This doctrine warned European nations not to interfere in the Americas, but it could have created problems because the U.S. did not have a strong military to enforce it.
The Monroe Doctrine
This 1820 agreement admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
The Missouri Compromise
This president was known for appealing to the common man and greatly expanding the power of the presidency.
Andrew Jackson
This major economic change began as new machines and factories transformed how goods were produced.
The Industrial Revolution
The temperance movement reflected the belief that Americans could improve society by changing this personal behavior.
Drinking Alcohol
Many Irish immigrants came to the United States during the 1840s because of this disaster that caused widespread hunger.
The Potato Famine
This movement sought to end slavery in the United States.
The Abolitionist movement
Name one famous abolitionist who spoke or wrote against slavery.
Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, or Harriet Tubman
This belief claimed that the United States was destined to expand across the North American continent.
Manifest Destiny
Manifest Destiny led to conflicts with Native Americans and this neighboring country as the United States expanded westward.
Mexico
This 1848 meeting is considered an important beginning of the organized women's rights movement in the United States.
The Seneca Falls Convention
These two major immigrant groups came to the United States in large numbers during the early 1800s.
Ireland and Germany
Americans began moving away from Nationalism and toward Sectionalism as different regions developed different economic interests involving this issue.
Slavery
This federal policy forced many Native American groups to move west of the Mississippi River.
The Indian Removal Act
A religious revival movement in the early 1800s that encouraged people to strengthen their faith and work to improve society.
The Second Great Awakening
These two women were major organizers of the Seneca Falls Convention.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott
This reformer fought to improve the treatment of people with mental illnesses and helped establish better conditions in hospitals and prisons.
Dorthea Dix
Approximately this many Native Americans died during the forced removal known as the Trail of Tears.
This Supreme Court case established that Congress had implied powers and that states could not interfere with the federal government.
McCulloch v. Maryland
A 19th-century philosophical and literary movement that emphasized individual thought, nature, self-reliance, and the idea that people can find truth within themselves.
Transcendentalism
What year was President Jackson elected?
1828
This 1825 Supreme Court case established the principle of judicial review, giving the Supreme Court the power to declare laws unconstitutional.
Marbury v. Madison
What was the name of William Lloyd Garrison's Newspaper?
The Liberator
Who helped change the school systems in the 1800's including introducing grade levels and mandatory attendence.
Horace Mann
Who was Texas's first president?
Sam Houston