Key People
This frontier woodsman carved the Wilderness Road and helped settle Kentucky.
Who was Daniel Boone?
This 1803 purchase doubled the size of the United States.
What was the Louisiana Purchase?
This idea said states could cancel federal laws they believed were unconstitutional.
What is nullification?
This president approved the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
This road built with federal money connected Maryland to Illinois and helped settlers move west.
What is the National Road?
She served as a guide and interpreter for Lewis and Clark, helping them navigate the West.
Who was Sacagawea?
This 1807 law shut down all U.S. trade with Europe and hurt the American economy.
What was the Embargo Act?
This 1828 tariff angered Southerners, who said it unfairly favored Northern factories.
What was the Tariff of Abominations?
This president served only one term because he was blamed for the Panic of 1837.
Who was Martin Van Buren?
This law divided western lands into townships with one section reserved for schools.
What was the Land Ordinance of 1785?
This explorer of the southern Louisiana Territory saw a 14,110-foot peak he thought was a cloud.
Who was Zebulon Pike?
This tragic 1838 forced march killed about 4,000 Cherokee.
What was the Trail of Tears?
This senator defended the Union with the famous quote, “Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable!”
Who was Daniel Webster?
This president died after only 31 days in office, the shortest presidency ever.
Who was William Henry Harrison?
This law created a plan for new states and banned slavery in the Northwest Territory.
What was the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
This vice president wrote the South Carolina Exposition and Protest and defended states’ rights.
Who was John C. Calhoun?
This 1820 legislation allowed Maine in as a free state and Missouri as a slave state.
What was the Missouri Compromise?
This 1832 party process replaced secret caucuses and allowed voters to select delegates.
What is the national nominating convention?
This U.S. president issued the Monroe Doctrine in 1823.
Who was James Monroe?
This system allowed Jackson to reward political supporters with government jobs.
What is the spoils system?
These three influential statesmen—representing the South, West, and North—were known as the Great Triumvirate.
Who were Calhoun, Clay, and Webster?
This 1837 economic crisis began after Jackson required land purchases to be paid in gold and silver.
What was the Panic of 1837?
This 1833 compromise gradually lowered tariffs and eased tensions between North and South.
What was the Compromise Tariff (Henry Clay’s compromise)?
This president battled Nicholas Biddle and ultimately destroyed the National Bank.
Who was Andrew Jackson?
This 1805 agreement set boundaries between Indigenous lands and U.S. lands after the Battle of Fallen Timbers.
What was the Treaty of Greenville?