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100
Who were the first, second, third, and fourth presidents?
(In order) George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison
100
What was the Treaty of Ghent?
It was the treaty that ended the War of 1812.
100
Who won the election as a result of the "corrupt bargain"?
John Quincy Adams
100
Which principle, invented by Eli Whitney, allowed for the standardization of industrial products, and led to mass production?
The principle of interchangeable parts
100
In which state was gold found in 1848?
California
200
What were the names of all 13 colonies that seceded from Great Britain?
Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York, North Carolina, and Rhode Island.
200
Who was the president during the Era of Good Feelings?
James Monroe
200
Where were the Southern Tribes forcibly relocated to during the Trail of Tears and what were two of "Five Civilized Tribes"?
Indian Territory (Oklahoma). The "Five Civilized Tribes" were the following: Cherokees, Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaws, and Seminoles.
200
Which state had the first oil well? Hint: Not Texas or California. Hint 2: This state touches a large lake.
Pennsylvania
200
Which state was an independent republic between 1836-1846?
Texas
300
What were two effects of the XYZ affair?
Increase in Federalist strength, weakening of the Democratic-Republicans, undeclared naval war against France in the West Indies, creation of the Naval Department, establishment of the United States Marine Corps, and expansion of the US navy.
300
What were the three agreements of the Missouri Compromise?
Missouri would become a slave state, Maine would become a free state, slavery was banned above 36ยบ/30'
300
Which state advocated nullification of the Tariff of 1832, what document did it write in support of nullification, and why did it advocate nullification?
South Carolina. The South Carolina Exposition. South Carolina advocated nullification, because the tariffs forced southerners to pay higher prices for northern goods and reduced foreign demand for Southern goods.
300
By 1860, which three states had the majority of cotton production?
Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia
300
Which invention revolutionized Southern agriculture and made it dependent on slave labor?
The cotton gin
400
What were the two main political parties after 1792 and what were five features of each of their platforms?
The Federalists (rule by the "best people", opposed the extension of democracy, a powerful federal government, loose interpretation of the Constitution, support for manufacturing and business, protective tariff, pro-British, supported national debt, expansion of the bureaucracy, powerful central bank, free speech and press restrictions, a strong navy) and the Democratic-Republicans (rule by the educated people, supported the extension of democracy, weak central government, states' rights, strict interpretation of the Constitution, pro-agriculture, pro-French, anti-debt, supported the reduction of the bureaucracy, pro-state banks, pro-freedom of speech and press, anti-navy)
400
What were the three parts of the American System?
A strong banking system, a protective tariff, and a network of roads and canals
400
Which two events sparked Irish and German immigration during this time period and why did they cause Irish people and German people to immigrate to America?
The Irish potato famine destroyed the food supply of Ireland, which caused numerous deaths due to starvation. Many Irish families fled to America in order to avoid starvation. The failed democratic revolutions of 1848 caused liberal Germans to migrate to America in search of democracy.
400
Which law was proposed to deal with runaway slaves and what were two of its effects?
The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850. It angered the North, because they feared that denial of rights to slaves set a precedent of rights violations for all Americans. In addition, it increased abolitionism, because many moderates in the North were shocked by the FSL. Also, it went largely unenforced by Northern states, which angered the South because the North did not fulfill their end of the Compromise of 1850.
400
Which experimental community in New York practiced communism and free love, but eventually became a capitalistic enterprise that manufactured steel utensils?
The Oneida Community
500
What was "assumption", who enacted it, and why was it enacted?
Assumption was when the federal government assumed the state's war debts after the American Revolution. It was enacted by Alexander Hamilton in order to chain the states more tightly to the federal government, because every state would now have a stake in the federal government.
500
What was the Monroe Doctrine, what was its first target, and what was its significance?
The Monroe Doctrine warned the European powers to not intervene in or colonize America again. Its first target was Russia because of its colonization in the Northwest. It did not have much contemporary significance, since most of the European powers realized that America was militarily weak and they stayed out of European affairs not because of the Monroe Doctrine, but because of the British navy. However, it played an important role in the foreign policy of Polk and future presidents, and it represented the nationalism of the time period.
500
What was Jacksonian Democracy and what were two reasons why it developed?
Jacksonian Democracy was limited government and universal white male suffrage. It developed because of the promulgation of democratic, egalitarian ideas during the Revolutionary era, the growth of the market economy, the panic of 1819, and the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
500
What was the first state to secede from the Union and what were five reasons why Southern states seceded from the Union after the Election of 1860?
South Carolina. Southern states seceded because the Republican candidate Lincoln won the election without a single vote from the South, which showed that the South no longer had a voice in government, and because of the culmination of many tense events between the North and the South during the Sectionalist Era, including the publishing of Uncle Tom's Cabin, the Dred Scott decision, Bleeding Kansas, John Brown's Raid, the caning of Charles Sumner, and the publishing of The Impending Crisis of the South.
500
Which American writer and poet who wrote "The Gold Bug" was more popular in Europe than in America and why?
Edgar Allen Poe. His writings and poems were morbid, which made it popular with Europeans, but not popular with optimistic Americans.
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