Andrew Jackson
How did Andrew Jackson change the American Presidency?
Increased the power of the President & executive branch.
What is the forced removal of Cherokee people from Georgia to Indian Territory known as?
Trail of Tears
What event allowed Texas to officially join the US?
Mexican-American War
What was the most famous route west for pioneers known as?
The Oregon Trail
Why was the king only a foot tall?
He was a ruler!
What group of people became able to vote due to Jacksonian Democracy?
White men, regardless of wealth
What was the law that led to the Trail of Tears?
Indian Removal Act
What event was the main cause of the Mexican-American War?
Annexation of Texas
What was the event that caused thousands to migrate to California in 1849?
California Gold Rush
How did Andrew Jackson react to the Supreme Court case regarding Indian Removal?
He ignored it
Why did Jackson (& Congress) seek Indian Removal?
To give control of the land to farmers & land investors
What direction were indigenous tribes forced to migrate in the Trail of Tears?
West
What was the name of the Treaty that ended the Mexican-American War?
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Why did so many people migrate to the Oregon Territory?
To look for opportunities & own land
Describe the result of the Missouri Compromise.
Missouri Compromise line; north of line slavery is banned, south of the line slavery is permitted
What was the event Jackson claimed cost him the Election of 1824?
The Corrupt Bargain
To what modern day state were the Native Americans relocated to in the Trail of Tears?
Oklahoma
What was the impact of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
Mexico lost half its territory
What was the name of the group that had to resort to cannibalism in order to survive the Sierra Nevada Mountains?
The Donner Party
What was the name of people who migrated to California in 1849 to try and find gold?
49ers
Who was the Vice President under Andrew Jackson? (HINT: He became President after Jackson)
Martin Van Buren
What was the name of the famous Chief that died at the Battle of the Thames?
Tecumseh
What was the impact of westward expansion of indigenous people?
The near destruction of indigenous cultures & populations
What is the idea that it is America's duty and right to spread across the entire continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific?
What is the greatest holiday to ever exist? (in Mr. Rioux's opinion)
Bill of Rights Day