The belief that it was the United States' destiny to expand west and conquer territory all the way to the Pacific Ocean.
What is Manifest Destiny?
100
Was a reason why many people went west.
What is gold?
100
Westerners and poorer Americans eventually found their leader in...
What is Andrew Jackson?
100
Over one quarter of the Cherokee people died from diseases, starvation, and exposure to the bitter cold. This march became known as the...
What is the Trail of Tears?
100
These movements aimed to transform society in beneficial ways.
What is the Social Reform Movement?
200
Was a military conflict that lasted from June 1812 to February 1815, fought between the United States, the United Kingdom, its North American colonies, and its Native American allies
What is War of 1812?
200
Was another reason why people went west.
What is land?
200
Jacksonian Democracy did not attempt to extend the right to vote to... (3 people)
What is women, blacks, or Native American?
200
The Cherokee had assisted Andrew Jackson in his victory at the Horseshoe Bend during the war of what?
What is the War of 1812?
200
Those who participated in these movements were inspired by religious movements like the...
What is the Second Great Awakening?
300
US commander that won victories over the Creek Indians(British allies) at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend and against British forces that has him outnumbered at the Battle of New Orleans.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
300
Slavery was a major part of the nation's economy. In 1793, Eli Whitney invented the...
What is cotton gin?
300
Jackson's brand of politics and the changes he inspired came to be called...
What is Jacksonian Democracy?
300
Multiple wars with the US government and Natives
What is American Indian War?
300
Is a movement to end slavery, whether formal or informal.
What is Abolitionist Movement?
400
The agreement to give the United States parts of present-day New Mexico and Arizona in exchange for ten million dollars to build the transcontinental railroad
What is Gadsden Purchase?
400
After starting a business manufacturing muskets, Whitney implemented the concept of...
What is interchangeable parts?
400
Andrew believed that all white men should be free to vote, not just those who owned property. Jackson favored...
What is Universal Suffrage?
400
The two main reasons over which Natives and colonists often fought with each other.
What is land and religion?
400
The movement eventually made women's suffrage(the right to vote) its main cause.
What is Women's Rights Movement?
500
Over one quarter of the Cherokee people died from disease , starvation, and exposure to the bitter cold during the journey.
What is the Trail of Tears?
500
Southerners opposed ________because they raised the price on manufactured imports and invited other countries to impose tariffs on their own.
What is tariffs?
500
This conviction led to a huge battle between Jackson and the ______in 1832.