The Age of Jackson
This president was known as the "common man's president."
Who is Andrew Jackson?
This term was used to justify westward expansion.
What is Manifest Destiny?
Texas declared its independence from this country.
What is Mexico?
This treaty ended the Mexican-American War.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
This invention boosted cotton production in the South.
What is the cotton gin?
This act forced Native Americans to move west of the Mississippi River.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
This president is most closely associated with Manifest Destiny.
Who is James K. Polk?
This battle became a rallying cry for Texan independence.
What is the Alamo?
This general led the capture of Mexico City.
Who is Winfield Scott?
This canal connected the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.
What is the Erie Canal?
This economic crisis followed the closure of the Second Bank of the United States.
What is the Panic of 1837?
This treaty ended the dispute over Oregon with Britain.
What is the Oregon Treaty of 1846?
This general led Texan forces to victory at the Battle of San Jacinto.
Who is Sam Houston?
The U.S. president during the war.
Who is James K. Polk?
This system supported infrastructure improvements like roads and canals.
What is the American System?
This system rewarded Jackson's supporters with government jobs.
What is the Spoils System?
This journalist coined the term "Manifest Destiny."
Who is John L. O'Sullivan?
This was the name of the independent nation of Texas.
What is the Republic of Texas?
This event in 1848-1849 brought many settlers to California.
What is the Gold Rush?
This economic transformation increased factory production and trade.
What is the Market Revolution?
South Carolina threatened to secede during this political crisis.
What is the Nullification Crisis?
This territory was acquired from Mexico in 1848.
What is the Mexican Cession?
Texas joined the U.S. in this year.
What is 1845?
This purchase completed the continental U.S. and was made in 1854.
What is the Gadsden Purchase?
This was the nickname for Jackson's plan to move federal funds into state banks.
What is "pet banks"?