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Feelings of Pride for a country. This was especially felt during the war of 1812, when Americans had no doubt that they were American and would do anything to defeat the British and keep their nation free.
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Period of time between the end of the War of 1812 and 1825 when business was booming in America, there was little conflict, and our country as a whole was flourishing.
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After Andrew Jackson spent almost a year in Florida killing seminoles, Spain decided to sell America East Florida in exchange for Texas and $5 million dollars.
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Court Case that rules that the NAtional Bank was constitutional, increasing the poewr of the fdederal government.
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When Missouri wanted to become a state, it tried to enter the union as a slave state. However, there were already 11 slave sates and 11 free states. Many people believed that if it entered as a slave state, it would tip the scales in favor of slave states. The Missouri Compromise allowed it to enter as a slave state, but made importing slaves into Missouri illegal and all the children of the slaves would be free.
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Exclusive statement of American policy stating that if European nations try to colonize land in the U.S. or south America, it will be seen as an act of aggression and will require U.S. intervention.
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Bureau created by the American Government to control the activities with the indiand and control relations, trade, and territory.
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Disagreements between the North and South of America, mainly over slavery.
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The Jacksonian Democracy that ANdrew Jackson created was to help the "common man" have rights. It lowered the property requirements to vote, started nominating party members with other party members instead of the leader choosing everyone, and overall expanded democracy.
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This system rewarded followers of Andrew Jackson with government jobs.
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High tariff on imported goods made to protect industry in America. However, this enraged southerners who lost money because of this tariff and encouraged them to vote for Andrew Jackson in the 1828 election.
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After the ridiculous tariffs, Vice President John C. Calhoun created this document stating that since the states make the federal government, they should be more powerful than it and should be able to govern themselves above the constitution.
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Political Party designed to oppose the Jacksonian Democracy that favored the idea of a weak president and a strong congress to make the decisions for America.
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Removed Indians east of the Mississippi river and put them in the west to make room for American settlers.
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Territory that the Eastern Indians were moved to, now known as Oklahoma and surrounding territory.
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Disagreements between state and federal government power, mainly between the North and the South, that deepened the two regions' differences.
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2,200 mile long trail that American settlers traveled along to migrate west from Independence, MI to New Mexico, Arizona, and Oregon.
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Trail from Independence, MI to Santa Fe, NM
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After Texas tried to break apart from Mexico and become independent, Mexico tried to attack Texas and kill the rebellion. The most famous sight of this civil war was the Alamo, where about 200 Texans held the fort against around 2,000 Mexican soldiers in order to stall for a bigger Texan army to get there. All Texans defending the Alamo died, but Texas won the war because of them.
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Torturous 800-mile long trail that Cherokee Indians were forced to walk to evacuate the east. over 1/4 of the 18,000 forced to walk it died of exhaustion, starvation, and disease.
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Belief that Americans had that it was their destiny to settle all the way from the East Coast to the West Coast. This contributed to the idea of Indian Removal and American Supremacy.
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Group of Travelers traveling through the Sierra Nevada Mountainsto get to the California Gold Rush who got stuck and had to resort to cannibalism in order to stay alive.
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Gold was discovered in California, and thousands of settlers flocked to califonrnia in order to strike it rich. While many ended up poor and, it resulted in lots of settlers on the west coast.
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The name of the imigrants who went to California seeking gold, over 80,000 of them striking rich.
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Treaty that ended the US and Mexico war that started with the Alamo. This treaty also forced Mexico to give up much of it's land including Texas.
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U.S. Paid mexico 10 million dollars for what we now call New Mexico and Arizona.
