Trivia
Judicial Review
The right of the Supreme Court to determine if a law violates the Constitution, or to review on other acts.
Thomas Jefferson
3rd President who purchased Louisiana from France.
Cherokee
Nation of people who didn't want to give up their land, but were later forced to move west (trail of tears).
Louisiana Purchase
The size of the United States doubled, and Jefferson bought it from France.
Election of 1828
The election between John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson, the opponents used mudslinging. Jackson ended up winning.
Spolis System
Practice of handing out government jobs to supporters; replacing government employees with the winning candidate's supporters. Part of Jacksonian Democracy.
Henry Clay
Leading War Hawk who made the Missouri Compromise, and opposed Jackson in the election of 1832
Mormons
A religion where the people moved to the Great Salt Lake in present-day Utah. They were later persecuted.
Tariff debate
South Carolina passed the Nullification act, declaring it would not pay the "illegal" tariffs, they threatened to break away from the Union. Jackson backed a bill that would lower the tariff.
Mudslinging
Attempts to ruin their opponents' reputations with insults, used in Election of 1828.
Laissez-Faire
Policy that government should interfere as little as possible in the nation's economy
Lewis and Clark
Men who were sent by Jefferson to go on an expedition across the country ran into Sacagawea on the way. They were to report back on any people, animals, or plants they found.
Forty-Niners.
Person who went to California during the gold rush of 1849.
Bear Flag Revolt
Small group of Americans proclaimed the independent Republic of California. Later, the US Navy force captured San Diego and Los Angeles to make the state fully controlled by the US.
Oregon Trail
Trail that led to Oregon Territory that encouraged western expansion
California Rush
When gold was discovered in California, many people came t.o the state to mine for gold
Francis Scott Keys
Wrote a poem that became known as "The Star-Spangled Banner," later known as the national anthem. Told people what he saw on the ships.
Donner Party
Party that traveled to California but only about half survived.
Trail of Tears
The forced march of the Cherokee from southeast US to the west.
Annex
To add a territory to one's own territory.
Alamo
During the Texan Revolution, a small Texan group was defending this nearby mission in Texas.
Zachary Taylor
Polk ordered this US army officer to march his soldiers across the disputed territory and gets into a small battle with the Mexican army to start the war.
Mountain Men
First settlers of the Oregon territory who made their living trapping (beaver) in the wilderness and gathering for an annual meeting/rendezvous.
Mexican Cession
Mexico gave California and New Mexico to the US
Traiff
A tax on imports or exports