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court case that said federal government regulates interstate commerce (early republic)
Gibbons v Ogden
The court case Worcester v Georgia said that the Cherokee native americans could stay on their land. What was Andrew Jackson's response to this ruling?
He ignored it
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo after the Mexican War gave America this large land which included this state
California
The idea that Americans have a right from God to expand west across the North American continent
Manifest Destiny
The main topic of the Lincoln-Douglas debates
Slavery
This incident was a disagreement between South Carolina and President Jackson over states rights to ignore a law (age of jackson)
Nullification Crisis
Railraods, steamboats, and the Erie Canal all improved the economy because:
It made trade and transportation faster
A revolt in 1831 which included violence. Although it was suppressed, it showed the desire for freedoms of slaves. This revolt was led by:
Nat Turner
This Compromise created Missouri into a slave state, Maine into a free state, and established the 36°30′ line.
Missouri Compromise
This landmark Supreme Court case ruled that enslaved people were property and had no legal rights, and that Congress had no power to limit slavery in territories, strengthening the position of slave owners
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Southern plantations relied on this new technology created by Eli Whitney for more efficient production of cotton
Some popular crops grown in the South, known as "cash crops"
Cotton, tobacco, sugar, indigo
Tell me one Push Factor and one Pull Factor for an immigrant:
Push: famine, political instability, economic hardship
Pull: availability of jobs, safety, land, freedom
This lost battle became a rallying cry which inspired Texas to win its independence
The Alamo
The name of the famous, dangerous path leading to the west
Oregon Trail
This city became the center of the slave trade in the south
Memphis
Andrew Jackson lost and John Quincy Adams won the election of 1824, after he was selected by Speaker of the House Henry Clay, only if Clay would be given the position of Secretary of State. This controversial moment was known as the
Corrupt Bargain
The Supreme Court Case which ruled that a bank owned by the federal government does not have to pay taxes to the state it is located in, further increasing the power of the federal government
McCulloch v. Maryland
This group moved west and settled in Utah to escape religious persecution
Mormons
Negative consequences of the California Gold Rush of 1849
"Ghost towns" after the gold ran dry
Discrimination against non-white miners
Very little law and order in towns
One of the three movements during the Second Great Awakening
Temprance, Abolition, Women's Rights
this immigrant group came to America in search of gold and were discriminated against (westward expansion)
Chinese
this document was written by women who fought for the right to vote, and was based on the Declaration of Independence:
"all men and women are created equal"
Declaration of Sentiments
This compromise protected slavery established the Fugitive Slave Act and repealed the 36°30′ line of the Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
The Kansas-Nebraska Act introduced a concept allowing settlers in new territories to decide for themselves if they will allow slavery. What is this concept called?
Popular Sovereignty