History
What is the meaning of manifest
Clear or Obvious to the eye or mind. Plain and Clear.
What is the definition of destiny
The events that will necessarily happen to a particular person or thing in the future. Fate/Fortune.
What is the meaning of Manifest Destiny
the 19th-century belief that the United States would inevitably expand westward to the Pacific Ocean and also into Mexican Territory. It was believed that the right to expand was both justified and destined from God.
Jackson saw the bank as ..............
Unconstitutional
This is a radical change in political power that occurs when the population rises up in revolt against the current government.
Revolution
What is the definition of annexation
the act or instance of adding to something larger. Territories have been annexed to the United States.
What was the name of the area that Thomas Jefferson bought from the French in 1803
Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana more than .......... the size of the United States
Doubled
This act called for the relocation of eastern Native American tribes to land west of the Mississippi River.
Indian Removal Act
This is a government ruled by a person with total power over a country, typically one who has obtained power by force.
Dictatorship
Who won the election of 1800
Thomas Jefferson
The power of the President to refuse to approve a bill or joint resolution preventing it from becoming law.
Veto
What was the spoils system?
When a government official removes a lot of the current federally appointed employees with his own friends and supporters.
What was the Trail of Tears
The forced removal of the Cherokee Indians from their homes to lands west of the Mississippi
Why did Mexico not like the Americans living on their lands?
Americans were not following Mexican laws
Who was able to vote for the election of 1828
All white males
This was a 19th-century political philosophy in the United States that embraced greater democracy for the common man.
Jacksonian Democracy
This man found gold in California causing the gold rush
James Marshall
Why did people support Native American removal?
(Name three)
More farmland
Gain Wealth (Gold, Farming, Natural Resources)
“Civilize” land
Racism: The “Indian” Problem
Why did it take so long to make Texas a state?
The question of whether to make the land a slave state or free state.
What year did California become a state
1850
How did people find gold in the ground? (two ways)
using hydraulic hoses
What were some issues with the gold rush (name two)
Racism
Environmental damage
Increase in the cost of living
Disease
This treaty ended the War and gave present day states such as California, Utah, Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico to the US.
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Who was the leader of France when Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana Purchase?
Napoleon Bonaparte