The Gold Rush
Thousands of people who moved to California seeking fortune in the Gold Rush may be known by this nickname.
What are 49ers?
This high tariff of 1828 was seen as benefitting Northern factories over Southern farmers and sparked the nullification debate.
What is the Tariff of Abominations?
This law authorized the relocation of Native American tribes, leading to significant suffering.
The belief that the United States was destined to expand westward, bringing democracy and civilization with it.
What is Manifest Destiny?
A leader in the women’s rights movement who co-authored the Declaration of Sentiments and championed suffrage and legal reforms.
Who is Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
This initial gold mining technique was used by early settlers, and involved washing gold from river sand.
What is placer mining?
The name for the conflict between Pres. Andrew Jackson and the Second Bank of The United States.
What is the Bank War?
The forced march of the Cherokee people and other Native tribes to Indian Territory, resulting in thousands of deaths.
This significant route was utilized by settlers moving to Oregon.
What is the Oregon Trail?
A feminist and abolitionist who co-organized the Seneca Falls Convention and advocated for women’s political and social engagement.
Who is Lucretia Mott?
This advanced mining technique used high-pressure water jets to extract gold.
What is hydraulic mining?
This economic plan focused on unifying the U.S. through protective tariffs, a national bank, and infrastructure projects.
What is the American System?
The conflict between the U.S. and the Seminole tribe in Spanish Florida, which pressured Spain to cede Florida to America.
What is the 1st Seminole War?
These fur-trappers and explorers in the Rocky Mountains were instrumental in mapping routes and aiding westward migration.
What are mountainmen?
This man founded Maryland as a safe haven for Catholics.
Who is Lord Baltimore?
This 1853 land purchase from Mexico provided territory for a southern railroad route.
What is the Gadsden Purchase?
These taxes were placed on imported and exported goods and used by England to generate revenue from colonial trade.
What are customs duties?
U.S. forces defeated Tecumseh’s forces at this battle in 1811.
What is Tippecanoe?
The agreement between the U.S. and Native American tribes in 1851 to establish boundaries for tribal lands.
What is the Treaty of Ft. Laramie?
This former enslaved woman became a powerful speaker for abolition, famous for her speech “Ain‘t I A Woman?”.
Who is Sojourner Truth?
This proposed 1846 amendment aimed at banning slavery in territories gained from Mexico sparked intense North v. South debates.
What is the Wilmot Proviso?
The period of rapid increase in consumption of goods in the colonies, driven by a surge in transatlantic trade.
What is the consumer revolution?
This 1763 uprising in response to British policies saw Native Americans attacking British forts and settlements.
What is Pontiacs Rebellion?
This trade route from Missouri to New Mexico was crucial for commerce and cultural exchange.
What is the Santa Fe Trail?
An advocate for gender equality and editor of The Lily.
Who is Amelia Bloomer?