3rd Nine Weeks test👿 Flashcards
Who was the man in debate who was against nullification?
Webster
Who proposed a compromise tariff and ended the crisis in 1833: was also known as the Great Compromiser?
Henry Clay
What was the idea that states can reject federal laws?
Nullification
Who was the nationalist who later defended sectionalism(Jackson’s Vice-President)?
John Calhoun
Parties use rumors and lies to attack each other during political campaigns
Mudslinging
Presidents give people key positions in their administration if they supported them
Patronage
Describe The Indian Removal Act of 1830.
Jackson could revise removal treaties with the Native Americans: Forcing them to get off their land so we could use it for farming, gold, and other uses.
Describe the parts of the legacy of Jacksonian Democracy
State and Local- a larger number of state and local officials were elected rather that appointed;
Campaigning- presidential candidates now had to conduct national campaigns. Large political parties were needed to organize them;
Popular Election- in the Election of 1812, only South Carolina used the old system by which presidential electors were chosen by the state legislator
Who was the founder of the first American colony in Texas?
Stephen F. Austin
Who was the first president of the republic of Texas?
Sam Huston
Who was the leader of the Mormon church after Joseph Smith died?
Brigham Young
Who Opened the Santa Fe Trail?
William Becknell
Treaty that ended the war between the US and Mexico
Treaty of Guadalupe Hjeno
What was the last battle between Mexico and Texas where Texas won its independence called?
Battle of San Jacinto
What was the name of the religious group that settled in Utah?
Mormons
Belief that the US was sure to expand from sea to shinning sea?
Manifest Destiny
Land bought for $10 million form Mexico for a transcontinental railroad?
Gasden
What are the results of the treaty that ended the was with Mexico?
Ended the War
Made Rio Grande the border
Said Texas was a part of the US
Push or pull?
Religious and political turmoil
Push Factor
Push or pull?
Population growth and crowding
Push Factor
Push or pull?
Abundant land
Pull factor
Push or pull?
Crop failures
Push factor
Push or pull?
Industrial Revolution
Push factor
Push or pull?
Economic opportunity
Pull factor
Push or pull?
Agricultural changes
Push factor
Push or pull?
Freedom
Pull factor
Who wrote the first detective story?
Edgar Allen Poe