Manifest Destiny
Jackson Era
Civil War
Reconstruction
Miscellaneous
100
These two countries jointly occupied the Oregon Territory
What are USA and Great Britain
100
How Jackson defied the the Supreme Court
What is 'by ignoring the ruling against Georgia forcing Cherokee Indians off of their land'
100
The Civil War started after the South fired on this place
What is Fort Sumter
100
The purpose of the black codes
What is 'to restrict civil rights of blacks'
100
The belief that America should stretch across the continent from ocean to ocean
What is "Manifest Destiny"
200
French for 'Let them do as they will'
What is 'Laissez Faire'
200
This increased for white males under President Jackson
What is 'suffrage'
200
The chief reason for the North blockading the South
What is to prevent the South from exporting cotton
200
this gave all citizens in the U.S. the right to vote
What is the 15th amendment
200
The man who became president after Harrison died
Who is John Tyler
300
This treaty ended our war with Mexico
What is the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
300
This South Carolina congressman supported state's rights and secession from the union
Who is John C. Calhoun
300
Who was the final General of the Potomac
Who is Ulysses S. Grant
300
the election of this president marked the end of Reconstruction
Who is Rutherford B. Hayes
300
a political tactic first used in the election of 1828
What is mudslinging
400
The men who helped guided settlers to west to the Oregon Country
Who are 'Mountain Men'
400
This Native American group successfully resisted relocation during the Indian Removal Act
Who are the 'Seminole'
400
This freed all slaves in the Confederacy
What is the Emancipation Proclamation
400
this group provided food and clothing, education and medical services for former slaves
What is the Freedmen's Bureau
400
the winner of an election replacing the old bureaucracy with his own supporter
What is the spoils system
500
The controversy of Texas becoming a state
What is 'it would upset the balance between slave and non-slave states'
500
This Kentucky Congressman was known as the 'Great Compromiser'
Who is Henry Clay
500
the outcome of the battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack
What is a draw/tie
500
The reason President Johnson was impeached
What is for violating the Tenure of Office Act
500
the main advantage the south had during the Civil War
What is 'fighting on their home turf' or 'experienced military officers' or 'fighting for their way of life'
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