Jackson Presidency
Jackson's political party
Democrat
This invention ran on railroad tracks and helped settlers travel west
trains
These immigrants came to America to escape famine
The Irish
The gold rush
The belief that Americans must expand to the West because God created that land for Americans to own/control.
Manifest Destiny
The Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole, Muscogee (Creek), and Cherokee.
The 5 Civilized Tribes
This invention helped people travel up and down rivers comfortably
steamboats
These immigrants were drawn to California to search for Gold
The Chinese
Families, people wanting new lives, average folks
The act of blaming immigrant groups for societal problems (crime, unemployment, etc)
Nativism
This legislation/law allowed for the forced removal of Native Americans in the Southeast.
The Indian Removal Act
This region of America was dominated by factories and large population centers
The North
Push Factor
This war led to the addition of territory in the Southwest, including California
The Mexican-American War
The process in which a minority group, sometimes immigrants, slowly absorb the characteristics of a dominant culture.
Assimilation
The Political party against Jackson
Whigs
a man-made river that improves trade
canals
Where did the Italians mostly settle?
Cities
The "5 civilized tribes" were moved to this state
Oklahoma
Coming to live permanently in a foreign country
immigration
The violent activity that Jackson participated in
duels!!!
This invention unintentionally led to an increased demand for slave labor in the South
The Cotton Gin
This political party was anti-immigration
The Know Nothings
The family that traveled West, got lost, became trapped in the mountains, and turned to cannibalism to survive
The Donner Party
The deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group
Genocide