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S. S. Ch. 10
Question | Answer |
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Nationalism | National pride or glory |
James Monroe | 5th president, era of good feeling, last of the VA dynasty, last of revolutionary generation, two term president, last of the founding fathers |
Era of Good Feeling | Period of political harmony, avoiding war, nation is expanding and growing |
Cumberland Road | MA to WV, first road |
Erie Canal | NY, growing westward, waterway |
1st Seminole War | Seminoles crossing boarders, Jackson is sent, takes over Spanish forts |
Andrew Jackson | 7th president, TN, log cabin president, war general, big ego, tough |
Adams-Onis Treaty | We get Florida |
Monroe Doctrine | European powers don't interfere in western hemisphere, we stay out of European affairs |
Henry Clay | KY, Great Compromiser |
Election of 1824 | Goes to HoR, Clay pushes for Adams, Jefferson wins |
Corrupt Bargain | Clay helped Adams try and win |
Election of 1828 | Jackson wins |
John Quincy Adams | Boston, MA, Monroe's SoS, big plans but no support from Congress |
Old Hickory | Common man, tough |
King Andrew | Jefferson was acting like a king |
Log Cabin President | First to be born in a log cabin |
Jacksonian Democracy | Didn't care about class |
Kitchen Cabinet | What Jackson called his cabinet because he's really close to the people he hired |
Indian Removal Act | Removal of Indians in U. S. territory |
Trail of Tears | 18,000 Indians moved, 800 miles, and 4,000 people died |
Nullification Crisis | Tariffs null and void, didn't obey because it's unconstitutional |
Compromise Tariff | Lowers the tariff rates slowly over 10 years |
Martin Van Buren | Jackson's Secretary of State, elegant dresser, democratic, Panic of 1837 |
Panic of 1837 | Cotton was getting scarce, expensive, and in debt |
Whig Party | Against Andrew Jackson |
Tippecanoe and Tyler Too | Slogan Harrison used because he won against the Indians and Tyler was his Vice President |
Harrison | Too old, longest Inaugural Address, first president to die in office, shortest term (one month) |
John Tyler | Tyler became president after Harrison died |
Manifest Destiny | Wanting to expand |
Stephen F. Austin | Father of Texas, recruited the first 300 families to Texas |
Texas Revolution | U. S. settlers came to Texas |
The Alamo | Military base, no survivors, overrun by Santa Anna |
Santa Anna | Overran the Alamo, arrested Austin |
Booey, Crockett, Travis | Helped defend the Alamo |
Sam Houston | Commander of Texas army |
Battle of San Jacinto | Killed 630 and captured Santa Anna |
Lone Star State | Independent Republic of Texas |
Annexation | Added on Texas |
James K. Polk | 11th President, democratic |
Rio Grande/Nueces | Border of Texas |
Zachary Taylor | Sent by Polk to dispute the region |
Battle of Buena Vista | 5,000 Americans, 15,000 Mexicans, and Santa Anna withdraws |
Guadalupe Hidalgo | Feb. 1848, gave up all claims to TX, we paid $15 million, granted citizenship to all |
Oregon Trail | Wanted to fur trade and protestant missionaries |
Donner Party | Few survivors, resorted to cannibalism |
Joseph Smith | Finds and translates Book of Mormon |
Brigham Young | Leads people west |
49ers | 40,000 people moved to California to look for gold in 1848-1849 |
Prospectors | People who wanted to look for gold |