The process of new presidents giving government jobs to supporters. Out with the old, in with the new.
What is the Spoils System
100
This became the dominant form of transportation during the early Industrial Revolution and ultimately connected the country.
What are Railroads
100
The dominant reform movement after the 1830's that became the dominant issue of the nation.
What is the Abolition Movement
100
Battle between US and Mexico that began of the disputed annexation of Texas.
What is the Mexican American War
100
The idea that the people in each new territory could decide the slave state or free state issue for themselves.
What is Popular Sovereignty
200
The name for the forceful removal of Native Americans from the South East under President Jackson.
What is the Trail of Tears
200
The first major industry in the United States.
What is Textile Industry
200
The person to led the reform movement in education and resulted in the growth of the public education system.
Who is Horace Mann
200
The giving of half of Mexico's land to the US after the Mexican-American War as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe- Hildago.
What is the Mexican Cession
200
The act that replaced the Missouri Compromise and allowed for people in territories north of the 36/30 line to choose for themselves if they wanted to be a free state or slave state.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act
300
This "shady" political deal gave John Quincy Adams the presidency over Andrew Jackson.
What is the Corrupt Bargain
300
This new water route connected the New York and the East Coast to the Midwest and allowed for cheaper transportation of goods and people.
What is the Erie Canal
300
The person who led the reform movement to help the mentally ill, handicapped and insane.
Who is Dorothea Dix
300
The territory that applied to be a state, but was denied by 2 presidents because of the fear of creating an imbalance between slave and free states.
What is Texas
300
A supreme court case that stated black did not have any rights of a citizen and could not sue for their freedom in court.
What is the Dred Scott Decission
400
The name for a period of growth in political participation and expansion of democracy during Jackson's presidency.
What is Jacksonian Democracy
400
Part of the early industrial revolution as young women went to work in textile factories where they lived and worked at the factory.
What is Lowell Massachusetts
400
The first organized meeting devoted to the development of women's rights where the Declaration of Sentiments was signed.
What is the Seneca Falls Convention
400
The belief that the US had a "God" given right to expand across North America.
What is Manifest Destiny
400
This political party focused on preventing the spread of slavery into any new territories of the US.
What is the Republican Party
500
This event started when South Carolina attempted to nullify a new tariff (federal law) and became an example of state v. federal power.
What is the Nullification Crisis
500
The two main groups of immigrants that came into the US during the early industrial revolution. Examples of OLD Immigration.
What are the Germans and Irish
500
This started the era of reform as people once again began to participate in a religious movement where people believed the could be saved and save others.
What is the 2nd Great Awakening
500
A disputed piece of land that was taken from Great Britain after Americans developed the slogan "54/40 or Fight"
What is the Oregon Territory
500
The person who contributed to some of the violence in Bleeding Kansas and led the raid of Harper's Ferry in an attempt to gain weapons needed to liberate slaves in the South.