Andrew Jackson and Westward Expansion

Which area on the map was acquired by the United States as a result of the Mexican War and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

• Texas Annexation

• Gadsden Purchase

• Mexican Cession

• Oregon Territory

The U.S. annexed the this place in 1845, eventually causing the Mexican-American War.

• Missouri

• Republic of Texas

• Oregon

• California

From which group did Andrew Jackson receive the most support in the election of 1828?

• Republicans
• Common People
• Rich upper-class
• American Indians

What name was given to President Jackson’s practice of rewarding political supporters with government jobs?

• Democracy
• Mudslinging
• Spoils System
• Corrupt Bargain

Chinese immigrants that traveled to the United States came to search for gold and to help build the....

• Panama and Erie Canal

• Highway System that stretches from North to South

• Transcontinental Railroad System

• Factory System in the Northern part of the USA

(1830) a congressional act that authorized the removal of Native Americans who lived east of the Mississippi River

• Homestead Act

• Monroe Doctrine

• Indian Removal Act

• Manifest Destiny

Railroad connecting the west and east coasts of the continental US

• Reading Railroad

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Pennsylvania Railroad

• B&O Railroad

Agreement w/ Mexico that gave the US parts of present-day New Mexico & Arizona in exchange for $10 million; needed to complete transcontinental railroad.  all but completed the continental expansion envisioned by those who believed in Manifest Destiny.

• Adams-Onis Treaty
• Louisiana Purchase
• Gadsden Purchase
• Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

7th President of the United States-The Common Man's president

• Santa Ana

• James K Polk

• Sam Houston

• Andrew Jackson

Tariffs caused the price of ____ to go up.

• Foreign goods

• American made goods

• Gold

• Slaves