Important People
Events
Acts and Treaties
Vocab
Western Expansion
100
Leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints AKA the Mormons
Joseph Smith/Brigham Young
100
What is Manifest Destiny?
Idea that many people believed it was the country’s destiny to expand out West
100
Congress would provide money for the relocation of all Native Americans to Oklahoma
Indian Removal Act
100
Extreme pride in one’s nation
Nationalism
100
The purchase of this territory doubled the size of the United States
Louisiana Purchase
200
Who led the rebellion of Texan settlers against President Santa Anna and the Mexicans?
Sam Houston
200
Which US President sent Lewis and Clark to explore the West in 1803?
Thomas Jefferson
200
What was the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo?
Treaty that ended the Mexican American War. Treaty that made the Rio Grande River the border of Texas and Mexico and gave the US land in California
200
What was the spoils system?
Appointing people to government jobs on the basis of party loyalty and support
200
This territory was added to the US after James K. Polk ran on the campaign slogan of “54’ 40 or Fight!”
Oregon
300
Four Republican candidates ran for President in 1824 but this candidate won because of “corrupt bargaining”
John Quincy Adams
300
Campaign slogan of James K. Polk in 1844. This dealt with the territorial line of the Oregon Territory
54 40 or Fight!
300
Made California a free state
Compromise of 1850
300
About 2,000 Cherokee died in camps & 2,000 more died of starvation
Trail of Tears
300
Who did the US defeat to claim land in 1848?
Mexico
400
This President passed the Indian Removal Act in 1830
Andrew Jackson
400
This divided the territorial region where the British settled after the American Revolution and made up guidelines for how states were established in the US
Northwest Ordinance
400
What declared the Americas off limits to European colonization?
Monroe Doctrine
400
This terms meant that the government should not be involved in American businesses at all
laissez-faire economics
400
Which land acquisition did we acquire from Spain through the Adams-Onis Treaty?
Letter F
500
This President’s term was called the “Era of Good Feelings” …time after the War of 1812
James Monroe
500
What was the Missouri Compromise?
Maine=free state
Missouri = slave state
36'30 line established (no slavery north of line)
500
Who created the American System plan and what did he include in it?
Economic plan created by Henry Clay. Plan included higher tariffs, internal improvements and a strong national bank
500
How did Andrew Jackson make the US more “democratic” during his presidency?
Universal (male) suffrage
500
This territory was purchased for $10 million from the Mexicans and officially completed Manifest Destiny
Gadsden Purchase