Unit 5 Honors History

Thomas Jefferson

3rd president of the United States made the Louisiana purchase, which made him infamous. He supported Lewis and Clark's exploration. He was the primary writer of the Declaration of Independence Purchase

Louisiana Purchase

the territory once belonged to France and it was purchase by Thomas Jefferson using government money but he did not go through the legal process necessary in order to purchase that land.

Manifest Destiny

A belief by American Puritans about the fact that God told them they should be able to expand and explore the west freely.

Lewis and Clark Expedition

Ordered and paid by Thomas Jefferson. it was a trip that lewis and clark where were ordered to explore the western atmosphere to make connections with the native people there and to find the northwest passage

Tecumseh

Native american (Shawnee tribe) chief who was against the expansion of the U.S. He was against the belief of manifest destiny

Tenskwatawa

he was the brother of tecumseh (no idea why he is important tbh)

Ghost Dance Movement

A native american dance that was in response to America taking over native territory in order to restore traditional values (they were mixed with christian values)

War of 1812

War that started because of the U.S expansion. Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa allied with the british in order to fight against the united states. There was no clear winner

Dolley Madison

she had some drama with her. She was married once and her husband died then she went and married someone else in a very short span of time. People were making fun of her. Thomas Jefferson defended her making it seems like they had something going on between the 2 of them. this made Jeferson reputation worse.

Francis Scott Key

He was an American lawyer and poet. he wrote the national anthem called "The Star-Spangled Banner"

Andrew Jackson

He was the 7th president of the united states. He signed the indian removal act and also he signed the Nullification proclamation in response to California Nullification.

Monroe Doctrine

President James basically said that they will declare war upon the european forces if they try to intervene with Americans business

Sectionalism

when a region of the United States has a stronger loyalty to its own interests than to the country as a whole.

Election of 1824

John Quincy Adams defeated Andrew Jackson in 1824 by garnering more electoral votes through the House of Representatives, even though Jackson originally received more popular and electoral votes.

Corrupt Bargain

John quincy adams won agaist andrew jackson. it is widely belived that clay who was the speaker of the house at the time told the speakers of the house to select Adams

• Election of 1828

jackson won this he was going against adam

• Populism

for the people and believe that elitesa are bad and the common people are good

• Nullification and South Carolina

After president jackson tariff California was like no. so they threatened to remove themself as a state unless they teriff were no longer imposed tariff

• Indian Removal Act

Jackson authoried the forceful removal of native americans colonies. He promsed them that if they moved form theeast they would have land in the west this was false.

• Indigenous Boarding Schools

they bascially said that they could remove the indian form natice americans and make them civilized so they sent them to these schools. after the idian removal act