Vocab
The route to the Oregon Territory.
Oregon Trail
First president of Texas
Sam Houston
What year did the war of 1812 start
1812
The first crisis that Jackson faced after becoming president was over what national issue?
What is States' Rights.
The Gold Rush
What color is the hottest star
Blue star
The forced migration by the Cherokee and other American Indian groups from their southeastern homelands
Trail of Tears
The son of Moses Austin
Stephan Austin
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This president suggested the moving of Native American tribes men and women in 1825.
Monroe
The Oregon Territory was made up of what current states
Washington, Oregon, and Idaho
What's the power house of the cell?
The Mitochondria
A law passed by congress in 1830 that set up new territories west of the Mississippi.
Indian Removal Act
People willing to work hard labor filled lives in the hunt for furs
Who won the Battle of the Alamo?
Mexico
This President had a form of government named after him. Who is that president what is the name of the government?
Jackson & Jacksonian Democracy
The 31st state into the Union?
What is Utah.
When is Mr. McNitt's birthday
The 6th of August
A meeting in which a political party chooses a candidate.
Nominating Convention
Person responsible for discovering gold in modern day California.
Marshall
The Mexican American War ended in what year?
1848
The failure one the Second National Bank was under who's presidency?
Jackson
Who launches the first steamboat?
Robert Fulton
Who sings "never going to give you up"
Rick Astley
An 1848 treaty in which Mexico gave up California and New Mexico for 15 mil.
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
This General faced off against General Santa Ana in February of 1847
General Taylor
What was the cause of the Mexican American War
Border dispute on the Rio Grande River
This future President was Secretary of State from 1817-1825
John Quincy Adams
President Jackson and other Democrats saw the Second National Bank as undemocratic, why?
It was run by private bankers.
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The Mexican territories of California and New Mexico given to the United States in 1848.
Mexican Cession
The creator of the term "Manifest Destiny"
John L. O'Sullivan
Which president almost started 2 wars in a week, one becoming the Mexican-American war?
James Polk
Jefferson
What year did California enter into the Union?
1850
It's the last initial of their first names.
The practice of giving supports government jobs.
Spoils System
In 1820, New Spain gave who the right to colonize Texas
Moses Austin
This Treaty ended the Mexican American War
Treaty of Guadalupe - Hidalgo
The election of 1844 was between two power players. Who were they, and which one became president?
Polk and Clay
Polk- D
Clay - W
Polk wins
What was the name of the leader of Mexico during the Alamo and Mexican American War?
Antonia Lopez De Santa Anna
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