Review: 1820-1850

Match the terms to the correct descriptions. Monroe Doctrine (1823) Statement delivered by President James Monroe and written by John Quincy Adams stating that further efforts by European nations to colonize land or interfere with states in North or South America would be viewed as acts of aggression requiring U.S. intervention. Indian Removal Act of 1830 Passed by Congress on May 28, 1830, during the presidency of Andrew Jackson. It authorized the president to negotiate with Indians tribes in the Southern U.S. for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for their homelands. The act was strongly supported by non-native people of the South, who were eager to gain access to lands inhabited by the Five Civilized Tribes. The Removal Act paved the way for the reluctant migration of tens of thousands of American Indians to the West, an event widely known as the Trail of Tears. Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 allowed government officials to arrest any person accused of being a runaway slave; all that was needed to take away someone's freedoms was word of a white person; northerners required to help capture runaways if requested, suspects had no right to trial Missouri Compromise of 1820 Allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state, Maine to enter the union as a free state, prohibited slavery north of latitude 36˚ 30' within the Louisiana Territory (1820) Gold Rush (1848-1856) a period from 1848 to 1856 when thousands of people came to California in order to search for gold. Manifest Destiny (1812 to 1867) The belief held by nineteenth-century Americans that the United States was destined to rule the continent, from the Atlantic the Pacific. Cities (1790-1890) The number and size of cities increased dramatically between 1790 and 1890 as the country's population grew and became increasingly urban. By 1890, people living in cities of 100,000 or more made up a larger proportion of all urban dwellers. This reflected a shift from a rural, agrarian society to one focused on industrial production, especially in the Northeast and around the Great Lakes. Mexican-American War (1846-1848) (1846-1848) The war between the United States and Mexico in which the United States acquired one half of the Mexican territory.