Louisiana Purchase
19th-century belief that the United States was destined to expand its dominion and spread democracy and capitalism across the North American continent.
What is Manifest Destiny?
Name of the U.S. president who led the First Seminole War.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
The name given to the removal of Cherokees from their homelands.
What is Trail of Tears?
The supreme power or authority of a state or nation to govern itself without external interference.
What is Sovereignty?
Name of the Native people who burned Southern plantations and helped runaway slaves escape to Spanish Florida; Many mixed with the runaway slaves.
Who are the Seminoles/Black Seminoles?
This treaty with Spain in 1819 gave the U.S. the Florida territory, and clarified borders with Spanish territory in the Louisiana Territory along the Rio Grande.
What is the Adam-Onis Treaty (Transcontinental Treaty)?
Presidential Aid and Army general responsible of mapping out the newly purchased land.
Who are Lewis & Clark?
The permanent nation for all Native peoples West of the Mississippi; Natives were forcibly relocated here as a result of the Indian Removal Act.
What is "Indian Territory" (Oklahoma)?
The amount of states before the Missouri Compromise.
What is 22?
Discovery of gold in California leads to a massive influx of settlers, contributing to rapid population growth in the region.
What is the Gold Rush?
Known For: Advocating for American expansionism, leading the country during the Mexican-American War, Associated with Manifest Destiny
Who is James K. Polk?
Native people who were considered "civilized" by many White people, especially Northern Reformers and Missionaries who lived side-by-side. Their tribe held a treaty with the U.S. to be recognized as a sovereign (independent) nation.
Who are the Cherokee Nation?
The name of the U.S. state that remained its own nation for 10 years before the Mexican-American War.
What is "The Lone-Star Republic" (Texas)?
Formally ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain and the United States
What is Treaty of Paris?
During the time of the Louisiana Purchase, France was having trouble with a slave rebellion in the country of...
What is Haiti?
The temporary solution to an unbalanced conflict in 1820.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
Explain Manifest Destiny.
What is the belief that America should expand its limits?
Line that seperated the North and South.
What is Missouri Compromise line?
The overall issue that will lead to the Civil War.
What is Slavery?