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100

This event in 1803 doubled the size of the United States?

What is the Louisiana Purchase?

100

This president, elected in 1828, was known as the "common man's" president.

Who is Andrew Jackson?

100

This movement focused on improving conditions for enslaved individuals, leading to widespread calls for emancipation.

What is the abolitionist movement?

100

Henry Clay promoted this economic plan, which included a national bank, tariffs, and internal improvements.

What is the American System?

100

This 1823 policy warned European nations against further colonization in the Americas.

What is the Monroe Doctrine?

200

What two states were involved in the Missouri Compromise?

What are Maine and Missouri?

200

This term describes the controversial outcome of the 1824 election involving John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay

What is the Corrupt Bargain?

200

This 1848 convention is considered the beginning of the organized women's rights movement.

 What is the Seneca Falls Convention?

200

This invention by Eli Whitney in 1793 greatly increased cotton production and reliance on slave labor.

What is the cotton gin?

200

This term refers to the belief that the U.S. was destined to expand across the North American continent.

What is Manifest Destiny?

300

This 1831 revolt in Virginia was led by an enslaved preacher and sparked harsh slave laws in the South.

What is Nat Turner's Rebellion?

300

This political party emerged in the 1830s to oppose Andrew Jackson and the Democrats.

What is the Whig Party?

300

Give one of the women who were major factors in the Women's Rights Movement.

Who is Dorothea Dix or Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
300

This 1828 tariff, dubbed what angered Southern states and contributed to sectional tensions.

What is the Tariff of Abominations?

300

These Congressmen in 1810 advocated for war with Britain to defend American honor and expand territory.

What are the War Hawks?

400

Passed in 1830, this law authorized the forced relocation of Native American tribes to lands west of the Mississippi

What is the Indian Removal Act?

400

The 1844 election featured this Democratic candidate who promoted westward expansion and won.

Who is James K. Polk?

400

William Lloyd Garrison was a prominent figure in the abolitionist movement, known for publishing what?

What is The Liberator?

400

This labor system in Massachusetts employed young women in textile mills, offering dormitory housing and strict moral oversight.

What is the Lowell System?

400

This 1807 act, passed under Thomas Jefferson, prohibited American ships from trading with foreign nations, aiming to avoid war with Britain and France.

What is the Embargo Act?

500

This 1832 crisis involved South Carolina's refusal to enforce federal tariffs, leading to a confrontation with the federal government

What is the Nullification Crisis?

500

William Henry Harrison's campaign in 1840 used this slogan to emphasize his military success.

What is "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too"?

500

This transcendentalist leader wrote "Civil Disobedience" and protested the Mexican-American War.

Who is Henry David Thoreau?

500

This economic philosophy, embraced by Jacksonian Democrats, emphasized minimal government interference in the economy.

What is laissez-faire?

500

This naval incident in 1807 involved the British attack on the USS Chesapeake, contributing to tensions leading to the War of 1812.

What is the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair?

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