1. Objective 2.01
Analyze the effects of territorial expansion and the admission of new states to the union

2. Lewis and Clark
Explored the Louisiana Purchase

3. Missouri Compromise 36 degree-30 minute line Slave below/Free Above
Missouri admitted as a slave state

4. The Indian Removal Act 1830
Indians are forced to leave their lands and move West of the Mississippi
Andrew Jackson

5. Sequoyah
Wrote the Cherokee alphabet

6. Worcester vs. Georgia 1832
Supreme Court rules that the Cherokee in Georgia should be protected by the US government and not removed from their lands
Andrew Jackson says “John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it”

7. Trail of Tears
Forced removal of Indians from Georgia

8. White Man’s Suffrage
By 1820 white males could vote as long as they paid taxes.
Property restrictions had been eliminated

9. The Alamo Battle at a mission in the War for Texas Independence
Battle Cry for Texas Independence “Remember the Alamo”

10. Election of 1844
James K. Polk wins the election on the idea of Manifest Destiny
US wants to expand to the Pacific Ocean

11. Texas Annexation Texas wants to become a part of the US.
Northern members of Congress hesitate because they do not want to extend slavery

12. 54-40 or Fight Oregon Boundary Dispute Manifest Destiny
Compromise settles the border at the 49th parallel

13. Mexican-American War
War with Mexico that starts over a border dispute at the Rio Grande River after the annexation of Texas

14. Wilmot Proviso No slavery in the new territories gained from Mexico
Does not pass in Congress
Started the Free Soil party

15. Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
Ended the War with Mexico

16. 49ers
People that moved to California in search of gold in 1849

17. Stephen Austin
Led settlers from the south into Texas

18. Gadsden Purchase
Land purchase from Mexico that established the southern boundary of Arizona

19. Oregon Trail
Path that settlers took in moving to the Oregon Territory