Vocabulary
a period when business activity slows, prices and wages fall and unemployment rises
Depression
"We want to spread Christianity to the Natives in the West"
Missionaries
Who was President during the Jacksonian Era?
Andrew Jackson
Mexican Cession
These men entered Oregon Country looking for fur-bearing animals.
Mountain men
the right to vote
suffrage
"We want land for our cattle"
Ranchers
Supporters of Andrew Jackson call themselves this
Democratic Party
National Road
The creation of this project allowed for the easier transportation of timber. It connects connects the Great Lakes to the Hudson River.
Erie Canal
a border, especially the border of an area of settlement
frontier
Mormons
John Quincy Adams
This treaty ended ended the Mexican-American War
The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
This material was also referred to as "soft gold"
fur
a religious settlement run by catholic priests, aimed at spreading religion in a new area
mission
"We want gold"
Forty-Niners/Miners
Henry Clay organized this political party, they supported Adams
Whig Party
The nickname for California after it declared independence from Mexico in 1846
Bear Flag Republic
This is the path wagon trains followed every spring as they moved toward Oregon Country
Oregon Trail
the practice of giving supporters government jobs
spoils system
There were 4 candidates for the Presidential Election of 1824. Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams were two. Name one of the other 2 candidates.
William Crawford/Henry Clay
A law passed by Congress in 1830 setting up territories west of the Mississippi River where American Indians living in existing states could be relocated
Indian Removal Act
This person helped Lewis and Clark as they traveled west
Sacagawea