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This is the nickname given to the time era where technology and transportation developments shifted the economy toward markets rather than subsistence.
What was the Market Revolution?
This congressman became famous for leading the calls for the War of 1812 and the Missouri Compromise.
Who was Henry Clay?
In this conflict, the U.S. and Britain fought over the British practice of impressment upon U.S. sailors.
What was the War of 1812?
This poem, written during the War of 1812, eventually became the U.S. national anthem.
What was the Star Spangled Banner?
This was a massive land deal agreed on by Thomas Jefferson and Napoleon, which doubled the size of the United States for $15 million.
What was the Louisiana Purchase?
Thomas Jefferson defeated this man in the election for president in 1800.
Who was John Adams?
Andrew Jackson became an "icon" after leading troops to victory in this battle.
What is the Battle of New Orleans?
New job demands and opportunities led to the first significant European immigrant wave from these two groups of people (nationalities).
What were the Irish and the Germans?
This invention revolutionized cross-country communication in the early 1800s.
What was the telegraph?
This infamous vice-president declared that South Carolina did not have to follow federal taxation policies...also, he adamantly loved and defended slavery and was a pretty terrible person all-around.
Who was John C. Calhoun?
This Indigenous leader attempted to unite all tribes in military defense against U.S. expanionism.
Who was Tecumseh?
This was the nickname for the U.S. congressmen who clamored for war against Britain in 1812.
Who were the War Hawks?
This was a political party from the early 1800s whose platform was nativism and anti-Catholic rhetoric.
What was the Know-Nothing Party?
The Missouri Compromise proposed that this new state would enter the union as a "free" state, while Missouri would enter as a slave state.
What is Maine?
This was Henry Clay's proposal for using federal money to build roads, canals, and a national bank.
What was the American System?
The Red Sticks of the Southeast who fought against Andrew Jackson belonged to this larger Indigenous Nation.
What are the Creeks?
This failed economic policy placed by Jefferson failed to stop British impressment and actually hurt the U.S. economy.
What was the Embargo Act?
John Deere revolutionized farming as a market, with the development of this tool.
What was the steel plow?
This was the nickname for the time period of complete unity when James Monroe almost got unanimously re-elected.
What was the Era of Good Feelings?
This was the nickname given by Jackson to the event where Henry Clay supported Quincy Adams for president, over Andrew Jackson.
What was the "corrupt bargain?"
The Missouri Compromise proposed the banning of slavery for any new proposed state lying north of this geographic parallel.
What was the 36-30 line?
The Federalist Party died off after this failed meeting made them seem unpatriotic and treacherous during the War of 1812.
What was the Hartford Convention?
With this declaration, the U.S. basically told Europe that the Americas were now off-limits to future colonization.
What was the Monroe Doctrine?
This waterway connected the crop-heavy regions of Northern New York to the new urban cities of the old Northwest (now the Midwest).
What was the Erie Canal?
Andrew Jackson defeated the Red Sticks at this battle.
What is the Battle of Horseshoe Bend?
The United States acquired the Florida territory with this treaty.
What is the Adams-Onis Treaty?
This was the nickname given by Southerners to the tax on imported goods, which made Southern cotton (and slavery) incredibly expensive worldwide.
What was the "Tariff of Abominations?"
This was the nickname for the event where John C. Calhoun and Andrew Jackson squared off - with Jackson threatening military threats against South Carolina.
What was the "Nullification Crisis?"
This was the nickname for the first factory program and structure, which employed young immigrant girls as laborers.
What was the Lowell System?
This agreement ended the War of 1812.
What is the Treaty of Ghent?