Native Americans were forced to march on this "trail" towards Oklahoma as a result of the Indian Removal Act
What is the "Trail of Tears"?
This phrase described the American idea that it was natural to expand westward
What is "Manifest Destiny"?
In 1803, Thomas Jefferson purchased this territory from France, expanding the borders of the United States
What is the Louisiana Territory (or Louisiana Purchase)?
The Monroe Doctrine can be viewed as a moral opposition to: racism slavery communism colonialism
What is colonialism?
This phrase describes who Andrew Jackson believed himself the champion of
What is the "common man"
Native Americans were forced to move onto these (large tracts of territory intentionally set aside for Native American use) in the midwest after the Indian Removal Act
What are reservations?
This mountain range blocked many pioneers from traveling towards California and Oregon during winter months
What are the Rocky Mountains?
This President had a policy of Indian Removal
Who is Andrew Jackson?
This court case upheld the constitutionality of Judicial Review
What is Marbury vs. Madison
This region of the United States most strongly opposed high tariffs on imported goods in the mid 1800s
What is the South
The Treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo gave California, Nevada, Utah and parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado to what country?
What is the United States?
This famous duo traveled west to explore Louisiana Territory in 1804 and 1805
Who are Lewis and Clark?
This US President instituted a policy of non-expansion for European countries in the Western Hemisphere. Hint: The policy bears his name
Who is President James Monroe?
This man famously ruled that judicial review was constitutional in "Marbury v. Madison"
Who was John Marshall?
This segment of the American population was MOST supportive of the Tariff of 1828 Freedmen Southern farmers Western settlers Northern merchants
What is Northern merchants?
This region most vehemently opposed the temperance movement and abolitionist movement
What is the South
According to the Treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo, THIS river is the official border between the US and Mexico
What is the Rio Grande
This South Carolinian was an outspoken supporter of states rights during the Antebellum period
Who was John C. Calhoun?
Congress passes a new federal law making it illegal to call public officials "boneheads". The president gladly signs it. However, the Supreme Court nullifies the law by ruling that it violates the Constitution. What power has the Court exercised?
What is judicial review
This term describes the idea that all men, regardless of economic status ought be allowed to vote
What is universal male suffrage
The Battle of the Alamo occurred during a "Revolution" in this modern-day Longhorn State
What is Texas
The Louisiana Purchase gave the US control of THIS river, which dumps into the Gulf of Mexico at New Orleans
What is the Mississippi River
Angelica Grimke and William Lloyd Garrison were the leaders of THIS movement
What is the abolitionist movement
"Wocester v. Georgia" famously claimed that the all Native American nations would be ruled by federal, not state, laws. This allowed for the passage of what major 1830 Act against Native Americans?
What is the Indian Removal Act?
This demographic group most strongly supported Andrew Jackson: Eastern businessmen Western farmers Southern plantation owners Women
What is western farmers