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The 11th President of the United States who built his presidential campaign off of the idea of Manifest Destiny. He was president during the U.S.-Mexican War.
Who is President James K. Polk?
Effects: The U.S. fulfilled the goals of Manifest Destiny, conflict over the expansion of slavery increased
Cause: ???
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
Gained in 1787 from Great Britain as part of the Treaty of Paris, which ended the American Revolution. Gave the U.S. access to fertile river valleys.
What is the Northwest Territory/Ohio River Valley?
The Supreme Court case of Worcester v. Georgia centered around this issue.
What is the sovereignty of the Cherokee Nation OR the independence/power of the Cherokee Nation?
Used civil disobedience to protest the U.S.-Mexican War. He refused to pay his poll taxes (money that would fund the war) and was sent to prison.
Who is Henry David Thoreau?
Cause: Border dispute with Mexico, annexation of Texas
Effect:???
What is the U.S.-Mexican War?
This piece of land was gained when the U.S. signed a treaty with Great Britain. It established a border between the U.S. and present-day Canada at the 49th parallel.
What is the Oregon Territory?
After President Jackson approved the removal of the Cherokees from Georgia, the Supreme Court ruled in Worcester v. Georgia that Georgia could not remove the Cherokees. Jackson's response was... which resulted in...
What is ignore the Supreme Court ruling, which resulted in the Trail of Tears?
An important leader in Texas history. Helped Texas win its independence from Mexico and became the first president of the Republic of Texas. Later, he served as a U.S. senator and governor of Texas.
Who is Sam Houston?
Effects: Helped the settlement of territory gained through the U.S.-Mexican War, expanded of the U.S. railroad system
Cause: ???
What is the Gadsden Purchase?
This large piece of land was purchased by the U.S. as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. This chunk of land helped the U.S. to fulfill its goal of Manifest Destiny (reaching the Pacific Ocean).
What is the Mexican Cession?
What was one result of the election of Andrew Jackson in 1828?
A. Renewal of the charter of the Bank of the United States
B. Elimination of the spoils system
C. Ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment
D. Increased levels of voter participation
What is D. Increased levels of voter participation?
A Mexican general and political leader. He fought against Texas during the Texas Revolution and led Mexican forces at the Battle of the Alamo. He was defeated by Sam Houston at the Battle of San Jacinto, which helped Texas gain its independence from Mexico.
Who is Santa Anna?
Effects: Population boom in California, increase in Chinese immigrants in the U.S.
Cause: ???
What is the California Gold Rush?
A small strip of land on the southern edge of the U.S. This piece of land was bought from Mexico for the purpose of helping the U.S. settle territory gained from the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
What is the Gadsden Purchase?
"I consider, then, the power to annul a law of
the United States, assumed by one state,
incompatible with the existence of the Union,
contradicted expressly by the letter of the
Constitution..."
- Proclamation, President Andrew Jackson, in reaction to the Nullification Crisis
The conflict described above was a result of which issue faced in the early years of the United States?
What is the federal government's right to impose tariffs on the states?
He doubled the size of the country by completing the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, and consequently expanded (or grew) the power of the president by making that purchase from France.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Effects: Settlers replaced native crops with domestic crops, bison populations decreased due to illness and resource competition
Cause: ???
What is the environmental impacts of western expansion?
This would become the final major battle of the American Revolution, leading to the Treaty of Paris in 1783.
What was the Battle of Yorktown?
Which 2 answers are true of the First Amendment?
1. It gave states the right to regulate public education
2. People have the right to choose if and how they participate in religion
3. People are innocent until proven guilty
4. People can peacefully protest laws they don't agree with
What are answers 2 & 4?