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100
The leading education reformer of the time who started a movement for public schools
Who is Horace Mann
100
A prison & mental health reformer who believed in rehabilitation.
Who is Dorothea Dix
100
This occured when SC declared federal laws null & void & threatened to secede from the Union
What is the SC Nullification Crisis
100
A conflict b/w the US & Mexico brought about by the annexation of Texas & a quest for more territory
What is Mexican War
100
Temporarily settled the issue of slavery in 1820 by admitting two states to the Union at establishing a line at 36-30 north latitude
What is Missouri Compromise
200
A white abolitionist who as the editor of the Liberator, called for the immediate & unconditional emancipation for slaves
Who is William Lloyd Garrison
200
He Built the first steel plow
Who is John Deere
200
Congressional law requiring the relocation of American Indians to land west of the Mississippi River
What is the Indian Removal Act of 1830
200
A significant battle in the war for Texas independence that resulted in a battle cry for Texas
What is the Alamo
200
The 1832 Supreme Court case in which chief Justice John Marshall ruled in favor of the Cherokee
What is Worcester v. Georgia
300
He developed the mechanical reaper
Who is Cyrus McCormick
300
The transcendentalist who wrote "Civil Disobedience" which promoted passive, non-violent protest such as that used by Martin Luther King.
Who is Henry David Thoreau
300
Henry Clay's program of federal support for economic development that included national transportation improvements
What is American System
300
The forced relocation of the Cherokee to Indian Country
What is the Trail of Tears
300
Led by Thomas Cole this group of painters portrayed nationalism through portraits of the landscape & natural beauty of the US
What is Hudson River School of Artist
400
A trancendentalist who emphasized freedom & self-reliance
Who is Ralph Waldo Emerson
400
He invented the Cotton Gin
Who is Eli Whitney
400
Giving out government jobs in return for party loyalty
What is spoils system
400
The 1st meeting of the women's rights movement in America; it was held in New York State in 1848
What is Seneca Falls Convention
400
A political part that arose from the ideas of Nativism
What is the Know-Nothings
500
A fugitive slave who spoke publicly against slavery & began an antislavery newspaper called the North Star
Who is Fredrick Douglas
500
Nickname for gold seekers who went to California beginning in 1849, to seek their fortunes
Who are 49ers
500
The name given to the election of 1824 by Andrew Jackson b/c of a deal b/w Adams & Clay giving Adams the presidency
What is corrupt bargain
500
President Polk's campaign slogan that resulted in the establishment of a border b/w the Oregon Country & British Canada
What is "54-40 or Fight"
500
This provided an all water access route that linked the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes & stimulated the economy
What is the Erie Canal
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