Who
Seekers of a water route between the Mississippi and the Pacific to improve commerce
Lewis & Clark (Corps of Discovery)
American Indians in the south fought to protect it during the War of 1812
their land
Washington believed they would divide the nation
political parties
The edge of the unsettled wilderness
the frontier
Pioneers often used caravans to move West for this reason
to help each other
Abolitionist speaker, newspaper editor, and former slave
Frederick Douglass
The U.S. bought it from Spain in 1819 through the Adams-Onis Treaty
Florida
British method of forcing Americans to serve in their navy
impressment
The temporary capital before Washington, D.C.
Philadelphia
What the 2 newspapers,“The Liberator” and “The North Star,” supported
the abolition of slavery
An abolitionist and journalist who saw slavery as a sin
William Lloyd Garrison
The president issued this in 1823 over fear of the Spanish recolonizing in North America
the Monroe Doctrine
The invention that led to increased demand for slaves
the cotton gin
The location of the first women’s rights convention
Seneca Falls
Washington established the functions of the executive departments and chose their leaders to be this
his Cabinet of advisors
Abolitionists and founders of the women’s rights movement
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott
Congress passed this in 1830 since white settlers in the SE wanted American Indian land
the Indian Removal Act
Americans fought the British in a “second” War of Independence to keep this
liberty
War of 1812 American victory site that made Andrew Jackson famous
New Orleans
It kept the balance of free states and slave states by admitting Missouri and Maine at the same time
the Missouri Compromise
Reader of the “Declaration of Sentiments” calling for women’s rights
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
They traveled the Trail of Tears when the army removed them from their land in 1838
Cherokees
A result of tensions with France
the Alien and Sedition Acts