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Marbury v. Madison established this principle, in which the Supreme Court checks the legislative branch of our government by deciding if laws created might be unconstitutional.
What is JUDICIAL REVIEW
100
This dude's cotton gin invention revolutionized the agricultural industry in the South but sadly only served to expand slavery
Who was ELI WHITNEY
100
This was John C. Calhoun's theory that stated the 13 sovereign states held the right to declare Congressional acts or laws unconstitutional, in which cases, they would declare it inoperative or nullified.
What was NULLIFICATION?
100
In 1834, these mills in Massachusetts, comprised mostly of girls, were some of the first to strike; an organized work stoppage to force employers to reposed to demands.
What were LOWELL TEXTILE MILLS
100
More than 1 million Irish people coming into the United States, known as these, fled their homeland as a result of the Great Potato Famine which caused mass starvation.
What are IMMIGRANTS?
200
Lewis and Clark were sent my President Jefferson to explore this brand new U.S. acquisition
What is THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE
200
This man's American System established a protective tariff, rechartered the national bank, and sponsored the development of transportations systems to improve travel.
Who was HENRY CLAY?
200
Sam Houston was elected the first president of the new Republic of Texas after shouting "Remember the Alamo!" in capturing this Mexican general and forcing him to sign the Treaty of Velasco, which granted independence to Texas.
Who was SANTA ANNA?
200
This Supreme Court case supported worker's rights to go on strike.
What was COMMONWEALTH V. HUNT?
200
These were implemented to protect American businesses by taxing imported goods.
What were PROTECTIVE TARIFFS?
300
He was Thomas Jefferson's running mate in the election of 1800 and received the same number of electoral votes
Who was AARON BURR?
300
Henry Clay was the architect behind this agreement which brought Maine into the Union as a "free state" but Missouri in as a "slave state", even though it lays above the 36, 30 north latitude line that stated all states above would be free, and all below it would be slave.
What is THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE
300
This discovery in the 1840s revolutionized California's economy and was responsible for a huge influx of immigrants and get-rich-hopefuls
What is GOLD?
300
This is the idea, supported by writer and Unitarian minister Ralph Waldo Emerson, that truth could be discovered intuitively by observing nature and relating it to one's own emotional and spiritual experience.
What is TRANSCENDENTALISM?
300
These waterways, especially the one near Erie, PA linking the Atlantic Ocean with the Great Lakes, helped revolutionize the nation's market economy.
What are CANALS?
400
This movement gained traction in the early 19th Century and hoped to end slavery in the United States
What is THE ABOLITIONIST or ABOLITION
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Part of his idea of democracy was the spoils system which gave prominent jobs to friends and political allies after his election as president.
Who was ANDREW JACKSON?
400
This man was actually an artist by trade, but patented the telegraph, a device that established a new, faster means of communication.
Who was SAMUEL F. B. MORSE?
400
This eager reader of William Lloyd Garrison's The Liberator was an African American man who escaped from his slave bonds to become and eloquent and outspoken critic of slavery.
Who was FREDERICK DOUGLASS?
400
Florida became part of the United States as a result of this 1819 treaty.
What is THE ADAMS-ONIS TREATY?
500
This early example of U.S. foreign policy succinctly stated that European countries who hoped to overtake and colonize American lands and people should stay out and we promised to stay out of European affairs in turn
What was THE MONROE DOCTRINE
500
The Cherokee Indians were forced along this 800 mile route (on which a lot of them died) from Georgia to Oklahoma.
What is THE TRAIL OF TEARS?
500
Improvements in communication as well as U.S. transportation along railroads and through canals, contributed to this revolution in the 1840s, transforming our nation.
What was THE MARKET REVOLUTION?
500
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, and Sojourner Truth (a former slave) were all abolitionists, but were better known for this mid-19th Century movement which held its first convention in Seneca Falls, NY.
What is THE WOMEN'S RIGHTS MOVEMENT?
500
This component of a mixed economy involves the freedom to of private businesses to operate competitively with little government regulation.
What is FREE ENTERPRISE?
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