Vocab

Manifest Destiny

• he opposed the Bank of America, objected to the right of individual states to nullify disagreeable federal laws, introduced the spoils system, and increased the presidential powers
• the practice of a successful political party giving public office to its supporters
• A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country while putting the nation's interests above regional interests
• the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified through divine motives and inevitable or “Providence”

Tariff of Abominations-

• The Cherokee Indians were forced to leave their lands. They traveled from North Carolina and Georgia through Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, and Arkansas-more than 800 miles (1,287 km)-to the Indian Territory. Over 4,000 Cherokees died of cold, disease, and lack of food during the 116-day journey.
• A tax on imported goods
• passed by Congress in 1828 that favored manufacturing in the North and was hated by the South
• Practice used by the British in the early 1800s of forcing sailors of British ancestry to serve the British Navy

Missouri Compromise

• A tactic used during war to prevent enemy movement of supplies and troops via sea ways
• Act passed in 1820 which allowed Missouri to become a slave state and Maine a free state. It also maintained balance in the Senate on the issue of slavery.
• the division of power among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government
• law passed in 1830 that forced many Native American nations to move west of the Mississippi River

Which were reasons for the United States to go to war with England in 1812?

• British aid to the Indians attacking the Americans on the western frontier.
• the invasion of Florida
• American outrage over the impressment of American sailors by the British
• the burning of Washington DC
• the British seizure of American ships

Based on the information below, what did the Indian Removal Act give the president permission to do?

• let white Americans and Native Americans live together on government land
• give Native Americans money and new land in exchange for their land in the east
• move Native American nations to smaller areas of land where they already lived and sell the rest

According to the passage, who came to remove the Cherokee?

• missionaries
• Cherokee leaders
• other Native American nations
• soldiers

Based on the passage, what was Trail of Tears like for Cherokee people? Select the three statements that apply.

• Many children died.
• Only adults had to travel
• Cherokee people became sick with diseases.
• Cherokee people traveled on horses and on foot.

Why was President Jackson able to push through his Indian Removal plans?

• His primary supporters were from the southern and western states and generally favored the plan
• He had control of Congress
• The Native American groups were willing to go along with the plan
• As president, he could pass laws and do what he wants

How did the Cherokee respond to the Indian Removal Act?

• Cherokees fought back with violence
• Cherokees ignored the order and stayed
• Cherokees took their case to the U.S. Supreme Court
• Cherokees banded together with other groups and protested

Where were the Native Americans relocated?

• Georgia
• Kentucky
• Arkansas
• Oklahoma