People
President during the Louisiana Purchase.
Thomas Jefferson
The idea the U.S. is destined to expand as far as possible. "from sea to shinning sea"
Manifest Destiny
This machine was a techonological advancement that increased slavery.
The cotton gin
Spain
senator who created the Missouri compromise.
Henry clay.
President who oversaw Indian removal and the trail of tears.
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson's idea to reward people loyal to him by giving them positions in the government.
Spoils system
Technology that allowed for easier transportation by land.
River that seperated Louisiana Territory from the colonies.
Mississippi River
This treaty ended the Mexican American war.
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
Abolitionists.
The idea that people focus their identity on their region rather than the country.
Sectionalism
A man made body of water that connected the Hudson river to the great lakes.
Erie Canal
(vocab) A set of beliefs and principles that guide governments.
Doctrine
After the Missouri compromise this was the lastitude that slavery would be ban from.
north of 36 30
This Native American tribe was forced to move from the south to Oklahoma, in what is now known as the trail of tears.
The Cherokee
A deal in which Maine was added as a free state to balance out the addition of a new slave state.
Missouri Compromise
A technology that increased production of goods.
Factories
Which group of people were effected when the U.S. got the new terrories after the Mexican American war.
Border disputes in the Rio grande region led to this war.
Mexican American war
Native American who helped Lewis & Clark in their expiditon.
Sacagawea
The concept of taking in another culture by giving up your own culture.
Assimilation
A technology that increased communication through wires and morse code.
Telegraph
Name the two ways in which the United states tried to assimilate native americans.
Boarding schools
Addoption
The U.S. policy that we would defend the Americas from further European colonization.
Monroe Doctrine