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US History - Unit 2
Unit 2 - Vocabulary list
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Federalist | Political Party that favored a strong Federal Government |
| Democratic Republican | Political Party that favored strong State Governments |
| Thomas Jefferson | 3rd President of US that purchased the Louisiana Territory in 1803. |
| James Madison | 4th President of US. Leader of US during War of 1812. |
| James Monroe | 5th President of US. He is known for US policy known as Monroe Doctrine. |
| Alexander Hamilton | 1st Secretary of Treasury. He proposed plan for US to have a National Bank. |
| Andrew Jackson | 7th President of US. He was also hero of Battle of New Orleans. While President he passed the Indian Removal Act. |
| Lewis and Clark | Men sent to explore the Louisiana Territory looking for the Northwest Passage. |
| Judicial Review | Idea that Supreme court can declare laws or acts UnConstitutional. |
| Indian Removal Act | Law that moved Native Americans from American southeast to west of Mississippi river. |
| Homestead Act | Law passed in 1862 that gave free land to people that moved West. |
| Louisiana Purchase | Land USA bought from France in 1803 for $15 million nearly doubling the size of USA. |
| Gold Rush | Movement of people to California after Gold was discovered in 1848. |
| Transcontinental Railroad | Railroad built linking West coast of USA to rest of the country. |
| Mexican-American War | Fought between 1846-1848 between USA and Mexico. Resulted in US gaining land known as Mexican Cession. |
| Assimilation | Process of making one group like another. |
| Cultural Genocide | The destruction of a groups culture by multiple means. |
| Reservation | Land set aside for Native Americans after they were removed from their home territory. |
| Popular Sovereignty | Idea that the people of a territory will determine if they want to allow slavery or not. |
| Manifest Destiny | Idea that it was American's destiny to spread from East Coast to West Coast of North America. |
| Dawes Act | Law passed in 1887 that split up Reservations into smaller sections hoping to encourage farming. |
| Buffalo | Main food and resource of many Native American tribes |
| Annexation | The addition of a land area (the way Texas became a State) |
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