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51 Cards in this Set
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? was the case that established the Supreme Court's power of judicial review
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Marbury vs Madison
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The ? was the purchase of Louisiana from France for $15 million. It roughly doubled the size of the United States
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Louisiana Purchase
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? was a former Army captain chosen by Jefferson to lead an expedition to explore the West and the lands of the Louisiana Purchase.
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MeriWether Lewis
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? was a Shoshone who helped the Lewis and Clark Expedition by naming plants and gathering edible fruits and vegetables for the group.
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Sacagawea
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? was an explorer of the West who reached the summit of the mountain now known as Pike's Peak.
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Zebulon Pike
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The ? was a U.S. law that essentially banned trade with all foriegn countries.
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Embargo Act
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? was a brilliant Native American speaker who warned other Native Americans that the white settlers wanted their lands.
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Tecumseh
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? was a U.S. Navy Commodore who won a victory against the British during the Battle of Lake Erie in the War of 1812.
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Oliver H. Perry
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The ? was the last major conflict of the War of 1812. This battle made Andrew Jackson a hero.
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Battle of New Orleans
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The ? was signed in Belgium on December 24, 1814, and ended the War of 1812.
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Treaty of Gnent
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The ? allowed both Great Britain and the U.S. to retain their natives and freedom to fish on the Great Lakes.
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Rush-Bagot Agreement
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The ? established the border between the U.S. and Canada at 49" N latitude and agreed upon the joint occupation of the Pacific Northwest.
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Convention of 1818
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The ? settled all border disputes between the U.S. and Spain and gave East Florida to the U.S.
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Adons onis Treaty
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The ? spells out the relationship between European nations and the United States in the Western Hemispere, stating that the U.S. will intervene in Latin America when American security is at risk.
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Monroe Doctrine
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? is a term that refers to a sense of pride and devotion to a nation.
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Nationalism
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The ? was a man-made canal that ran from Albany to Buffalo to New York and greatly improve water transportation.
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Erie Canal
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? is a term that refers to disagreements between the North and South,.
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Sectionalism
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The ? was an agreement in Congress whereby Missouri entered the Union as a slave state and Maine entered as a free state and slavery would be prohibited in any new territories or states formed north of 36' 30'latitude.
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Missouri Compromise
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? relied on his image as a hero of the War of 1812, to win the presidential election of 1828.
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Andrew Jackson
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? are meetings to select a party's presidential and vice-presidential candidates.
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Nominating conventions
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Historians refer to the expansion of voting rights that took place in the early 1820s and 1830s as
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Jacksonian Democracy
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Founded by supporters of Andrew Jackson, the ? Party defended the rights of the common man.
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Democratic
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This region, the ?, relied on manufacturing and supported high tariffs.
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North
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This region, the ?, relied on farming, especially cash crops like tabacco and cotton.
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South
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This region, the ?, had an emerging economy, and supported policies that encouraged settlements.
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West
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The doctrine of ? promotes the power of the states over the power of the federal government.
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States rights
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The Supreme Court decision ? vs ?, upheld the constitutionality of the Second Bank of the United States.
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McCulloch vs. Maryland
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The ? Party favored the idea of a weak president and a strong Congress.
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Whig
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The ? was the Congressional act passed in 1830, which authorized the removal of Native Americans who lived east of the Mississippi River to lands in the West.
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Indian Removal Act
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? were the fur traders and trappers who traveled to the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Northwest in the early 1800s.
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Mountain Men
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The ? Trail was the main route from the Mississippi River to the West Coast in the early 1800's.
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Oregon
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The ? Trail was the route from Independence, Missouri, to Sante Fe, New Mexico, and used mostly commerce.
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Sante Fe
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? was the leader of the Mormons who led his followers out west to avoid religious persecution.
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Brigham Yound
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? is the place where Mormans were finally able to establish a community and prosper.
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Salt Lake (Utah)
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? was the empresario who established the first American Colony in Texas.
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Steven F. Austin
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? was the Mexican military leader who came to power in 1830 and suspended Mexico's constitution
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Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
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The ? was an abandoned mission in San Antonio that became an important battle site in the Texas Revolution.
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Alamo
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The Battle of ? was a decisive victory that gave Texas independence from Mexico.
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San Jacinto
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? was the belief that America's fate was to conquer and inhabit land all the way to the Pacific Ocean in order to spread the ideals of liberty.
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Manifest Destiny (Obvious Fate)
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? was teh US President, elected in 1844, whose administration annexed both Texas and Oregon.
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James K. Polk
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The ? was the rebellion of American settlers against the Californios in 1839.
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Bear Flag Revolt
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? was teh merican military hero of the Battle of Buena Vista. He would go on to become president-the only one from Louisiana ever elected.
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Zachary Taylor
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The Treaty of ? was the 1848 peace treaty between Mexico and the U.S., ending the Mexican-American War.
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Guadalupe-Hidalgo
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The ? Purchase acquired southern parts of present-day New Mexico and Arizona in 1853.
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Gadsden
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? is the place where gold was first discovered in California, beginning the California Gold Rush.
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Sutler's Mill
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The ? was a nickname given to the gold-seeking migrants who traveled to California in 1849 to seek their fortunes.
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49ers
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The ? was a long journey to explore teh Louisiana Purchase territory.
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Lewis and Clark Expedition
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? were the Spanish colonists and their descendents living in California.
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Californios
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The ? River is the river that the United States believed was the border between Texas and Mexico.
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Rio Grande
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The ?, a land deal agreed to at the end of the Mexican-American War, increased the size of the United States by almost 25 percent.
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Mexican Cession
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The ? Purchase acquired southern parts of present-day New Mexico and Arizona in 1853,
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Gadsden
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