Andrew Jackson
What issue almost caused South Carolina to leave the Union (secede)?
Nullification Crisis (Tariff of Abominations)
This group fled religious persecution in the east and settled into Utah Territory and Great Salt Lake.
The Mormons
This Spanish mission church became a fort for the Texas defenders. The Texans were all killed here but the battle gave inspiration and motivation for the Texans.
The Alamo
This US President wanted a war with Mexico to gain more land, particularly California.
President James Polk
True or False: After California was gained from Mexico following the Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo, it came into the United States as a Slave State.
False
California came into the Union as a Free State.
Why did President Andrew Jackson oppose the Bank of the United States?
He believed it gave too much power to wealthy bankers.
Many settlers took this famous trail to the West
The Oregon Trail
This settler was the first founder of the first 300 American settlers into Mexican Texas.
Stephen Austin
What land by the Pacific Ocean did the United States gain as a result of the Mexican-American War?
It eventually became a state
California
Which two countries claimed the Oregon Territory before it was divided?
Britain and the United States
The forceable removal of native tribes from their homelands to the west.
Indian Removal Act/Trail of Tears
When gold was found in Northern California in 1848, this created a mass movement called...
The Gold Rush
The name of the Mexican political and military leader who fought the Texans.
Santa Anna
What treaty ended the Mexican-American War?
Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo
What term means the United States was destined by God to expand West?
Manifest Destiny
Who was Andrew Jackson's main rival during the Presidential Election of 1824
John Quincy Adams
The belief in the 1800‘s that the US was destined by God to expand across the continent, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
Manifest Destiny
Fill in the blank, independent Texas was known as
The Lone _____Republic
Which territory did the United States annex before the Mexican-American War war, causing tensions with Mexico along the Rio Grande River.
Texas
What mode of transportation did early settlers on the Oregon Trail travel in?
Wagon Trains
How did Andrew Jackson respond to South Carolina during the Nullification Crisis?
He threatened to send troops to South Carolina
This immigrant group who helped build railroads and who were also greatly discriminated against.
Chinese
True or False:
After winning independence and being a republic for 10 years, Texas came into the United States as a Free State.
False
Name one present-day state that was part of the land gained from Mexico.
Name one thing that could cause a person problems as they travelled the Oregon Trail.
Disease, weather, floods, river crossing, Native attacks, animals, rough terrain, etc.