People
By the 1820s and 1830s a new political party arose - the democrats, which was led by who ?
Who is Andrew Jackson ?
A young French aristocrat who was amazed by the informal manners and democratic attitudes of Americans.
Who is Alexis de Tocqueville?
What was the rate of alcohol consumption per person in 1820?
What is 5 gallons ?
This state attempted to tax the Second Bank of the United States
What is Maryland ?
The war of 1812 was called ____?
What is “Mr. Madison’s War “
Whose presidency was referred to as “ the era of good feelings “ ?
Who is James Monroe ?
Writers such as _______ and _______ questioned the doctrine of established churches and the business practices of the merchant class. They argued for a mystical and intuitive way of thinking as a means for discovering one’s inner self and looking for the essence of God in nature, which is known as transcendentalism.
Who is Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau?
The US purchased the Louisiana territory from France for how much
What is $15 million?
In 1828 this states legislature declared the increased tariff of 1828, the so- called Tariff of Abominations, to be unconstitutional.
What is South Carolina ?
This convention was the first women’s rights convention in American history ?
What is the Seneca Falls Convention?
By the 1820s and 1830s a new political party called the whigs arose, which was led by who.
Who is Henry Clay ?
In 1831 ____ led a slave revolt that killed 55 whites ?
Who is Nat Turner ?
Members of the South’s small elite of wealthy planters owned at least ______ slaves and and at least a _____ acres
What is a 100 slaves and 1,000 acres ?
The National or Cumberland Road extended to the west more than a thousand miles from which 2 states ?
John Deere invented ____?
What is the steel plow ?
______ was a Methodist and Baptist circuit preacher who would travel from one location to another and attract thousands to hear their dramatic preachings at outdoor revivals, or camp meetings.
Who is Peter Cartwright ?
A former school teacher from Massachusetts who launched a cross- country crusade, publicizing the awful treatment of the mentally ill?
Who is Dorothea Dix ?
The vast majority of slaveholders owned fewer than, how many slaves ?
What is fewer than 20 ?
What is New York ?
Name the group of Native American who were forced to leave their homes in 1835.
Cherokees
Who was the founder of the Mormons and later killed by a mob in Illinois.
Who is Joseph Smith ?
The leading advocate of the public school movement.
Who is Horace Mann?
What fraction of the south’s white population owned no slaves ?
3/4
In 1838, after Jackson had left office, the U.S. army forced 15,000 Cherokees to leave which state ?
What is Georgia ?
Half of all immigrants between 1830 and 1860 came from which country ?
What is Ireland ?