Expansion
What country did the US purchase Louisiana from?
France
What was the goal of the Missouri Compromise?
To keep the balance of free and slave states.
What invention increased slavery and southern profit by changing the main cash crop to cotton?
Cotton gin
How did the fight for abolition impact the US?
It further split and divided the nation along sectional lines.
What was the goal of the Monroe Doctrine?
To prevent European Nations from colonizing Latin America.
Daily Double: What caused the population in California to increase dramatically?
The gold rush (49ers)
What event occurred when Jackson enforced the Indian Removal Act?
Trail of Tears
What became the core issue between the sections of the US before the Civil War?
Slavery and its expansion.
What event increased involvement in Antebellum reform movements after people got more involved in religion?
The Second Great Awakening.
What type of people supported Andrew Jackson? (Champion of who?)
Common Men
California, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Nevada, Utah
How did Lewis and Clark influence expansion?
More people moved west and gave the US claim to land like Oregon.
What new form of transportation begins to connect the country during the Antebellum Era? (The North liked it, the South did not)
Railroads
This was the abolitionist newspaper written by William Lloyd Garrison.
The Liberator
What was the main cause of the War of 1812?
Impressment
Why was Thomas Jefferson reluctant to buy the Louisiana Purchase?
He believed it violated his strict interpretation of the Constitution.
What is James K. Polk known for?
Supporting Manifest Destiny. (putting troops in Mexico and threatening England for Oregon)
What political event occurred when John C. Calhoun threatened President Jackson that SC would secede if the tariff of abominations was not removed.
The Nullification Crisis
Daily Double: Most Women's Rights advocates first fought for what Antebellum reform movement?
Abolition
Who became known as the Father of Education for his work at reforming it in the early 1800s?
Horace Mann
Name 2 of the 4 things included in the Compromise of 1850.
California became a state, strengthened the Fugitive Slave Law, established Popular Sovereignty, ended the slave trade in DC
What was Manifest Destiny?
The belief that it was America's God-given right to expand West.
How did Manifest Destiny increase sectionalism?
Expansion caused debates about the expansion of slavery.
What resulted from most reform movements during the Antebellum Era?
They brought attention to concerns but had few lasting changes.
How did voting rights change in the US in the early 1800s?
Property ownership was no longer required to vote.