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4. This is an action or decision that later serves as an example

5. A precedent

6. President Washington created this group of dept
President Washington created this group of dept. heads to help advise him on important issues

7. Cabinet

8. Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution allowed the powers of government to be stretched.

9. Elastic Clause

10. This view meant the federal gov’t could only do what the Constitution specifically says it can do; Jefferson’s View

11. Strict Construction

12. The Federalist Party supported this type of government; Hamilton supports

13. Strong central government

14. France sold this area of land to the U.S. in 1803

15. Louisiana Territory

16. One goal of the Lewis & Clark expedition was to learn more about the people and land and this…

17. To find a river route to the Pacific; the northwest passage

18. This was a political effect of the California Gold Rush in 1849

19. CA gains statehood after only 2 years

20. One reason Texas petitions to become a part of the Union

21. Financial problems, Conflict w/American Indians, weak country

22. The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo gave the U. S
The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo gave the U.S. an area of land known as…

23. Mexican Cession

24. A belief the U.S. was meant to expand to the Pacific Ocean

25. Manifest Destiny

26. Name the factor: Mormons who headed west for religious freedom

27. Social Factor

28. Name the factor: The desire to create more states in the west

29. Political Factor

30. This country was in the way of completing our manifest destiny

31. Mexico

32. The negative economic effect resulting from CA’s rapid growth

33. Massive Inflation

34. The President who signed the Indian Removal Act

35. Andrew Jackson

36. Reason Americans wanted American Indians removed from the southeast

37. Americans wanted the land for farming

38. The area reserved for American Indians to move to.

39. Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma)

40. Action the Cherokee took to resist removal

41. Created the Cherokee Nation

42. Result of court case Worcestor v. Georgia

43. Cherokee are their own community; GA has no authority over them

44. Texas won its revolution and independence from Mexico becoming this country

45. The Lone Star Republic

46. Advances in transportation and communication caused this to grow

47. Population (Cities)

48. This group became lost in the Rocky Mountains and resorted to cannibalism

49. Donner Party

50. Name the factor: Encouraged prospectors to head west.

51. Economic Factor

52. This area of land was bought from Mexico to use for the southern railroad

53. Gadsden Purchase

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55. After the annexation of TX, this key issue arose over the addition of new territories to the U.S.

56. Issue of balance of power – slave states vs. free states