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To get rid of something - usually slavery

Abolition

100

This man was the 5th President of the United States and served over the Era of Good Feelings

James Monroe

100

This cash crop de-throned tobacco as the South's most profitable crop to grow - thanks in part to agricultural inventions

Cotton

100

James Monroe served as President during this Era of U.S. history - we were rich, powerful, and not fighting a war.

Things were feeling good!

Era of Good Feelings

100

True or False: The North allowed slavery and they depended on slaves to work their fields

False: It was the South

200

A time before a war (in this case, the pre-Civil War era)

Antebellum

200

This crazy American general took a break from slaughtering natives to simply take Florida from the Spanish

Andrew Jackson

200

FILL IN THE BLANK - 100 POINTS EACH (Agricultural, Industrial)

The North was known for this kind of economy:______

The South was known for this kind of economy:______

Industrial - North

Agricultural - South

200

Nationalism eventually led to this ideology - excessive pride in one's specific part of the country

Sectionalism

200

Mothers would educate children and instill Republican values as a part of this progressive philosophy

Republican Motherhood

300

Religious songs sung by slaves

Spirituals

300

This slave led a revolt after hearing voices in his head telling him to rise up against Southern slave owners

Nat Turner

300

This marketplace for free labor became much more profitable once the U.S. ended the African Slave Trade in 1807

Interstate Slave Trade

300

This compromise allowed Missouri to become a slave state...as long as Maine was admitted as a free state to maintain the free/slave state balance

Missouri Compromise

300

Some slaves would non-violently protest their condition by using this kind of peaceful resistance

Passive Resistance

400

Era of increased mechanized production

Industrial Revolution

400

Eli Whitney invented this device that greatly increased the speed at which seeds can be picked out of cotton

Cotton Gin

400

The Industrial Revolution was based largely on this system - where many people work together in one place to manufacture goods

Factory System

400

This philosophy asserts that the U.S. will consider any European nation that colonizes the Western Hemisphere as a hostile force - in return, the U.S. will stay out of European Affairs

Monroe Doctrine

400

To communicate using a telegraph, you have to use this kind of electronic communication based on dots and dashes


The code was named after its inventor

Morse Code

500

Excessive pride in one's country

Nationalism

500

These two men raised tariffs and built up infrastructure (roads, bridges, etc.) in the new American System


250 POINTS EACH

John C. Calhoun

Henry Clay

500

This man-made waterway was built from Lake Erie to the Hudson River (and - by extent - the Atlantic Ocean) in order to allow inland farmers to trade around the world

Erie Canal

500

Describe the difference between Patriotism, Nationalism, and Sectionalism

Patriotism:___________

Nationalism:__________

Sectionalism:__________

Patriotism: Proud of your country

Nationalism: Excessively proud of your country ("We're the best and everyone else sucks")

Sectionalism: Excessively proud of your part of the country ( "We're the best, and our area is the reason why we're the best #westcoastbestcoast")

500

This man ran against James Monroe between Monroe's first and second terms

Monroe easily won because of his popularity

TRICK QUESTION! Monroe ran unopposed

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