Monroe Doctrine
This 5th President of the United States issued a famous 1823 message to Congress declaring that "America is for Americans".
Who was James Monroe?
Before 1800, roads were formed simply by this everyday cause.
What is the wear and tear of travel by horses, wagons, and carts?
Andrew Jackson’s soldiers gave him this famous, tough nickname during the Creek War.
What is "Old Hickory"?
This Connecticut schoolmaster invented the cotton gin in 1793 while visiting Georgia.
Who was Eli Whitney?
She took the British throne in 1837 and ruled over a vast global empire "on which the sun never set."
Who was Queen Victoria?
President James Monroe served this many terms in office, spanning from 1817 to 1825.
What is two terms?
Completed in 1825, the Erie Canal stretched across this entire U.S. state to connect the Hudson River with Lake Erie.
What is New York?
Jacksonian Democracy expanded voting rights by dropping this requirement, allowing all adult white men to vote.
What is property ownership (or paying taxes)?
Before the invention of the cotton gin, a single worker could manually clean only about this much cotton per day.
What is one pound?
Known as "sepoys," Indian soldiers in 1857 rebelled against the rule and control of this powerful British trading enterprise.
What was the British East India Company?
The main message of the Monroe Doctrine warned European nations against doing this in the Western Hemisphere.
What is establishing new colonies or meddling in American affairs?
This New York Governor championed the canal project and turned the first shovelful of dirt on July 4, 1817.
Who was De Witt Clinton?
President Andrew Jackson used this executive power far more than any president before him to block legislation he disliked.
What is the presidential veto?
Eli Whitney’s first mechanical cotton gin allowed one worker to clean this much cotton in a single day.
What is 50 to 100 pounds?
Fought from 1853 to 1856 on a peninsula in the Black Sea, this conflict pitted Russia against Britain, France, and the Ottoman Empire.
What was the Crimean War?
Known as the "George Washington of South America," this leader helped win independence for northern South American countries like Bolivia and Colombia.
Who was Simón Bolívar?
It took workers almost this many years to construct the entire Erie Canal.
What is 8 years?
Following his election, Jackson rewarded his political supporters by giving them these.
What are government jobs (appointments)?
The cotton gin contributed to this major global era of innovation, which began in England using steam power and factories.
What is the First Industrial Revolution?
Built in London for the 1851 Great Exhibition, this massive building made entirely of glass and iron showcased industrial inventions from around the world.
What was the Crystal Palace?
This Secretary of State under James Monroe helped craft the message sent to Congress that became the Monroe Doctrine.
Who was John Quincy Adams?
To raise and lower canal boats over changing land elevations, engineers built a system of these water chambers along the canal.
What are locks?
To protect federal funds and limit centralized financial power, Jackson fought against and removed federal money from this institution.
What is the Bank of the United States?
Because the demand for cotton skyrocketed, this illegal activity grew in the South after international trade was banned in 1808.
What is the illegal slave trade (slave smuggling)?
Leading his famous volunteer army of "redshirts," this Italian patriot fought to unite southern Italy into a single kingdom.
Who was Giuseppe Garibaldi?