The Jacksonian Era
This president expanded male suffrage and was often called the “Champion of the Common Man.
Who is Andrew Jackson
This belief justified westward expansion as a divine right to settle land from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
What is Manifest Destiny
These transcendentalist thinkers protested the Mexican-American War due to its ties to slavery.
Who are Emerson, Walt Whitman, and Henry David Thoreau?
This event, resulting from the Indian Removal Act, forced the Cherokee to relocate to Oklahoma under harsh conditions.
What is the Trail of Tears?
This senator earned the nickname “Great Compromiser” for resolving the Nullification Crisis.
Who is Henry Clay?
This system of appointing friends to government positions was criticized for promoting corruption.
What is the Spoils System
This 1848 treaty ended the Mexican-American War and resulted in the Mexican Cession.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
Thoreau refused to pay this type of tax as a protest against the Mexican-American War.
What is a poll tax?
This principle was ignored by Andrew Jackson when he proceeded with Native American removal despite Supreme Court rulings.
What is the Supremacy Clause?
The constitutional amendment cited by states during the Nullification Crisis to assert their rights.
What is the 10th Amendment?
This Supreme Court case ruled in favor of the Cherokee Nation’s right to their land, which Jackson ignored.
What is Georgia v. Worcester
This land purchase facilitated the southern route for a transcontinental railroad.
What is the Gadsden Purchase?
This practice, advocated by Thoreau, involves nonviolent resistance to unjust laws.
What is civil disobedience?
The state involved in the Supreme Court case that ruled the Cherokee could remain on their land.
What is Georgia?
This economic policy, deemed unfair to the South, sparked South Carolina’s threat to secede.
What are tariffs?
The controversial law that led to the forced relocation of Native Americans to Oklahoma.
What is the Indian Removal Act
A gold rush in this state in 1849 inspired mass migration westward.
What is California?
These ideals focus on nature, simplicity, and rejecting materialism.
What is Transcendentalism?
The rationale Jackson used to justify Native American removal, claiming it benefited both settlers and tribes.
What is westward expansion?
The underlying cause of the Mexican-American War, centered around the annexation of this state.
What is Texas?
A crisis centered on state attempts to cancel federal laws, tied to tariffs and South Carolina's secession threats.
What is the Nullification Crisis?
This 19th-century artistic movement symbolized hope and inspired people to move westward.
What is the Hudson River School of Art?
This border conflict was a key trigger of the Mexican-American War.
What is the Thornton Affair? (Canons pointed toward Mexico)
The tribe most notably impacted by the Trail of Tears.
Who are the Cherokee?
The outcome of the Mexican-American War that granted the U.S. significant territory, including modern-day California and New Mexico.
What is the Mexican Cession?