Jackson and Manifest Destiny
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- 1. Who was the head of the national bank that Jackson despised?
- 5. The U.S. claimed that the Texas border was at the ____ River, while Mexico believed it was at the Nueces River.
- 6. Texas is added as the ____th state of the United States.
- 11. The battle that secured Texas'rights to become its own country.
- 12. What election did Jackson lose, even though he won the popular and electoral votes?
- 15. What system did Jackson institute that gave jobs and prizes to supporters after a victory?
- 16. Who was the Mexican president when Texas started its fight for independence?
- 19. The treaty that ended the Mexican-American War in 1848 that led to the annexation of California and southwest states.
- 20. Who was "The man of the people"?
- 21. What word means to declare something null and void?
- 23. The first president of Texas.
- 24. What Mexican state allowed Americans to live in?
- 25. Who led the charge for South Carolina to secede?
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- 2. What act allowed President Jackson to relocate Native Americans?
- 3. The general of the American forces near the Rio Grande River.
- 4. What city in California experienced astronomical growth due to the Gold Rush?
- 7. What is a tax on imported goods called?
- 8. What was the forced relocation of the Cherokee to Oklahoma referred to as?
- 9. The U.S. citizens entering into Mexican-owned Texas "legally" converted their slaves to ...?
- 10. A person of Mexican descent who lived in Texas before it was a state.
- 13. Jackson felt that the Election of 1828 was a what?
- 14. The idea that the U.S. had permission from God to expand west.
- 17. What institution did Jackson see as a way to make the rich, richer?
- 18. Who first discovered gold in California?
- 22. The U.S. President during the Mexican-American War.