Westward Expansion
This belief said Americans were meant to expand across the continent.
What is Manifest Destiny?
This president was known as a "man of the people."
Who is Andrew Jackson?
This law required escaped enslaved people to be returned.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
This battle was the first major battle of the Civil War.
What is the Battle of Bull Run/First Manassas?
This document declared independence from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This 1830 law forced Native Americans to move west.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
Jackson used this system to give jobs to loyal supporters.
What is the Spoils System?
This compromise established the 36 30 line and created a balance between free and slave states.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
This battle was the bloodiest single day battle.
What is the Battle of Antietam/Sharpsburg?
This compromise tried to keep balance between free and slave states in 1850.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
This trail was used by settlers traveling to the west.
What is the Oregon Trail?
This nickname was given to Jackson by his opponents.
What is "King Andrew"?
This $10 million purchase from Mexico established the southern border of the United States and gave us land that would become the states of Arizona and New Mexico.
What is the Gadsden Purchase?
This turning point battle happened in Pennsylvania.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
This document was one of the first presidential documents that outlined a comprehensive foreign policy.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
This gold rush started in 1848 and brought thousands west.
What is the California Gold Rush?
Jackson fought this national bank and wanted it gone.
What is the Second National Bank of the United States?
This act let people vote on slavery by using popular sovereignty and would lead to a violent conflict.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
This Union victory gave control of the Mississippi River.
What is the Battle of Vicksburg?
This speech said that slaves in rebelling states were free.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This war with Mexico added land like California and Texas.
What is the Mexican-American War?
This crisis involved South Carolina threatening to leave the Union.
What is the Nullification Crisis?
This Supreme Court case said African American people were not citizens and that banning slavery was unconstitutional.
What is the Dred Scott Decision?
This general led the Union to victory and later became president.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
These articles were created after declaring independence from Britain and served as the plan for a new government.
What is the Articles of Confederation?