First President of The Republic of Texas
Sam Houston
The belief that the U.S. border with Mexico should be at this river led to the Mexican-American War.
Rio Grande
“54’40’ or fight” was the campaign slogan of which President?
James K. Polk
Where is the Oregon Territory?
(Teacher Decision)
The Industrial Revolution is...
When goods went from being made by hand to machine
Who was nicknamed, “Old Hickory”?
Andrew Jackson
People that moved to the Oregon Country and trapped fur and lived off the land were known as?
Mountain Men
What were people called who were Mexican and lived in Texas?
Tejanos
What ultimatum did the US give to Spain about Florida?
Govern or Get out!
Who was the Oregon Territory claimed by?
US and Britain
Suffrage means...
The right to vote (NOT The suffering of women)
What treaty did the US and Spain Sign?
Adams-Omnis Treaty
How much did the US pay for the Gadson Purchase?
10 Million
What did Andrew Jackson nickname the deal that John Q. Adams and Henry Clay made?
The Corrupt Bargin
Led first American settlers to Texas
Sam Austin
Mexican dictator who fought Texans
Santa Anna
In the early 1800s, what countries (3) started losing their colonies in the Americas?
Spain, Portugal, France
Which was NOT a benefit of the Eric Canal? Provided jobs for immigrants, Helped the economy of the South, Helped the growth of cities in upstate New York, Helped link the east and west for trade
Helped the Economy of the South
Who helped write "The Declaration of Sentiments?"
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Explain Manifest Destiny.
The belief that America was destined to expand to the Pacific Ocean.
Famous “conductor” on the Underground Railroad
Harriett Tubman
“I am besieged by a thousand or more of the Mexicans under Santa Anna… Colonel William B. Travis. What famous battle happen after this?
Battle of the Alamo
What does reform mean?
Change to improve
President during Mexican-American War
James K. Polk
What is the “Trail of Tears?" (Be specific)
The journey of Cherokee Indians from Georgia to Oklahoma
Which state was the Gold Rush in, and made the population skyrocketed (increase fast) because of it?
California
Explain the Spoils System?
When Andrew Jackson gave his friends and political supporters good government jobs.
The MAIN purpose of the Monroe Doctrine was to...
Warn Europe that they were not to re-colonize any land in the Americas.
What the Monroe Doctrine Successful? Why?
Yes and NO
The main reason Americans moved to Mexican Texas was...
They wanted land to grow cotton on.
What do these inventions have in common? Cotton Gin, Telegraph, Steamboat, & Light Weight Plow
They helped America grow
“We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men and women are created equal……” Which document can these words be found in? (Careful)
Declaration of Sentiments
What country ruled Florida in the 1800s?
Spain
Who became President after James K. Polk?
Zachary Taylor
Runaway slave that wrote an autobiography and gave speeches
Frederick Douglass
Who convinced states to open mental health hospitals?
Dorothea Dix
What was the Temperance movement?
Fought for the ban of alcohol.
The name of the religious group that settled in what today is Salt Lake City, Utah was?
The Mormons
Abolitionists wanted to end...
slavery
What was main reason women and children were hired to work?
They could get paid less
First factories were powered by...
water
Who was the “Father of Public Schools in America?”
Horace Mann
Who received the popular vote in the election of 1824, but lost the Presidency to Corruption?
Andrew Jackson
Who created the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney
Which U.S. President that signed the Indian Removal Act into law?
Andrew Jackson