First Five Presidents to Westward Expansion

What did Washingtons farewell address indicate?

It warned against foreign alliance and to avoid political alliances

What was John Adam’s Sedition Acts?

The “Sedition” policy made it a crime for United States citizens to write, publish, or speak anything of “a false, scandalous and malicious nature” about the government or elected officials.

Who purchased the Louisiana Territory?

Thomas Jefferson

What President had to deal with the War of 1812?

James Madison

What was the War of 1812 over?

The Us declared war on the British over violations of U.S. maritime rights and impressment

What was one thing to come out of the War of 1812?

Star Spangled Banner

What was the Monroe Doctorine?

It stated that Europe stays out of Western Hemisphere (foreign issue)

What was the Missouri Compromise?

It kept the balance between slave and free states in the senate (domestic issue)

Maine=Free

Missouri=Slave

No slavery north of the Missouri Compromise Line

Indian Removal Act

Forced thousands of American Indians to leave their homelands and re-settle west of the Mississippi River.

Nullification Crisis

South Carolina disagreed with the tariffs from the American System and decided to “nullify” or cancel the tariffs for their state.

American System

Henry Clay’s plan to increase the nation’s economic growth.

1. protective tariffs

2. government support for infrastructure projects (roads, bridges, etc.)

3. creation of a national bank

Second Great Awakening

Religious movement during the age of Jackson which led to reform movements including

1. temperance

2. public education

3. abolitionism

4. women’s suffrage (right to vote)

Manifest Destiny

Phrase used to describe the belief that America was to expand and settle from the Atlantic ocean to the Pacific Ocean. “From sea to shining sea.”

James K. Polk

POTS who achieved manifest destiny during his administration

Compromise of 1850

Compromise to organize the land acquired after the Mexican War.

1. California = free

2. Popular Sovereignty for the New Mexico and Utah Territories

3. Fugitive Slave act

Fugitive Slave Act

Required northerners to return escaped slave to their owners in the south