Dates
The year of the Adams-Onis Treaty
What is 1819?
American settlers followed this path to the Pacific Northwest.
What is the Oregon Trail?
This key battle in the war is subject to significant controversy in history textbooks.
What is the Alamo?
This state joined the Union at the same time as Missouri.
What is Maine?
The suffering of the Cherokee on this forced march westward highlights America's greed for land and cruelty to indigenous Americans.
What is the Trail of Tears?
The United States fought the Seminole Wars in these years.
What is 1835-1842?
This President wanted Americans to be able to expand westward into Cherokee territory.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
The status of this large state was part of the cause of the War with Mexico.
What is Texas?
This state joined the Union as part of the Adams-Onis Treaty.
What is Oregon?
This Supreme Court case argued that the government couldn't interfere with Cherokee affairs.
What is Worcester v. Georgia?
What is 1832?
Andrew Jackson signed this act in order to give American settlers access to Native American land in western Georgia.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
This treaty ended the war with Mexico.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo?
This southern state joined the Union as a slave state in 1845.
What is Florida?
This act set the stage for the Trail of Tears.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
The Trail of Tears took place in this year.
What is 1838?
What are the Seminole Wars?
The end of the war established this river as the border between Texas and Mexico.
What is the Rio Grande?
This state joined the Union in 1845, leading to War with Mexico.
What is Texas?
This compromise hinted at the emerging tension over the balance of free and slave states.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
The War with Mexico took place in these years.
What is 1846-1848?
This is Americans' belief in their purpose being to spread out across American territory.
What is Manifest Destiny?
In the treaty that ended the war, the United States gave this amount of money to Mexico.
What is $15 million?
What is the Republic of Texas?
This idea highlighted America's desire for territorial expansion.
What is Manifest Destiny?