Basic Vocabulary
To make something invalid
nullify
He won the election in what year?
1825
Created the cotton gin and interchangeable parts for clocks, watches & guns.
Eli Whitney
an attitude held by some that placed man's reason above the truth of God's Word
Who commanded the soldiers that Polk sent to the Texas border
Zachary Taylor
this political party broke away from the Democratic- Republican party
Whig Party
Why was he a popular candidate?
(There are multiple answers)
*popular with American people
*Served in Congress
*Was a hero in the War of 1812
Was involved with inventing the telegraph as well as Morse Code.
Samuel Morse
These people responded to rationalism by praying for America to turn back to Biblical faith
true Christians
What did the Americans do after the Mexicans asked them to leave?
*Refused to leave
*set up a blockade to stop supplies from being shipped
The large amount of land that was given up to the United States
Mexican Cession
What Bill did he sign that forced the Native Americans to move west?
Indian Removal Act
Created the steel plow int the 1830s
John Deere
the main leader in the Second Great Awakening
Timothy Dwight
Who fired first in the War?
the Mexicans fired first
An idea that said God wanted America to possess all the land westward tot he Pacific Ocean
Manifest Destiny
What did he ask the Secretary of the Treasury to do?
Not put money/funds into the national bank.
Man who built on the ideas of others to invent the steamboat in 1807
Robert Fulton
Yale graduate who influenced the Second Great Awakening as a traveling Evangelist
Asahel Nettleton
What port city did General Scott capture?
Veracruz
a belief that man could find truth through feelings and senses rather than in God's Word.
transcendentalism
He created this political party during the election of 1828
Democrat
He used his knowledge of building and operating the machines used in British mills to manage the first successful American factory in the 1790s
man who did not depend on God to do the work of revival in his preaching services
When did the capital city of Mexico fall to Americans?
September 1847