| A | B |
|---|
| Louisiana Purchase | Jefferson purchased Louisiana Territory from France for $15M |
| Merriweather Lewis and William Clark | Jefferson sent to find river route to Pacific Ocean/claimed Pacific Coast |
| Sacagawea | Indian woman who helped Lewis and Clark find river route and translated |
| Zebulon Pike | exploered Colorado; Pike's Peak |
| Essex Junto | With L.P. doubling size of U.S., New England (Federalists) were afraid of losing power so the wanted to SECEDE |
| Missouri Compromise | Missouri wanted to become a slave state, this would lead to imbalance; broke Massachusetts in half (Maine) was non slave state. Drew line so that no slaves above line |
| Henry Clay | arranged votes for Missouri Compromise; ran for president in 1824, when the election was put in House of Representatives, he gaven his votes to John Quincy Adams, who became president even though Andrew Jackson had the most votes |
| Election of 1824 | John Quincy Adams , Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay. Jackson had most votes but no one had enough electoral votes. House of Rep. decided. Henry Clay added his votes to John Quincy Adams who won |
| American System | wanted national bank, national improvements etc. |
| electoral college | each state gets one vote for each senator and congressman. President must win most of electoral votes |
| John Quincy Adams | -president, won electoral votes |
| Adams-onis treaty | 1918,finalized western border |
| Andrew Jackson | ran for president iin 1824, and won in 1828. |
| caucus system | members of congress would meet to choose the nominee for president |
| national nominating convention | delegates from each state meet to choose the presidential nominee |
| Tariff of Abominations | congress levied taxes on items from England making lfe expensive for south Carolina |
| Secede | withdraw from the country |
| John C. Calhoun | v.p. of u.s. from south Carolina. |
| nullification | the state has a right to declare a law null because states created the union |
| Daniel Webster | a senetor from Massachusetts, great orator and feirce defender of the union |
| force bill | congress passed this bill oferizing the president to use military force to enforce acts of congress |
| Indian removal act | provided money for relocating native americans to the great plains |
| trail of tears | the march of the Cheroke to Oklahoma, 2000 died in camps waiting for the migration to begin, 2000 more died of starvation, disease,and exposure on the journey |
| Manifest Destiny | the idea that God had given the continent to Americans and wanted them to settle western land |
| John Sutter (Sutter's fort) | German imigrant who recived 50K acres in the Sacromento Valley from the Mexican Govt. which was often a first stopping point for Americans reaching CA. |
| Kit Carson | A mountain man who traped and sold furs gaining knowledge of the teritory and local natives |
| Orgean trail | most popular route west |
| Donner Party | A group of 87 travelers trapped in the winter snows. After 41 died of starvation, many of the others resorted to cannibalism to survive |
| Treaty of Fort Laramie | the u.s. promised teritories to the Native Americans forever |
| Brigham Young | After a mob murderd Joseph Smith (founder of the Mormon Church) Brigham Young, the new leader, took his followers west. |
| Mormon Trail | The path Mormons took to Salt Lake |
| Tejano | Spanish speaking people who settled in Texas |
| Empresario | Spanish word meaning agents or contractors |
| National Colonization Act | Mexico gave agents large parts of Texas to fill with settlers |
| Stephen F. Austin | The first successful empresario who founded a town |
| Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna | President of Mexico. Created an army to fight the US |
| Sam Houston | Gov. of TN and military leader who took command of the Texan army to fight the Mexicans |
| The Alamo | Abandoned Catholic Mission where the Texas army held off the Mexican Army for almost two weeks |
| William B. Travis | Military leader at the Alamo |
| The Battle of San Jacinto | Houston's officers snuck up on Mexican soldiers and attacked. The battle lasted less tha 20 minutes. Santa Anna was captured and force out of Texas. Texas was now independent. |
| Annexation | Texas wanted to become part of the US. |
| Fifty-four Forty or Fight | A |
| John C Fremont | American General, began an uprising in Califronia aginst Mexico |
| Bear Flag Republic | June 14 1846, Settelers declared California Independent. gave it the name Bear Falg Republic |
| Mexican-American War | B |
| Winfield Scott | Put in charge of the campaign against Mexico eventualy Capturing the caital |
| Treaty of Guadelupe-Hidalgo | Mexico gave up 500K square mile to the U.S. |
| Mexican Cession | The Mexicans giving up their land |
| Gadsden Purchase | Chapter 10 pg 329 |
