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America Grows

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