Famous Presidents Famous Events Acquisition of Land Moving West Dates and Documents Key Concepts
The first president of the United States in the 1790s
Who is George Washington?
The president of the United States during the War of 1812
Who is James Madison?
The president of the United States who purchased Louisiana
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The president of the United States remembered for the Monroe Doctrine
Who is James Monroe?
The first president of the United States elected by the common people.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
The conflict between Great Britain and the United States over America’s neutral rights
What is the War of 1812?
The last battle of the War of 1812 won by the United States
What is the Battle of New Orleans?
The attempt by South Carolina in 1832 to declare the federal tariff law null and void
What is the Nullification Crisis?
The agreement in 1820 that admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state
What is the Missouri Compromise?
The migration of the Cherokee Indians westward to Indian territory in the winter of
What is the Trail of Tears?
Land the United States bought from France in 1803
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
The independent country that became a part of the United States in 1845
What is the annexation of Texas?
Land the United States acquired from Spain in 1819
What is Florida?
The conflict fought by the United States in 1846 that led to the acquisition of California and the American Southwest
What is the Mexican War?
Land the United States gained in 1846 in a treaty with Great Britain
What is the Oregon Territory?
The growth of the United States in the early 19 th century from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean
What is westward expansion?
The process of adding new territory by a country
What is annexation?
The belief in the 19 th century that the United States had God’s approval to expand to the Pacific Ocean
What is Manifest Destiny?
To give up land by a treaty
What is cession?
How people live on the land and are distributed across space
What are settlement patterns?
The document that warned Americans against political parties and “entangling alliances” with foreign nations
What is Washington’s Farewell Address?
The U. S. Supreme Court case that established the power of judicial review
What is Marbury v. Madison?
The year in which the United States bought the Louisiana territory from Franch
What is 1803?
The document in which the United States opposed any new European colonies in the Americas
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
Law passed in 1830 that required all Native American tribes to move west of the Mississippi River
What is the Indian Removal Act?
A group of people who are organized together to win elections and govern a country
What is a political party?
The power of the courts to declare a law of the legislative branch or an action of the executive branch unconstitutional
What is judicial review?
The support and loyalty to a certain region of a country
What is sectionalism?
The economic system where people are free to produce what they can and to buy what they can afford
What is the free enterprise system?
A lending institution chartered by a country
What is the national bank?