Treaty negotiated by John Quincy Adams and signed in 1819 by which Spain ceded all of its lands east of the Mississippi River to the United States

Texas fort captured by General Santa Anna on March 6, 1836, from rebel defenders. Sensationalist accounts of the siege of the Alamo increased popular support in the United States for Texas Independence.

1839 slave rebellion on the Amistad-a slave ship headed for Cuba. They were captured 2 months later and towed to Connecticut where they sued for freedom . 1841 US Supreme Court declared them free bc it was illegal to import slaves from Africa to America

Series of states in North Africa that used state-sanctioned piracy to gain wealth from other weaker nations. The pirates would frequently seize American ships and hold the sailors for ransom in the 18th and early 19th centuries.

Battle of Horse-shoe Bend

In 1814, Tennessee militia led by Andrew Jackson fought alongside Cherokee warriors to defeat Creek forces allied with Britain during the War of 1812

Areas that rapidly developed following the swift arrival of capital, typically from mining enterprises or the railroad, in the west.

Cherokee Nation v. Georgia

1831 Supreme Court ruling that denied the Cherokee claim to be a separate independent nation, ruling that all American Indian nations were "domestic dependent nations" rather than fully sovereign governments.

Expedition organized by the US government to explore the Louisiana Territory. Led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark and aided by American Indian interpreters like Sacagawea, they set out in May 1804 and journeyed to the Pacific coast and back by 1806

Agreement between Henry Clay and John Quincy Adams in the 1824 presidential election that Clay would withdraw from the race in exchange for an appointment in Adam's cabinet.

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Term	Definition
Adams-Onis Treaty	Treaty negotiated by John Quincy Adams and signed in 1819 by which Spain ceded all of its lands east of the Mississippi River to the United States
The Alamo	Texas fort captured by General Santa Anna on March 6, 1836, from rebel defenders. Sensationalist accounts of the siege of the Alamo increased popular support in the United States for Texas Independence.
Amistad mutiny	1839 slave rebellion on the Amistad-a slave ship headed for Cuba. They were captured 2 months later and towed to Connecticut where they sued for freedom . 1841 US Supreme Court declared them free bc it was illegal to import slaves from Africa to America
Barbary States	Series of states in North Africa that used state-sanctioned piracy to gain wealth from other weaker nations. The pirates would frequently seize American ships and hold the sailors for ransom in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
Battle of Horse-shoe Bend	In 1814, Tennessee militia led by Andrew Jackson fought alongside Cherokee warriors to defeat Creek forces allied with Britain during the War of 1812
boomtown	Areas that rapidly developed following the swift arrival of capital, typically from mining enterprises or the railroad, in the west.
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia	1831 Supreme Court ruling that denied the Cherokee claim to be a separate independent nation, ruling that all American Indian nations were "domestic dependent nations" rather than fully sovereign governments.
Corps of Discovery	Expedition organized by the US government to explore the Louisiana Territory. Led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark and aided by American Indian interpreters like Sacagawea, they set out in May 1804 and journeyed to the Pacific coast and back by 1806
"corrupt bargain"	Agreement between Henry Clay and John Quincy Adams in the 1824 presidential election that Clay would withdraw from the race in exchange for an appointment in Adam's cabinet.

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