To allow both countries to fish in the disputed waters
What did Great Britain and the United States agree upon at the Convention of 1818?
100
Jackson being the "common man" won alot of support.
What was Andrew Jackson's image during his presidency?
100
Manifest Destiny
What was the belief to express that God intended the U.S. to expand westward?
100
True
True or False
The Market Revolution increased the profits of farmers and manufacturers.
100
Dangerous, dirty, and disorderly. Many crimes, drinks and fights.
Describe the conditions in the mining camps.
200
Fought in revolutions throughout Latin America.
How did Simon Bolivar earn the nickname "The Liberator"?
200
Spoils system, which rewarded his supporters by giving some of them goverment jobs.
What system did Jackson put in once in office?
200
Along the Santa Fe Trail tools, clothing, and other goods were traded for furs, livestock, silver, and other merchandise.
How did Mexico's independence from Spain encourage trade with the U.S.?
200
Eli Whitney
Who employed interchangeable pars in the manufacture of firearms?
200
The American miners ignored that the foreigners were U.S. citizens and killed or beat them if they refused to leave.
What did the American minors do that violated the Treaty of Guadalupe?
300
There were mixed reactions. Some supported, some worried that it would cause foreign wars.
What were the reactions to the Monroe Doctrine?
300
Democratic Party
Jackson's supporters were known as what?
300
They acted as guides, carried messages between wagon trains, and sold wild game to travelers.
How did the American Indians help expantionists on trails?
300
Erie Canal
What was one of the most ambitious transportation projects of the era in 1817?
300
False, many immigrants were called 49ers because many traveled to California in the year 1849.
True of False
The gold seeking migrants were called Forty-niners because most of them were 49 years old.
400
A fair agreement between the U.S. and Europe stating that Europe can not intefere with the Latin American countries.
What was the main purpose of the Monroe Doctrine?
400
True
True or False
In the 1828 presidential race, Adams and his supporters spreaded rumors about Jackson's mother!
400
The Indian Removal Act which relocated Indians of the east into the west.
What was Jackson's American Indian Policy?
400
False, The Chinese were using canals as early as 300 B.C.
True or False
The Canal System used during the 1800s was the first time this technology was invented.
400
Shovels were used to place loads of dirt on dishpans. These dishpans were then put in water and shook until gold deposits settled to the bottom.
How did the 49ers pan for gold?
500
Doing so would be "Dangerous to our peace and safety."
What did the U.S. defensive claim to persuade the Europeans to not intefere with Latin American nations?
500
Jackson focused on the personality issue of Adam rather than the political issues.
In the presidental race, what was the issue Jackson wanted to focus on Adam?
500
The relationships with the Indian and settlers did not work well. Many diseases, like smallpox, spread to the Indians and many of the wildlife that the Indians depended on was destroyed by settlers.
After the settlers reached Oregon country, what hardships came upon them?
500
They shortened sea routes, connected businesses to one another, and provided better transportation than existing roads that were poorly constructed.
How did canals impact business growth?
500
It began on January 24, 1848 when gold was found by James Marshall at Sutter's mill.