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Unit 4: Expansion
Westward Expansion
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Louisiana Purchase | former French territory that doubled the size of the US |
| Sacajawea | member of the Lewis and Clark expedition team |
| Black Hawk War | Indian-white conflict resulting in the removal of native peoples from the Indiana area |
| Trail of Tears | 1200 mile journey that forcibly removed the Cherokee form the ancestral home in the southeast |
| Indian Removal Act | legislation that permitted President Jackson to removed the 5 civilized tribes to Indian territory |
| Andrew Jackson | President who removed Indians from the southeastern states |
| States' Rights | belief that the state has higher authority than the federal government |
| nullification | belief that the state has the right to nullify any federal legislation or statute |
| panic of 1837 | led to the closure of state banks and unemployment |
| Clay's Compromise | reduction of federal tariffs over a 10 year period |
| industrial revolution | development of US domestic industry |
| market revolution | rise of consumer purchase over home industry |
| Adams-Onis | US acquisition of Spanish Florida |
| Monroe Doctrine | formal notice that the US will not tolerate European intervention or colonization in the western hemisphere |
| Treaty of Ft. Laramie | agreement outlining the territory Plains Indians will control |
| Mormon Trail | trek from Indiana to Salt Lake |
| Texas | Mexican state that rebelled and secured independence in 1836 |
| Polk | President who supported manifest destiny through territorial acquisiton and war |
| 54' 40' | annexation slogan to claim Oregon territory |
| Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo | California and New Mexico territory part of the US; Rio Grande as Texas Border |
| California | gold rush that pushed the territory into immediate statehood |
| Gibbons v Ogden | asserted federal control over interstate commerce |
| McCulloch v Maryland | declared the BUS constitutional |
| Missouri Compromise | 36' 30': above is free; below is slave |
| manifest destiny | belief that led Americans to conquer the west |