In the mid-nineteenth century, newspaper editor John O'Sullivan coined the term 'manifest destiny' to describe the belief that God intended for the United States to occupy North America from Atlantic to Pacific.

A quick comprehension check over the Great Compromise of 1850.

The Compromise of 1850 acted as a band-aid over the growing wound of sectional divide.

A quick comprehension check over the Mexican-American War.

Quickly following Texan independence, the United States admitted Texas into the republic as a slave state.

A quick comprehension check over the Manifest Destiny.

During the first half of the nineteenth century, demand for cotton led to the expansion of plantation slavery. By 1850, enslaved people were growing cotton from South Carolina to Texas.

A quick comprehension check over African Americans in the early republic of the United States.

Learn about African Americans in the early republic.

In response to the Tariff of 1828, vice president John C. Calhoun asserted that states had the right to nullify federal laws.

Take this quick self assessment over the age of reform in the United States.

The first women's rights movement advocated equal rights for white women by leveraging abolitionist and Second Great Awakening sentiment.

A quick comprehension check over Jackson and federal power.

An overview of voting and democracy in the early 1800s.

From the Lowell factory workers to the feminized role of the American schoolteacher, women began to make professional strides during the first half of the 19th century.

Famine and political revolution in Europe led millions of Irish and German citizens to immigrate to America in the mid-nineteenth century.

A quick comprehension check over industrialization during the Market Revolution.

A quick comprehension check over the expansion of democracy in the early 1800s.

Andrew Jackson was the president for the common man. Under his rule, American democracy flourished as never before- but the economy and the Native American population suffered at his hands.

A quick comprehension check over America on the world stage.

A quick comprehension check over politics and regional interests in early 19th century America.

An overview about politics and regional interests in early 19th century America.

In the 1830s, President Andrew Jackson pursued a policy of Indian Removal, forcing Native Americans living in Georgia, Florida, and Mississippi to trek hundreds of miles to territory in present-day Oklahoma.

John Quincy Adams narrowly beat Andrew Jackson in the presidential election of 1824. Though his 'American System' modernized the American economy, his endorsement of a protective tariff as well as his lenient stance toward Native...