Manifest Destiny
Trail that started in Independence, Missouri that was used by settlers wanting to farm in the Northwest
The Oregon Trail
This person led the military resistance against he Mexican government in 1834
Stephen F. Austin
This person was the president of Mexico during the revolution
General Santa Anna
This person won the popular vote in 1824 but was not made President. Instead, his opponent was chosen to be the next president.
Andrew Jackson
This group of Natives was forced to walk hundreds of miles to their new home out west. The majority of these forced migrants died on their journey there.
The Cherokee
Who coined the term "Manifest Destiny"
John O'Sullivan
What was the famous phrase that was said by Santa Anna about the Texas Revolution
"Remember the Alamo"
After losing the war, Mexico signed this treaty with the United States splitting the country in 1/2
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hildago
The belief that national interests should be placed ahead of the interests of other countries.
Nationalism
The United States rounded up more than 15,000 Cherokee into camps, while settlers burned their homes and farms. The 800-mile trip was made majority on foot and was called...
The Trail of Tears.
There were three benefits for settlers granted in the Mexican Colonization law of 1824. What were they?
2. Protection from Mexico
3. 4-year tax break
He lead the Texas Revolution to defeat the army of Santa Anna causing them to lose the Alamo and for Texas Independence
Sam Houston
The war with Mexico began as a result over what between the United States and Mexico
This person was known as the leaders of the National Republican/Whig Party for the election of 1828.
John Quincy Adams
William Henry Harrison
What was the deal in which Mexico sold parts of what is now Southern Arizona and New Mexico to the United States for $10 Million?
The Gadsden Purchase
This person was a frontiers man, he was a Congressman during Jackson's Presidency and fought against Jackson to save the Native People
The United States was hesitant towards annexing Texas as a part of the Union. What was the reason?
They were concerned about the addition of a new Slave State
The Kitchen Cabinet
This is a tax paid by merchants who import goods.
Tariff
This treaty gave Native Americans control of land in the Great Plains west of the Mississippi
Treaty of Fort Laramie
The Republic of Texas became known as the ____________ state.
The Lone Star State
After the defeat of the Mexican forces during the war, the United States acquired 4 new territories from the Treaty of Guadelupe Hildago.
+200 Bonus Point Add on:
What were the all the states acquired by this Treaty - We did not talk about all of them in class.
Texas, California, Arizona, and New Mexico
Bonus Answer:
Nevada,Utah, Oklahoma, Kansas and Wyoming.
Jackson believed that the assimilation of Native Americans could not work and that the only solution was to move the Natives farther out West. Jackson pushed for Congress to pass this Act in 1830
The Indian Removal Act
Jackson believed that this institution was corrupt and wanted it gone. He went through the trouble of withdrawing all of the government funds and refused to renew it's contract. This institution was called:
The Second National Bank