Amount of money paid for the Louisiana Purchase?
$15 million
In what country does the Industrial Revolution begin?
Great Britain (England)
Jackson's VP who feared for his life after the SC Nullification Crisis?
John C. Calhoun
Leader in the education reform movement?
Horace Mann
At what battle does Santa Anna surrender to the Texas Army?
Battle of San Jacinto
List 3 benefits of the Louisiana Purchase?
- removed France from North America
- Doubled the Size of the United States
- opened the west
Missouri Compromise admits what “free” state?
Maine
Largest Southern city in the 1830's?
New Orleans
Idea that God intended the US to spread coast to coast?
Manifest Destiny
Land received by the US after the Mexican War?
Mexican Cession
What group of people is most affected by the Embargo Act of 1807?
Andrew Jackson and his supporters founded what political party?
the Democratic Party
Largest group of immigrants coming to the US during the Mid 1800's?
Irish
The battle of the Alamo takes place during which conflict?
The Texas Revolution
Boundary established for the Oregon Territory and Canada?
The 49th parallel
Given credit for winning the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812?
Andrew Jackson
Four weeks into office this President dies of pneumonia?
William Henry Harrison
Conductor of the “Underground Railroad”?
Harriet Tubman
President of the Republic of Texas in 1836?
Sam Houston
Tennessee Congressman who is killed at the Alamo?
David Crockett
Supreme Court Justice who establishes Judicial Review in Marbury v Madiso
John Marshall
Native Americans were sent to live in which future state?
Oklahoma
Who founded the Mormon religion?
Joseph Smith Jr.
US Captain sent to start an uprising in California?
John C. Frémont
Officially becomes a state in 1845?
Texas