VUS. 6abc Vocab Quiz

California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and parts of Colorado and New Mexico.

• Manifest Destiny

• Trail of Tears

• Mexican Cession

• Fort Monroe

Battle during the Texas war for Independence. A band of Texans fought to the last man against a superior force.

• Alamo

• American System

• Manifest Destiny

• Trail of Tears

Men that Jefferson appointed to explore the Louisiana Purchase.

• Louisiana Purchase

• Lewis and Clark

• Sacajawea

• Impressment

Invented the Cotton Gin.

• Lewis and Clark

• Sacajawea

• Eli Whitney

Meeting of Federalists during the War of 1812 to discuss secession.

• Impressment

• Hartford Convention

• War of 1812

• Monroe Doctrine

The belief that it was America’s destiny to stretch from the Atlantic to Pacific Ocean.

• American System

• Manifest Destiny

• Trail of Tears

• Mexican Cession

British practice of drafting sailors by force.

• Impressment

• Hartford Convention

• War of 1812

• Monroe Doctrine

Built in Virginia after the War of 1812 to prevent foreign invasions.

• Manifest Destiny

• Trail of Tears

• Mexican Cession

• Fort Monroe

Forced removal of American Indians from the Atlantic coast to Oklahoma

• Manifest Destiny

• Trail of Tears

• Mexican Cession

• Fort Monroe

Produced an American claim to the Oregon Territory and increased migration of American settlers into Florida.

• Impressment

• Hartford Convention

• War of 1812

• Monroe Doctrine