People to Know
Nation's 1st President
George Washington
Southern, rural, farmers
Democratic-Republican
Name of the battle at the end of the War of 1812 that he won before news of a treaty reached him
Battle of New Orleans
The name of the forced march of the Cherokee Indians from their ancestral lands
Trail of Tears
Agreement where Missouri was granted statehood as a slave state, Maine as a free state and an east-west line drawn through the Louisiana Purchase allowing slavery below it
The Missouri Compromise
Leader of the Democratic-Republic Party, 3rd President
Thomas Jefferson
Small, weak central government
Democratic-Republicans
Legislation signed into law ordering the relocation of American Indians to make way for white settlers
Indian Removal Act of 1830
This battle signified the end of the Indian Wars
Massacre at Wounded Knee
First major battle
Battle of Bull Run
American explorers commissioned to explore the Louisiana Territory and find a navigable water route to the Pacific
Lewis and Clark
Strict interpretation of The Constitution
Democratic-Republican
Jackson refused to renew its charter, resulting in the Panic of 1837
The Second Bank of the US
What "49ers" were seeking in the 1840s and 1850s
Gold
The belief that a person's region was superior to other sections of the country
Sectionalism
Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist
The state that issued an Ordinance of Nullification during Jackson's presidency
South Carolina
Name given to African Americans who left the south and headed west before and after the Civil War
Exodusters
Delivered by Abraham Lincoln, freeing all slaves in the rebelling states
The Emancipation Proclamation
Issued the Gettysburg Address
Abraham Lincoln
National bank
Federalists
True or False: Jackson paid off the entire national debt by 1835.
True
The belief that the US had the God-given right to expand across the continent, from the Atlantic to the Pacific
Manifest Destiny
In terms of advantages, had brilliant military leaders, belief in a strong passion/cause, most battles fought on their land
The Confederacy