independace, the right to life, liberty(freedom), and the pursuit of happiness.
What is unalienable rights?
400
main author of the declaration of independance.
What is thomas jefferson?
400
ratified on February 3, 1870, this amendment states that no citizen of the U.S. can be denied the right to vote based on race or color.
What is 15th amendment?
400
the belief that Americans had a right and fate to expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific
What is manifest destiny?
500
event in which South Carolina declared the tariffs of 1828 and 1832 to be null and void within the state.
What is Nullification Crisis?
500
system in which one branch of government has the right and power to limit the actions of another branch.
What is checks and balances?
500
slave who wrote poems and plays in support of american independance.
What is phillis wheatley?
500
ratified in 1868, this amendment stated that all people born in the U.S., except Native Americans, were U.S. citizens.