West Review

Q: Why did Andrew Jackson not

support South Carolina in the

Nullification Crisis?

A: He believed the Union must

be preserved. Even though he

was a supporter of states rights,
he thought states must still
follow federal laws.

Q: What is one reason President

Jackson disliked the National

Bank?

A: He thought it was

unconstitutional and it only

favored the elite.

Q: Name the only Native

American nation to successfully

resist removal.

A: the Seminole

Name the path the Cherokee

took from Georgia to Oklahoma.

A: The Trail of Tears

Q: Define Manifest Destiny

A: The United States was

destined to spread across

the continent from sea to
shining sea

Q: Why did the House of

Representatives decide the

election of 1824?

A: No candidate won a majority

of electoral votes

Q: What is the corrupt bargain?

A: Henry Clay helped John

Quincy Adams win the House of

Reps vote and in return was
appointed Sec. of State

Q: Explain the spoils system.

A: The process of giving

government jobs to supporters.

Q: Why did the North support the

tariff (1828) on manufactured

goods from Europe?

A: It made US goods cheaper

than importing from Europe and

supported the American
economy.

Q: What Mexican general was

captured by Texas forces at the

Battle of San Jacinto?

A: Santa Anna

Q: What president annexed

Texas?

A: James K. Polk

Q: Why did Andrew Jackson

reject the admission of Texas as a

U.S. state?

A: It would upset the balance of

slave and non-slave states in the

Union.

Q: Why was there division in the

nation over the MexicanAmerican War?

A: Democrats supported their

president and wanted to fulfill

Manifest Destiny. Northerners
thought it was an excuse to
spread slavery.

Q: What treaty ended the

Mexican-American War?

A: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Q: What the Treaty of Guadalupe

Hidalgo give to Mexico?

A: $15 million and compensation

for lost property.

Q: Why was the Gadsden

Purchase, a relatively expensive

stretch of land, made?

A: It was very flat and could be

used to build a railroad to

connect the West Coast to the
rest of the nation.

Q: Fifty-four forty or fight

was the slogan associated

with which territory?

A: Oregon

Q: Which group of people went

West to convert Native

Americans to Christianity?

A: Missionaries

Q: How did the 49ers get their

nickname?

A: They moved West in 1849

during the Gold Rush.

Q: This group had to pay a

special mining tax due to

discrimination.

A: The Chinese

Q: This group moved West to

escape religious persecution.

A: The Mormons

Q: What legacies did the

Californios leave?

A: They contributed crops such

as grapes, citrus and olives as

well as the names of many
towns/cities (Los Gatos, San
Diego, Los Angeles).