Westward Expansion
The belief that it was our duty to settle the continent, conquer and prosper.
What is Manifest Destiny?
A person who has broken the law while still being on the run from authorities.
What is an Outlaw?
These are gold hungry emigrants
What are 49'ers?
A period in our history full of optimism and positivity.
What is the Era of Good Feelings?
Fought in the battle of New Orleans and later got elected president.
Who is Andrew Jackson>
On May 13, 1846, this war started.
When was the Mexican American War?
Women moving west found this as they were getting away from the structured societies from the East.
What is freedom/independence?
This state had most of the country's attention when Gold was discovered in it.
what is California?
This helped regulate our nation's money
What is a National Bank?
This helped you get a nice position of the government, as long as you help them out.
What is Patronage?
Tejanos wanted to revolt and create this independent country.
What is the Republic of Texas?
The President's wife that saved George Washington's painting during the war of 1812.
Who was Dolley Madison?
A carpenter from New Jersey found gold during the construction of his sawmill.
This native American tribe would hide in the marshes of Florida and fight the US army for decades.
Who are the Seminole?
The state of Georgia wanted to move this native American group away from its land. This would reach to the supreme court under Worcester v Georgia.
Who were the Cherokee?
The President that sparked the war against Mexico.
Who was James K Polk?
Described as the toughest, most resilient resident of Cascade, Montana. She worked jobs common to men, finding a job transporting mail on stagecoach.
Who is Mary Fields?
A group of American pioneers who migrated to California in a wagon train but got separated and resorted to cannibalism.
who were the donner party?
This document proclaimed that the western hemisphere is American's sphere of influence and Europe should not interfere.
Expanded voting rights to all white men
What is Suffrage?
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
She was an influential women with a lot of political power during the Gold rush era.
Who was Mary Ellen Pleasant?
Roughly a 2000 mile route from independence, Missouri that was used by thousands of American pioneers.
what is the Oregon Trail?
This is the cleansing and forceful moving of 60,000 people.
What is the Trail of Tears?
This political party at the time of Jackson had this objective.
Who wanted independence for farmers, and artisans?