politics and presidents
Who was president during the “Era of Good Feelings”?
james monroe
Who was the powerful Chief Justice that strengthened federal authority?
john marshall
What belief claimed the U.S. was destined to expand westward?
Manifest Destiny
What compromise balanced free and slave states in 1820?
Missouri Compromise
Which movement sought to end slavery?
Abolitionism
Which president expanded voting rights to most white men?
Andrew jackson
Which case established judicial review?
Marbury v. Madison
What territory was acquired in 1819 from Spain?
Florida
Which region supported slavery the most?
Southern states
What reform movement aimed to reduce alcohol consumption?
Temperance Movement
What political party formed in opposition to Jackson’s policies?
whig party
Which case upheld the constitutionality of the national bank?
McCulloch v. Maryland
Which trail was used by settlers moving west?
Oregon Trail
What cash crop increased the South’s reliance on slavery?
Cotton
What 1848 convention focused on women’s rights?
Seneca Falls Convention
Which president supported internal improvements but faced congressional opposition?
John Quincy Adams
Which case limited states from interfering with interstate commerce?
Gibbons v. Ogden
What agreement set the U.S.–Canada border at the 49th parallel?
Oregon Treaty
Which invention made cotton production more profitable?
Cotton gin
Who wrote the Declaration of Sentiments?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
What idea stated that states could reject federal laws they believed unconstitutional?
nullification
These decisions generally favored which level of government?
Federal government
What war resulted in the U.S. gaining large southwestern territories?
Mexican-American War
What debate centered on whether new territories should allow slavery?
Sectional tension
Most reform movements were rooted in what religious revival?
Second Great Awakening