Presidents
This man was the first president outside of the Federalist Party and despite claims from his opponent during the campaign, was definitely not dead.
Thomas Jefferson
This battle which occurred in January of 1815 allowed the United States to declare victory over Great Britain in the War of 1812.
Battle of New Orleans
This democrat ran on a platform of "Manifest Destiny" and promised to serve only one term if he could acquire Northern Mexico.
James K. Polk
Under these 1798 Acts, the time to citizenship was increased from 5 to 14 years, and it became illegal to publish news articles criticizing the federal government.
Alien and Sedition Acts
An influential politician during the "Era of Good Feelings," he also became the arch nemesis of Andrew Jackson.
Henry Clay
Of the first five presidents of the United States, he was the only one not from Virginia. He was, instead, born in Massachusetts.
John Adams
There is little evidence to support the significance of Davey Crockett during this 1836 conflict.
Battle at the Alamo
Patrick Wolfe described this form of colonialism as a "structure, not an event."
Settler Colonialism
Crafted during the "Era of Good Feelings" this document told Europe in no uncertain terms that the Western Hemisphere was closed to any future European colonization.
Monroe Doctrine
Half Cherokee and half Scottish, he served as the principal chief of the Cherokee Nation during the removal era and lost his wife on the "Trail of Tears.'
John Ross
Andrew Jackson
After the Battle of San Jacinto, Sam Houston forced Santa Anna to sign this treaty which recognized Texas independence.
Treaty of Velasco
William Walker is a prime example of this mid-nineteenth century phenomenon which saw White men undertake private military expeditions to overtake governments in Latin America and install themselves as leaders.
Filibustering
This "compromise" designed largely in part by Henry Clay sought to soothe tensions over slavery by drawing a 36/30 line to separate "free" and "slave" states.
Missouri Compromise
This long time dictator, president, and general, spent more than four decades in and out of power, lost his leg in 1838 and gave it a state funeral and burial, and burned his final bridge when he negotiated the Gadsden Purchase in 1853.
Antonio Lopez De Santa Anna
He served as the first and only president of the Lone Star Republic.
Sam Houston
Major events of this war of U.S. aggression include seizing the port of Veracruz and Mexico City.
Mexican American War
This treaty expanded the territorial holdings of the United States by 1/3.
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Signed in 1836, this contentious treaty sealed the fate of the Cherokee Nation and forced their removal from Georgia.
Those who signed the treaty violated Cherokee law and paid for that with their lives after reaching Oklahoma.
Treaty of New Echota
He served as the head of the Second National Bank and proved himself a loyal ally to Henry Clay during Jackson's presidency.
Nicholas Biddle
This president proved himself during the Mexican American War but succumbed to an unknown stomach illness less than halfway through his term.
Interesting side note: He was exhumed in 1991 to test his remain for arsenic based on longstanding conspiracy theories that he was murdered by political opposition.
Zachary Taylor
This election, riddled with scandals and salacious claims, set the precedent for the peaceful transition of power.
Election of 1800
The violence perpetuated against Indigenous peoples during this period which lasted from the mid 1840s-1850s has recently been declared a genocide.
California Gold Rush
Which landmark cases make up the Marshall trilogy?
Johnson v. McIntosh
Cherokee Nation v Georgia
Worcester v Georgia
She was the sister-in-law, slave, and mother of several of Thomas Jefferson's children. Even though the relationship has been confirmed in multiple ways, including DNA, many still challenge the truth, concerned it tarnishes the legacy of an important founding father.
Sally Hemmings