Andrew Jackson's presidency
After the Indian Removal Act many Native Americans were forced to leave their homes on this.
What is the Trail of Tears?
This was a push factor for Irish immigrants in the U.S. in the mid 18th century.
This waterway decreased the cost of shipping goods and increased trade between the east and west.
What is the Erie Canal?
In 1845, this country held most of the western territory in what is now the United States.
What is Mexico?
This was the belief that God wanted white Americans to expand into western territory.
What is the Manifest Destiny?
During this Supreme Court Case, the court ruled in favor of the Cherokees giving them sovereignty over their land, but Jackson refused to enforce their decision.
What is Worcester v. Georgia?
What is cheap (inexpensive) labor?
This invention had the greatest impact on business communication in the 19th century.
What is the telegraph?
Once this state was added to the United States, a dispute at its border led to the Mexican American War.
What is the Texas?
This was a route taken by many settlers traveling to the northwest territory in the 1840s.
What is the Oregon Trail?
When Andrew Jackson vetoed this, southern and western states benefitted.
What is the Second National Bank?
A belief in this led people to feel fearful of immigrants in the United States in the 1800s.
What is Nativism?
This allowed women to have more opportunities and encouraged more people to move to cities.
What is the Factory System?
This agreement after the Mexican American War gave the U.S. California, Arizona, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado and Utah.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
This led to many people to move to California in search of fortune and wealth.
What is the gold rush?
This was a law passed during Jackson's presidency that helped Northern industries, but hurt southern plantation owners.
What is the Tariff of 1828 aka the Tariff of abominations?
In this Supreme Court case, they ruled that states cannot tax the federal government.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
The invention of this made it easier to trade goods up and down the Mississippi River.
What is the steamboat?
What is slavery?
These were plots of land given to any U.S. citizen who wanted to settle and farm there.
What are homesteads?
All the actions of Andrew Jackson's presidency increased the power of this.
What is the executive branch?
This was a push factor for German immigrants coming to the U.S. in the 1800s.
What is a war?
This innovation increased the efficiency of mass-producing goods in factories.
What is interchangeable parts?
This increased during and after the Mexican American War.
What is patriotism?
Many women gained this in western states, giving them more representation in the government.
What is suffrage?