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U.S Expansion
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Monroe Doctrine | President Monroe warned all of Europe to stay out of & not create any new colonies and if they did then we would fight them. |
| How did the U.S. gain ownership of Florida? | Jackson illegally took 2 Spanish forts while in Florida causing Spain to enter into the Adams-Onis Treaty which granted the U.S. the 2 parts of Florida that Spain had previously claimed/owned. |
| The changes that occurred during Andrew Jackson’s presidency | Campaigned with slogans, rallies, and mudslinging, more white men were able to vote (no property requirement), increased the veto, and created the spoils system |
| Spoils system | Practice of replacing government officials with one’s own supporters. |
| Tell why the North supports the tariffs on imported goods while the South does not. | The north are manufacturers and felt the tariffs would cause people to buy American which would increase their profit. The south are consumers and were upset that the items they bought were more expensive. |
| Tariff | A tax on imported goods |
| List details about the Indian Removal Act | Cherokee, Seminole, Choctaw, Fox and Sauk were sent to the Indian Territory (Oklahoma). Trail of Tears was part of this act. |
| Trail of Tears | Cherokee were forced to move westward to Indian Territory (present day Oklahoma). 4,000 of 17,000 die on the way |
| Explain how Andrew Jackson got rid of the Second National Bank | He withdrew the government’s money from the 2nd national bank and divided it among the smaller state banks forcing the national bank to eventually close |
| List the 3 requirements of Americans moving into Texas: | Speak Spanish, convert to Catholicism, and obey Mexican laws. |
| Santa Anna | President and then self appointed dictator of Mexico prior to and during the Texas War for Independence |
| Sam Houston | Commander in chief (President) of the new Republic of Texas |
| Explain Andrew Jackson’s reason to deny the annexation of Texas | Admitting Texas as a state would upset the balance of slave and free states in Congress and it would anger Mexico |
| Oregon Trail | Large groups of settlers took this trail to move west (From Missouri to Oregon Territory) |
| Manifest Destiny: | The American belief that US should stretch from the Atlantic to Pacific |
| James K. Polk: | President #11 who negotiated our control over Oregon Country, annexed Texas and convinced Congress to declare war on Mexico. Helped fulfill our quest of Manifest Destiny |
| Santa Fe Trail | Traders used this trail to get to Santa Fe and trade with Mexicans |
| Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo | Peace treaty with Mexico. Mexico dropped claims to Texas & agrees to the Rio Grande as the border. We also get California, and the New Mexico Territory |
| List the lands we got from Mexico | New Mexico Territory, California, Texas |
| California Trail: | Settlers hoping to get rich took this trail to California during the “gold rush” |
| Gold Rush | When 80,000 hopefuls moved to California in search of gold and riches |
| Forty-Niners | People who arrived in California in 1849 primarily in search of gold |
| List details about the California Gold Rush | 80,000 people fled to California in hopes of getting rich. There were many ways to reach California. Most miners went broke while merchants had better odds of striking it rich |
| Mormon Trail | Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints moved to Utah to escape persecution and fulfill their vision of “godly life” |
Created by:
Camryn Ellis
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