Early Presidents
What did Washington warn against in his farewell address?
Political parties and foreign entanglements
Who did the U.S. fight in the War of 1812?
What was the doctrine that told Europe to stay out of America, attempting to earn respect for the U.S.?
Monroe Doctrine
Manifest Destiny
What is a tariff?
What could Washington not stop from forming in his presidency?
Political parties
What was the war nicknamed? (after the 4th POTUS)
"Mr. Madison's War"
What was the system put into place by Henry Clay?
American System
Why did the U.S. want to acquire Florida from Spain in the Adams-Onis Treaty?
Jackson was sent to stop Seminole raids on bordering farms and enslaved people were escaping to Florida
Oregon Trail
Which event doubled the size of the U.S. in 1803?
Louisiana Purchase
What happened at the Battle of New Orleans?
Though the Treaty of Ghent already ended the War, Andrew Jackson didn't realize and gained fame by defeating the British in battle
Internal Improvements means...
improvements to infrastructure such as roads, railroads, canals, etc.
When Texas gained independence from Mexico and was annexed as the 28th state in 1845, people worried about what institution expanding?
Slavery
Which tribe was forced to relocate to Oklahoma during the brutally devastating Trail of Tears?
Cherokee
Who charted and mapped the west from the Mississippi to the Pacific?
Lewis and Clark
What happened at Fort McHenry?
Francis Scott Key wrote the "Star Spangled Banner" (our national anthem) when he saw that the British failed to take over our fort.
Which three regions of the country emerged in the 1800s?
North, South, and West
54'40 or Fight was James K. Polk's campaign slogan. We shared Oregon with which country?
Southern states who disliked the Tariff of 1828 threatened to...
secede (leave the union)
Why was the port of New Orleans so important?
Control over the Mississippi means control over trade! $$$
Who won the War of 1812?
Technically nobody, though our ability to fend off the British raised national pride
The Era of Good Feelings refers to the period in the U.S. when people agreed on improvements to the country after which war?
War of 1812
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the War with Mexico and gave the U.S. which territory (depleting the size of Mexico...)
Mexican Cession (the American Southwest including California, New Mexico, etc)
What completed westward expansion 50 years after the Louisiana Purchase?
Gadsden Purchase