Westward Expansion
What was the belief that the U.S. was destined to expand across North America?
Manifest Destiny
What was the forced march of the Cherokee Nation to Oklahoma called?
Trail of Tears
What invention made cotton production faster and increased slavery?
Cotton Gin
What was the movement to end slavery called?
Abolition
What 1820 law kept the balance between free and slave states?
Missouri Compromise
What 1803 land deal doubled the size of the United States?
Louisiana Purchase
Who was president during the Indian Removal Act and the Trail of Tears?
Andrew Jackson
What were the early textile factories in Massachusetts called?
Lowell Mills
What was the system that helped enslaved people escape to freedom?
Underground Railroad
What term refers to anti-immigrant beliefs and policies?
Nativism
What law passed in 1830 forced Native Americans to move west of the Mississippi River?
Indian Removal Act
What Supreme Court case ruled that states could not enforce laws on Native American land?
Worcester v. Georgia
What system used machines and workers in factories to increase efficiency?
Factory System
Who was a former enslaved person and leading abolitionist speaker and writer?
Frederick Douglass
What does “suffrage” mean?
The right to vote
Which war resulted in U.S. gaining California and other western territories?
Mexican-American War
What did Cherokee Nation v. Georgia decide about Native tribes?
Tribes were "domestic dependent nations"
What allowed machine parts to be replaced quickly and easily?
Interchangeable Parts
Which woman helped hundreds escape slavery through secret routes?
Harriet Tubman
What is moral suasion?
Using ethics to convince people to change
Which was a major argument against the Louisiana Purchase?
It was unconstitutional and expensive
What did President Jackson allegedly say about enforcing Worcester v. Georgia?
"John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it.”
How did industrial growth affect the North and South differently?
The North industrialized, while the South remained agricultural and relied on slavery
Who organized the Seneca Falls Convention for women’s rights?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Why did some oppose westward expansion?
Conflict with Native Americans and slavery spreading