This individual is considered one of the least successful presidents in American history.
Who is J. Q. ADAMS
100
Individuals from what country came to this country in the 1840s due to the rebellion against British rule and potato famine?
What is IRELAND
100
The Mormon religion originated in what state?
What is NEW YORK
100
As their main crop, southern subsistence farmers raised what crop?
What is CORN
100
The original prophet of the Mormon religion was ______
Who is JOSEPH SMITH
200
This individual threw his support to the winning candidate, inspiring charges of a "corrupt bargain".
Who is HENRY CLAY
200
Individuals from what country came to this country to escape economic hardships and autocratic government?
What is GERMANY
200
What reform group believed in free will and salvation through good works?
What is UNITARIANS
200
Uncle Tom's Cabin was written by ________
What is Harriet Beecher Stowe.
200
In 1839, enslaved Africans rose up aboard the Spanish slave ship ______
What is THE AMISTAD
300
What Bill of 1833 provided that the President could use the army and navy to collect federal tariff duties?
What is the FORCE BILL
300
The aggressive exploitation of the West's bounty can be best described as:
What is ECOLOGICAL IMPERIALISM
300
As the greatest of the revivalist preachers, who advocated opposition to slavery & alcohol, prayer for women & a perfect Christian kingdom on Earth?
Who is CHARLES GRANDISON FINNEY
300
What individual pledged his dedication to the immediate abolition of slavery in the South?
Who is WILLIAM LlOYD GARRISON
300
The chief justice who carried out, more than any other federal official, the ideas of Alexander Hamilton concerning a powerful federal government was
Who is JOHN MARSHALL
400
What republic gained its independence with help from Americans?
What is TEXAS
400
What concept glorified the traditional role of women as homemakers?
What is THE CULT OF DOMESTICITY
400
The Scarlet Letter was written by what Transcendentalists?
Who is NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
400
"American Slavery as It Is" was written by what individual?
Who is Theodore Dwight Weld
400
The delegates of what Convention adopted resolutions that included a call for a Constitutional amendment requiring a two-thirds vote in Congress before war was declared?
What is THE HARTFORD CONVENTION
500
Andrew Jackson decided to weaken the Bank of the United States after the 1832 election due to his fear that what individual might try to manipulate the bank to force its recharter?
Who is NICHOLAS BIDDLE
500
In what Supreme Court decision decided that labor unions were not illegal conspiracies?
What is Commonwealth v. Hunt
500
Neal Dow sponsored what 1851 law banning the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquor?
What is the Maine Law of 1851
500
All told, only about ______% of white southerners owned slaves or belonged to a slaveholding family.
What is 25%
500
What group migrated from Holland to the New World in order to gain wealth through all the economic incentives the New World offered?