The Age of Jackson
Manifest Destiny
Texas Independence
The Mexican-American
War
Economic Changes
100

This president was known as the "common man's president." 

Who is Andrew Jackson?

100

This term was used to justify westward expansion.

What is Manifest Destiny?

100

Texas declared its independence from this country.

What is Mexico?

100

This treaty ended the Mexican-American War.

What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

100

This invention boosted cotton production in the South.

What is the cotton gin?

200

This act forced Native Americans to move west of the Mississippi River. 

What is the Indian Removal Act?

200

This president is most closely associated with Manifest Destiny.

Who is James K. Polk?

200

This battle became a rallying cry for Texan independence.

What is the Alamo?

200

This general led the capture of Mexico City.

Who is Winfield Scott?

200

This canal connected the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean. 

What is the Erie Canal?

300

This economic crisis followed the closure of the Second Bank of the United States.

What is the Panic of 1837?

300

This treaty ended the dispute over Oregon with Britain. 

What is the Oregon Treaty of 1846?

300

This general led Texan forces to victory at the Battle of San Jacinto.

Who is Sam Houston?

300

The U.S. president during the war. 

Who is James K. Polk?

300

This system supported infrastructure improvements like roads and canals.

What is the American System?

400

This system rewarded Jackson's supporters with government jobs. 

What is the Spoils System?

400

This journalist coined the term "Manifest Destiny."

Who is John L. O'Sullivan?

400

This was the name of the independent nation of Texas.

What is the Republic of Texas?

400

This event in 1848-1849 brought many settlers to California.

What is the Gold Rush?

400

This economic transformation increased factory production and trade.

What is the Market Revolution?

500

South Carolina threatened to secede during this political crisis.

What is the Nullification Crisis?

500

This territory was acquired from Mexico in 1848.

What is the Mexican Cession?

500

Texas joined the U.S. in this year.

What is 1845?

500

This purchase completed the continental U.S. and was made in 1854.

What is the Gadsden Purchase?

500

This was the nickname for Jackson's plan to move federal funds into state banks. 

What is "pet banks"?

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