Vocabulary
Jackson's Actions
Westward Expansion
Romantics & Transcendentalists
Inventors & Thinkers
Miscellaneous Subjects
100
the famous site where Davey Crockett died in the Texas War of Independence and a battle cry of the Mexican-American War "Remember ___ ________"
What is The Alamo?
100

Jackson's Populism and eventually election in 1828 were regarded as a victory for this group, as was Thomas Jefferson before him.

Who is "the Common Man"/farmers?

100
The “49ers” were California-bound after news about this spread nationwide
What is the Gold Rush?
100
James Fennimore Cooper, credited with being the first author to write about American life on the Frontier, most famously wrote this novel
What is Last of the Mohicans?
100
Still a famous name in farming equipment today, he invented the steel plow
Who is John Deere?
100
The Mexican American War ended with the signing of this
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
200
This Ralph Waldo Emerson-inspired movement that pushed for people to find truth and oneness in themselves as they connected with nature
What is transcendentalism?
200

President Jackson responded to South Carolina’s proposal of nullification by saying he would use this to keep their state in line.

What is military action?

200
This President added more land than any in history by annexing Texas and gaining land in the Mexican Cession, among other acts
Who is James K. Polk?
200
The influential authors of "The Raven" and "The Scarlet Letter"
Who are Edgar Allen Poe & Nathaniel Hawthorne?
200
He is largely credited with inventing the telegraph and a specific code of communication
Who is Samuel Morse?
200
The belief that alcohol should be consumed in moderation
What is temperance?
300
Lucretia Mott, Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony strongly believed in this cause
What is (Women's) Suffrage?
300

This lead to South Carolina attempting to secede from the US, Vice President John C. Calhoun resigning and more sectionalism in the south.

What was the “Tariff of Abominations”? 

300
Andrew Jackson's most controversial action, motivated by the desire for more land
What is The Indian Removal Act?
300
The transcendentalist author of "Walden" and "Civil Disobedience", this contemporary of Emerson was extremely influential
Who is Henry David Thoreau?
300

French writer who wrote “Democracy

in America”, one of the most famous

books of the 19 th century. It informed

the world about America’s political

system, history and culture and is still

studied in colleges today.

Who is Alexis de Tocqueville?

300
the idea that you should not judge a different culture or time period using the standards of your own culture and time period
What is cultural relativism?
400
a group or clique within a larger party, government, or organization
What is a faction?
400

TWO PARTS: Jackson believed in _________,  Rewarding political supporters with government jobs, but eventually turned to his ___________ when his official advisers were ineffective.

What are the Spoils System & the Kitchen Cabinet? 

400
The US Gov't bought this in 1853, largely for mining and railroad interests
What is the Gadsen Purchase?
400
He was America's first genuine internationally best-selling author and this was his most well-known short story
Who is Washington Irving, and what is "The Legend of Sleepy Hallow"?
400
Robert Fulton and Samuel Slater came to fame for these breakthroughs in America
What are the Steamboat and knowledge of Industrial Revolution/Textile Mills?
400

TWO PARTS: Noah Webster and Dorothea Dix's biggest contributions to the 19th Century

What are written books on spelling & reading and mental health reform?

500
Communities where people lived united by common beliefs, often times sharing property and responsibilities, such as Brook Farm or the Shakers
What are Utopian Societies?
500

In response to Worcester vs Georgia, Jackson's reportedly said this about the SCOTUS decision saying that states could not enforce their laws on Indians or forcibly removed Native Americans from their land.

What is "John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it"?(paraphrased), meaning that the ruling would NOT be enforced by Jackson's administration.

500
This slogan was an argument used by the President for making the Oregon Territory
What is “54° 40´ or Fight”?
500
This produced numerous painters who defined Romanticism and changed the landscape of American Artwork
What is the Hudson River School of the Arts?
500
These two men invented the cotton gin and reaper, revolutionizing agriculture in the 19th century
Who are Eli Whitney and Cyrus McCormick?
500
Jackson's explanation for his 1824 loss to John Quincy Adams
What is a "corrupt bargain"?
600

(2 Parts) Expansionists believe the US needed to _______ territories, or add them officially.  This might conflict with the ___________ of people who already lived there. 

What is Annex/Annexation and Sovereignty? 

600

THREE ANSWERS: Jackson has been deemed by Nock "a D1 hater"; identify at least THREE people or groups he had issues with and explain why.

(Answers Vary) Who are John Q. Adams, John C. Calhoun, Henry Clay, the British, the Bank, the Cherokee Nation, men who insulted his wife (and more)?

600

Identify and explain the order of these 4 events:

- The Gold Rush

- The Alamo

- The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

- The Mexican War

What is (correct order) The Alamo, The Mexican War (1846-48), The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848),  The Gold Rush (starts 1849)?  (Explanations vary) 

600

(TWO Parts) Romanticism were partly a reaction against ____________ , and Transcendentalism was widely associated with this religion or university. 

 What is the Industrial Revolution/social & political norms of the Age of Enlightenment/the scientific rationalization of nature AND Unitarian Universalists or Harvard Divinity School?

600

2 Parts: Horace Mann helped Massachusetts lead the US in this new idea to America & explain how it affects North Carolina.

What are state-run public schools and explanations vary?

600

Identify at least FOUR things that went wrong for the Donner Party.

(answers vary) What are the Hastings Cutoff, inadequate food, extreme weather, negative media coverage, disease, etc?
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