Westward Expansion
The belief that it was the mission of our country to spread the ideas of democracy and Christianity from the Atlantic ocean to the Pacific ocean.
What is Manifest Destiny?
"Black Moses" was the nickname given to this famous conductor of the Underground Railroad
Who was Harriet Tubman?
What is the Monroe Doctrine
The rallying cry that helped James K. Polk get elected, which especially appealed to fur traders in the Pacific Northwest (Oregon Country)
What is "54, 40 or Fight!"
The compromise of 1820 that as states entered the union, one would enter as a free-state and the other as a slave-state to maintain the balance; it also stated that slavery was no longer allowed above the 36*20' latitude.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
In December 1845, it became the 28th state of the United States after years of conflict with Mexico.
What is Texas?
The wealthy owners of large plantations in the South hated this, which was passed in both 1828 and 1832 to protect US industry
What was the tariff?
The belief that states had the right to rule themselves, and that the interests of the federal government were less important.
What is states' rights, or state sovereignty?
William Lloyd Garrison's abolitionist newspaper?
What was the Liberator?
Who was William Henry Harrison?
The war won by the United States that won us California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, most of New Mexico and parts of Wyoming and Colorado.
What is the Mexican-American War?
The political party that formed to oppose Andrew Jackson?
What is the Whig Party?
The belief by the people in a given region that their ideas and interests are better or more important that those in other regions.
What is sectionalism?
Way in which many blacks escaped to freedom; a network of roads, houses, boats and wagons. to carry blacks north.
What is the Underground Railroad?
State that passed laws to establish the first public schools
What is Massachusetts?
The valuable resource that was discovered in California in 1849.
What is gold?
Gold miners who rushed to California for riches were known as this
Who were Forty-Niners?
The part of our government that Andrew Jackson ignored when continuing to enforce the Indian Removal Act
What is the Supreme Court?
Most controversial southern state, who despised tariffs especially, and was the first to threaten secession from the Union
What is South Carolina?
This movement challenged Protestant views and taught personal responsibility. Also led to major reforms in the U.S.
What was the 2nd Great Awakening?
The name Guadalupe Hidalgo refers to this
What is the treaty that ended the Mexican War
Serious economic downturn caused by Andrew Jackson's foolish financial decisions
What was the Panic of 1837
The battle in which all Americans were killed by Santa Anna's troops, in what is today San Antonio, Texas?
What is the Alamo?
Reform movement that sought to see alcohol abuse ended
What was temperance?
Who was Lyman Beecher?