Emerging New Nation 1783-1855: Events & People
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Monroe Doctrine | an American foreign policy opposing interference in the Western hemisphere from outside powers |
| Indian Removal Act | under Pres. Andrew Jackson, the forcible relocation of about 100,000 Native Americans to areas west of the Mississippi river |
| Battle of the Alamo | 1836 attack on the Alamo mission in San Antonio by mexican forces during the texas revolution |
| Trail of Tears | forced movement of Cherokees into land west of the Mississippi; 4,000 died on the 116 day trip |
| Oregon Migration | large numbers of settlers moved along the Oregon Trail looking for land (1842) |
| Mexican War | 1846-1848 conflict over land between the US and Mexico; settled by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo |
| California Gold Rush | 1849 (San Francisco 49ers) Gold discovered in California attracted a rush of people all over the country to San Francisco; started by discover at Sutter's Mill |
| Henry Clay | Senator who persuaded Congress to accept the Missouri Compromise, which admitted Maine into the Union as a free state, and Missouri as a slave state |
| Frederick Douglass | United States abolitionist who escaped from slavery and became an influential writer and lecturer in the North (1817-1895) |
| Sam Houston | United States politician and military leader who fought to gain independence for Texas from Mexico and to make it a part of the United States (1793-1863) |
| Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837; president who supported minimal government and spoils system; vetoed national bank; believed in ability of the "common man" |
| Horace Mann | United States educator who introduced reforms that significantly altered the system of public education (1796-1859); father of public schools |
| Lucretia Mott | women's rights leader; helped organize the 1st women's convention in Seneca Falls, NY in 1848 |
| Elizabeth Cady Stanton | women's rights leader in the 1800's; helped organize Seneca Falls Convention |
| Henry David Thoreau | transcendentalist best known for Walden(1854); was against slavery and war with Mexico |
| Sojourner Truth | United States abolitionist and feminist who was freed from slavery and became a leading advocate of the abolition of slavery and for the rights of women (1797-1883) |
| Harriet Tubman | United States abolitionist;became a famous conductor on the Underground Railroad leading other slaves to freedom in the North (1820-1913) |
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