Monroe Doctrine

STOPS Europe from building colonies

in North and South America

Jacksonian Democracy

Political philosophy allowing the “common”

people to vote

Indian Remove Act

Law in 1830 that requires Native Americansto move west to Indian Territory

Worchester vs. Georgia

Cherokees in Georgia

sued for their land

Trail of Tears

Trail of dead bodies left behind by Native Americans on their way to Oklahoma

Nullification Crisis

South Carolina threatens to secede because of the Tariff of

Abominations

Tariff of Abomination

A high TAX placed on manufactured goods imported into the South

Jackson’s War on the Bank

Veto's (refuse to sign) the charter for the

2nd National Bank

Irish Potato Famine

Shortage of food in Ireland forcing Irish immigration

U.S- Mexican War

War between US and Mexico to fulfill Manifest Destiny

Mexican Cession

Land ceded by Mexico to the U.S. under the Treaty of

Guadalupe-Hidalgo

California Gold Rush

Large numbers of people moved to California to find

gold in 1849

Gadsden Purchase

Land purchased fromMexico for the

Transcontinental railroad