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Westward Expansion
Reform Movement
American Beliefs and Principles
Age of Jackson
American Revoloution
100
River recognized as the border between Mexico and Texas at the end of the Mexican American War.
What is Rio Grande
100
Abolitionist who led the raid at Harper's Ferry to steal weapons.
Who is John Brown
100
Executive branch check against the Congress.
What is Veto
100
Act that forced Native Americans to move wet of the Mississippi River.
What is Indian Removal Act
100
First battle of the American Revoloution
What is Lexington
200
The belief that Americans had a right and fate to expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
What is Manifest Destiny
200
Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe
200
Having the same rights, privileges, and immunities as other members of society.
What is Equality
200
System in which Andrew Jackson filled political positions with his supporters and party members.
What is Spoils System
200
Document written in 1776 that included colonists' grievances against the king of England.
What is Declaration of Independence
300
Leaders of the 1804 expedition to explore and map the Louisiana Territory.
What is Meriwether Lewis and William clark
300
Health care reformer who founded the American Red Cross.
Who is Clara Barton
300
System in which one branch of government has the right and power to limit the actions of another branch.
What is Checks and Balances
300
Government institution that Andrew Jackson ended, vetoing the bill to renew its charter.
What is Second Bank of the United States (The National Bank)
300
European country that assisted the Americans at the battle of Yorktown.
What is France
400
Country in dispute with the U.S. over the Oregon Territory during the first half of the 19th century.
What is Great Britain
400
Women's rights convention organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott.
What is Seneca Falls Convention
400
Principle that a government rules legitimately by the will or consent of its people, who are the source of all political power.
What is Popular Sovereignty
400
Supreme Court case that said Georgia could not enforce its laws on Native American lands.
What is Worcester v. Georgia
400
General who led the Americans to victory at the Battle of Saratoga.
What is Benedict Arnold
500
Act passed in 1787 that organized the area north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River.
What is the Northwest Ordinance
500
Document signed at Seneca Falls that called for equal rights for women.
What is Declaration of Sentiments
500
The distribution of political power among the three branches of government.
What is Separation of Powers
500
Term used by supporters of Andrew Jackson to describe the outcome of the election of 1824.
What is The Corrupt Bargain
500
Slave who wrote poems and plays in support of American Independence.
What is Phillis Wheatley