Voting & Elections
When the majority of the votes go to one candidate
Popular Vote
People began to travel this direction to gain more land and wealth
The reason Jackson gave the Native Americans land in Oklahoma
The land was considered bad
To bait someone into a fight/argument
Goad
Nickname of the men who first settled Oregon
Mountain Men
A system where political friends are rewarded for helping someone win an election
Spoils System
This region was known for large plantations and wanted to expand slavery
South
This is what white Americans wanted from Native Americans
Their land
A tax on goods coming into or out of a country
Tariff
A mission building (church) in Texas
The Alamo
The only people who could vote during Andrew Jackson's presidency
White men
This area is where most people lived due to having large cities and factories
North
The long journey that Native Americans were forced to walk after getting kicked out of their land
Trail of Tears
To add a state to the country
Annex
Mexico prohibited this in its territory (including Texas)
Slavery
The main political issue of the time
Slavery (or expansion of slavery)
The most famous way to travel out west
The TWO reasons so many Native Americans died when they were kicked out of their land
Diseases and weather
The idea that America was chosen by God to take over the entire continent
Manifest Destiny
Andrew Jackson favored giving more control to these instead of the federal government
The States
The reason America did not want to Annex Texas at first
To maintain the balance of slave and free states
The people that made up over 1/2 of the population of Florida by 1837
Enslaved people
The state where the Seminole people successfully resisted the Americans
Florida
If a state refuses to follow or acknowledge a federal law
Nullify
Explain how America got into a war with Mexico
They goaded them by putting troops on contested land (or any version of that)