1. Common Assessment #5 Review

2. Note: After the Mexican- American War, Mexicans who lived in the lands won by the US became victims of discrimination

3. Supreme Court case that upheld the sanctity of contracts: Fletcher vs. Peck

4. *They objected to tariffs because their economy was depended on trade with Great Britain and believed that tariffs hurt them to improve the northeast

5. Southerners

6. Who refused to extend the charter of the national bank because he thought it favored the rich over the average people? Andrew Jackson

7. This was built on a speculative fever. It was followed by a five-year depression, with the failure of banks and record high unemployment levels. People were worried about the health of the US economy. They believed that the banks issued too much paper money leading to inflation.

8. Panic of 1837 This was built on a speculative fever. It was followed by a five-year depression, with the failure of banks and record high unemployment levels. People were worried about the health of the US economy. They believed that the banks issued too much paper money leading to inflation.

9. Around the beginning of the _____ century, people began to buy things they needed rather than make them. 19th

10. Name the American writer that was able to make a living only by writing fiction. James Fennimore Cooper

11. A belief that the spiritual world was more important than the physical world. Transcendentalism

12. Hudson River School This was a mid- 19th century American art movement by a group of landscape painters, whose artistic vision was influenced by romanticism.This was a mid- 19th century American art movement by a group of landscape painters, whose artistic vision was influenced by romanticism.

13. After allowing _______ to become a state, war with Mexico became highly likelyAfter allowing _______ to become a state, war with Mexico became highly likely.

14. Texas

15. The Monroe Doctrine warned ___________ not to re-establish colonies in the Americas. Europe

16. Most of the territory in the US southwest came as a result of the __________ ________, as agreed upon in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Mexican Cession

17. The US got Florida through a treaty with ______________.Spain

18. Seneca Falls Convention In 1848, was the first women's rights convention held in the United States. The convention leaders, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, thought women should have the same rights as men.

19. Susan B. Anthony’s contribution to women’s suffrage was to help organize the movement and give __________. speeches

20. What important document from US history is the following based?

21. Declaration of Independence

22. What is a suffragette? A person who advocates voting rights for women.

23. What is the Spoils System? The practice of giving government jobs to political supporters.

24. This was President Jackson’s solution for white’s hunger for new land on which to farm. Indian Removal Act

25. In the Election of 1828, which party supported Andrew Jackson? Democrats The Democrats

26. Jacksonian Democracy Political philosophy that puts its faith in the common people.

27. Who was sent to find an all-water route to the Pacific? Lewis & Clark

28. How did Indians help the Lewis & Clark expedition? By hosting them, guiding them, and providing horses.

29. Wagon trains moving west across the US illustrates _________ ________. Manifest Destiny

31. Trail of Tears As part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands and migrate west. The migrants faced hunger, disease, and exhaustion on the forced march. Over 4,000 out of 15,000 of the Cherokees died.

32. Before the Mexican- American War began, the US offered to buy _______ from Mexico.Before the Mexican- American War began, the US offered to buy _______ from Mexico. Texas

33. Alamo and Goliad Disastrous events at these two places inspired Texans to continue their fight for independence from Mexico.

34. Most of the territory in the US southwest came as a result of the Mexican Cession as agreed upon in the: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

35. The participation of Fredrick Douglass at the Seneca Falls Convention proved that __________ and suffragettes shared similar beliefs.abolitionists

36. After being freed from slavery, she devoted her life to abolition and the women’s rights movements. Sojourner Truth

37. This former president introduced a bill in the House of Representatives to end slavery: John Quincy Adams

38. Harriet Tubman After escaping from enslavement, she dedicated herself to fighting for freedom and equality, for the rest of her life, earning her the biblical name "Moses" because of her work with the Underground Railroad.