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| national bank | created by Alexander Hamilton to help establish a strong economy, print money |
| the Alamo | place where Texans fought with Mexicans |
| Louisiana Purchase | purchased from France, cost $15 million, doubled the size of US, |
| purpose of Lewis and Clark expedition | gather scientific evidence |
| Sacajawea | Native Amercan woman who served as a guide and interpreter for Lewis and Clark |
| impressment | British captured American sailors |
| Oregon territory | US claim land after war of 1812 |
| Monroe Doctrine | stated that the U.S. would remain neutral in European affairs and that Europe would not interfere or colonize further in the Western Hemisphere |
| Manifest Destiny | belief that the United States’ expansion to the Pacific Ocean was inevitable and righteous |
| seek economic opportunity through farming | reason settlers from the east migrate westward |
| economic system of the south | agricultural system using slave labor |
| inventor responsible for creating "king cotton" | Eli Whitney |
| American migration into Texas | reason for revolt against Mexico |
| Trail of Tears | grueling journey of Native Americans to reservations in Oklahoma |
| area pf land purchased from France, doubled the size of US | Louisiana Territory |
| Texas | annexed in 1845 after it had declared independence from Mexico |
| forced to move from homelands, made to live on reservations, defeated in battle | effects of western migration on Native Americans |
| impressments, war hawks | resulted in the War of 1812 |
| federalists | led by Hamilton and Adams, believed in a stronge national government, supported by bankers and businessmen |
| democratic-Republicans | led by Jefferson, believed in a weak national government, supported by farmers and artisans |
| Prior to the election of 1828, Americans had been satisfied with an aristocracy, meaning what? | government run by the wealthy class |
| the election of 1828 had much greater suffrage, meaning what? | more people could vote |
| Spoils System | giving jobs to friends |
| the presidential veto | source of Andrew Jackson's power |
| picture of Jackson standing on documents demonstrates | Jackson had little respect for the ideas. |
| events of Andrew Jackson's term | spoils system, Indian Removal Act, Panic of 1837, formation of the democratic party |
| a tariff | a tax on imported goods |
| which region opposed a tax on imported goods | the South, because it raised prices |
| slavery | this issue became the primary conflict as the U.S. expanded westward |
| Liberator | abolitionist paper published by Garrison |
| upsetting the balance of free and slave states | the biggest problem with states as they tried to enter the Union between 1820 and 1860 |
| Missouri Compromise | Missouri entered as a slave state, Maine entered as a free state |
| popular sovereignty | allowing people to vote to decide if they want slavery in their territory |
| Compromise of 1850 | California entered as a free state, fugitive slave laws, ban slave trade in DC |
| reason the Fugitive Slave Act was opposed by northerners | it allowed armed southerners to enter the North to hunt for escaped slaves |
| Kansas Nebraska Act | provided popular sovereignty in that territory |
| abolition | ending the practice of slavery |
