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