Objective 1
Which of the following men became a national hero as a result of the Battle of New Orleans in 1814?
Andrew Jackson
This group of American Indians was supported by the supreme court when they fought against their removal.
The Cherokees
The pioneer woman Annie Bidwell is best known for the assistance she provided to these people in the West.
American Indians
Mexico's refusal to sell which territory to the United States increased tensions between the two nations?
California
What is the Latin word for "seasickness", now commonly used to describe any feeling of sickness?
Nausea
During the presidency of Andrew Jackson, this system resulted in elected officials rewarding their supporters with government jobs.
This famous American writer opposed the removal of the Cherokee nation from Georgia.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Homestead Act denied free land on the Great Plains to which group?
Married Women
The divisions in New Spain (Mexico before its independence), exposed inequalities and exploded violently in 1810 by the insurgent movement led by this person.
Miguel Hidalgo
How many spikes are on the Statue of Liberty's crown?
7
The belief that political participation by the common man should be increased was known as what?
Jacksonian Democracy
What was the nineteenth-century belief that Americans had a divine mission to spread westward across the continent?
Manifest Destiny
Annie Oakley was famous for her skills with this.
A gun
American desire to acquire territories in the West resulted in this major war.
Mexican-American War
Nikola Tesla started his career working for which later rival?
Thomas Edison
Widely opposed in the South in 1828, these taxes were given a very strong name.
"Tariff of abominations"
This widely-known term is used to describe the forced relocation of 15,000 Cherokees, during which 25% of them died.
Trail of Tears
This woman's extensive list of illegal activities made her one of the most notorious female outlaws of the Wild West.
Belle Starr
He commanded expeditions to put down Indian revolts in California when it was still a Mexican province.
Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo
Who turned all he touched to gold?
King Midas