the belief that America has a God-given right to expand westward
What is Manifest Destiny?
100
Led a deadly slave rebellion in 1831
Who is Nat Turner?
100
The reason why the election of 1828 was more democratic than previous elections
What is land ownership qualifications were dropped?
100
6 states seceded from the United States after this person was elected president in 1860
Who is Lincoln?
100
this invention caused slavery to greatly expand
What is the cotton gin?
200
this caused the mass migration to California in 1849
what is the gold rush?
200
The birthplace of the women rights movement
What is the Seneca Falls Convention?
200
Andrew Jackson's policy of rewarding campaign supporters with government positions
What is the spoils system?
200
this court case voided the Missouri Compromise by ruling that slaves are property and can be taken into free states
What is the Dred Scott Decision?
200
The forced migration of 17,000 Cherokees off the land in Georgia
What is The Trail of Tears?
300
this group was forced to move westward after facing religious persecution. they settled in Salt Lake City.
Who are the Mormons?
300
Runaway slave that wrote his own newspaper and became a famous speaker
Who is Fredrick Douglas?
300
Jackson used this more than any other president
What is the veto?
300
This agreement allowed the states gained by the Mexican War to be slave states. It also included the Fugitive Slave Law.
What is the Missouri Compromise of 1850?
300
This transportation revolution linked eastern goods to western markers and helped develop NY
What is the Erie Canal?
400
the idea that new states should decide the question of slavery
What is popular sovereignty?
400
This man was called a murderer and a terrorist by the South and a martyr by the North after he attempted to lead a slave insurrection?
Who is John Brown?
400
This piece of legislation caused the nullification crisis and John C Calhoun to step down as VP
What is the Tariff of 1828?
400
some believe this was the first action of the Civil War. pro-slavery and free state supporters were both killed after a failed popular sovereignty vote.
What is Bleeding Kansas?
400
the idea that a state can decide whether or not to follow a federal law
What is nullification?
500
President that ran under the slogan "54 40 or Fight" and supported Texas annexation
Who is James Polk?
500
radical abolitionist that started the Liberator newspaper and called for immediate emancipation
Who is William Lloyd Garrison?
500
This court case established that tribal lands were sovereign. Andrew Jackson ignored this case.
What is Worchester v Georgia?
500
This author wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin which depicted the horrors of slavery
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?
500
This man is called the Great Compromiser for his role in creating the Missouri Compromise and Compromise of 1850