Era Review 8th Grade Review

Federal law that forcibly relocated indian nations west across the Mississippi River during Andrew Jacksons presidency

The practice of replacing government officials with loyal supporters of the president and his political party.

Man-made waterway that opened up New York city as a major commercial trade center

Brutal journey of disease and death that forced the Cherokee west to new reserved indian territory

Nickname for California, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, and Nevada (Mexican territories ceded in 1848)

Group of people who worked on the railroad but faced prejudice and unjust treatment. Their legacy was leaving the oldest and richest culture in the U.S.

Invention by Eli Whitney that increased the profitability of plantations and slavery

Time period after the War of 1812 when there was Nationalism, expansion westward and industry.

Marbury V. Madison established the power of Judicial Review declaring actions and laws unconstitutional

Author of the Constitution, Bill of Rights and writer of the Federalist Papers

Uprising by western farmers in response to Hamilton’s whiskey tax.

Belief that it is Americans duty to expand and occupy all of North America.

Law that established a method for admitting new states into the Union

Economic system that had limited government interference in a business which allowed an owner to compete, produce and sell a good and receive a profit for it.

Law that made it illegal to criticize the government and made it difficult to allow immigrants into the country

Southern state who nullified federal law and threatened to secede the U.S

Agreement between slave and free states around the issue of slavery. A boundary was created at the 36’30 line to balance states

Declaration that the American continents were no longer open to European colonization or control

Group of people who escaped a potato famine.

Law that closed U.S ports and restricted all trade with European countries but destroyed the economy

Increased the speed for river travel and decreased shipping costs

Southern port city along the Mississippi River

Presidential advice to the nation to avoid political parties, national debt and foreign alliances.

In this battle, General Jackson successfully defeated the british during the War of 1812 and was considered a “hero”.

Land purchased from Mexico in 1853 to build a railroad connecting the east to the west.