Vocabulary
Name for covered wagon
prairie schooner
The idea that the U.S. should span across the continent from ocean to ocean
Manifest Destiny
Leader of the Seminole in Florida
Osceola
This is where a couple hundred Texans were defeated by a much larger Mexican army in the fight over Texas independence from Mexico
The Battle of the Alamo
This couple's mission failed miserably when they accidentally brought disease to the Native Americans
Dr. Marcus and Narcissa Whitman
This is another word for to take away from others
dispossess
What is it called when party leaders chose the party's candidates for office?
nominating convention
This party's symbol of their campaign is a log cabin
With this, the U.S. paid $15 million and also received land in California, Nevada and Utah; made the Rio Grande the border in Texas
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Name of Choctaw police that helped maintain order and public safety
Lighthorsemen
This is when nonelected officials can carry out laws
bureaucracy
In the 1830's Americans began to _______ to the Oregon Country because of its fertile land.
migrate
This president signed the Indian Removal Act
Andrew Jackson
This settled the border dispute between Maine and Canada; also set the boundary for the U.S./Canada from Maine to Minnesota
Webster-Ashburton Treaty
This year was the election known as "corrupt bargaining"
1824
An official order
decree
Texan leaders sent a delegation to Washington D.C. to ask the United States to _____, or take control of, Texas.
annex
He was the president that sent the army to make the Cherokee move out
Martin van Buren
This gave up all Cherokee land; there were protests that this was done unfairly
Treaty of New Echota
This case rules that the state and citizens had no right to interfere with the Cherokee
Worcester v. Georgia
Mormons suffered ________, or mistreatment because of their beliefes.
persecution
Citizens that formed committees to protect themselves
vigilante
He was the first vice president to gain presidency due to the death of the president
John Tyler
This said that South Carolina wouldn't pay "illegal" tariffs and almost broke away from the Union
Nullification Act
He was the famous man leading the fur trading company
John Jacob Astor