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Stack #353510
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| President appoints loyal supporters to government jobs | spoils system |
| President and close advisors meet in White House kitchen | Kitchen cabinet |
| tariff of Abomination | taxes on imports that the south objected to |
| nullification | belief a state can reject a law from the Central government |
| John Calhoun | South carolina vice president who trheatened to secede from the union |
| supports tariffs | whigs |
| supports farmers | Democrats |
| pro slavery | Democrats |
| Pro business | Whigs |
| mostly from north | whigs |
| Worchester v Georgia | supreme court agrees with cherokee nation |
| Indian Removel Act | law forcing Cherokee to relocate to oklahoma |
| Sequoya | created Cherokee language |
| Kentuckey/Virginia Resolutions | said these states could nullify the Alien and Sedition acts |
| Federalism | sharing of power between the central govt and the states |
| early settlers going west headed to this terr. | oregon county |
| name three routes to California | over land-panama-around south america |
| this was the term used to descibe America's desire to move west | manifest destiny |
| define the Monroe Doctrine | European countries must stay out of western hemisphere |
| this man led the first settlers to Texas | Stephan Austin |
| three rules were asked to be followed by the early settlers to Texas | become catholics-no slaves- be loyal to Spain |
| these mexicans supported he Texans | tejanos |
| this man became dictator of mexico | santa ana |
| this man defeated the mexican general at san jacinto | sam houston |
| this was the misson where Americans were executed by the Mexicans | alamo |
| this American general went into Mexican territory | taylor |
| this president started a war by sending American troops into Mexican territory | polk |
| California's name used when they declared independence | bear flag rebublic |
| treaty which ended the war with Mexico | Guadalupe Hidalgo |
| in what state is the Alamo located | texas |
| this man was the first president of texas | sam houston |
| this happens when a country adds a state | annex |
| this was texas or ten years | independent |
| why the United States refused to admit Texas as a state | slave state |
| prospectors to California were called these | 49ers |
| what happened in California in 1849 | gold discovered |
| named used to refer to mexicans living in California before it became a state | californios |
| this congressman, later president was against the mexican war | lincoln |
| name one senator from califorian | boxer fienstein |
| final purchase of a sliver of land after the Mexican war between mexico and california | gadsden purchase |
| Power shared by both the states and central govt | federalism |