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Unit 3 Vocab
8th grade pre ap social studies
| Term✰ | Definition✰ |
|---|---|
| Indian Removal Act | The act to force all Indians to move west. |
| Andrew Jackson | Seventh president of the United States. |
| Trail of Tears | The trail that the Indians walked on while moving west. |
| Nullification | The act of cancelling something. |
| Spoils System | A act of regarding public offices. |
| Battle of San Jacinto | Decisive battle of the Texas Revolution. |
| Alamo | Mission in San Antonio, Texas |
| Antonia Lopez De Santa Anna | Mexican leader. |
| Sam Houston | American soldier and politician. |
| Annex | To remove. |
| Manifest Destiny | To expand. |
| 49er | Gold Rush group. |
| Mountain Men | Explorers who lives in the wilderness. |
| Common School Movement | The movement to let everyone have education. |
| Seneca Falls Convention | Convention about women rights. |
| Charles Finney | Leader and a pastor. |
| Elizabeth Cady Stanton | Leading figure of the early women's rights movement. |
| Dorothea Dix | Creator of asylums. |
| Horace Mann | Leader of common school movement. |
| Asylums | Place where the mentally ill stay. |
| Temperance Movement | The act of limiting alcohol use. |