Jackson Presidency
This political party was first brought to importance by Andrew Jackson and championed the "common man."
What is the Democratic Party/Democrats?
This President is most often associated with Manifest Destiny after gaining the Texas and Oregon Territories.
Who is President James K. Polk?
This famous battle saw Texans greatly outnumbered as they were surrounded by the Mexican forces while inside a church.
What is the Battle of the Alamo?
This was the state whose population was most effected by the Gold Rush.
This was the idea that the Americans had the God given right and duty to extend their territory from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
What is Manifest Destiny?
This political party continued the main ideas of the Federalist Party such as emphasis on a high tariff, national transportation, and infrastructure.
What is the Whig Party?
This agreement by Congress in 1820 drew an imaginary line throughout the country where territory over the line would be free while any territory below it would be slave.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
This President claimed the justification for the Mexican American War was that the Mexican Army had "shed American blood upon American soil."
Who is President James K. Polk?
This politician is most associated with the American System.
Who is Henry Clay?
This region of the country was defined economically by industrialization and urbanization.
What is the North?
This act was passed to move Native Americans from their lands in the East to reservations in the West.
What is the Indian Removal Act (1830)?
This is the European nation that the United States bought the Oregon Territory.
Who is Great Britain?
This was the Texan leader who led them to independence over the Mexican government.
Who is Sam Houston?
Several immigrants came to California from this major Asian country.
What is China?
This President was known as a "man of the people" because he was able to win the 1828 election due to an increased voter base.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
Andrew Jackson defeated this sitting President in the 1828 election after losing to him in the "questionable" 1824 election.
Who is John Quincy Adams?
This was the name given to the African Americans who were trying to escape the persecution in the South.
Who are the Exodusters?
This is the treaty that ended the Mexican American War.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
The Gold Rush ended once silver was discovered in these two territories.
What is Nevada and Utah?
This Founder Father was responsible for convincing the French to join the American Revolution.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?