The First Presidents
This group of trusted advisors consults with the president about important issues
What is the Cabinet?
These people moved west and built homes on the frontier
What are pioneers?
When James Madison became president, he briefly cut off trade with both of these countries.
What are France and England?
Under the Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819, the United States acquired this state from Spain in exchange for relinquishing our claim to Texas.
What is Florida?
This extreme food shortage led to a mass immigration from Ireland to the United States in the early-to-mid 1800s.
What is the Potato Famine or (the Great Irish Famine)?
George Washington warned that these would divide the country
What are political parties?
This third president of the United States is credited with making the Louisiana Purchase
This is another word for strong pride in one's country.
What is nationalism?
This presidential policy warned European leaders not to colonize or recolonize the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
This temporary solution admitted two new states into the US, Missouri and Maine, keeping the number of slave-holding and non-slave-holding states equal.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
Led by Alexander Hamilton, this party believed in a strong federal government, an economy based on trade and industry, and one national bank
What are the Federalists?
This French leader sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States in 1803.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
This poem by Francis Scott Key was written during the War of 1812 and quickly became a symbol of American persistence, strength, and bravery. It later became our national anthem.
What is "The Star-Spangled Banner"?
This US president, now depicted on the 20 dollar bill, is responsible for the Trail of Tears.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
The invention of this device led to a massive increase in slavery in the Southern United States.
What is the cotton gin?
Before Washington D.C. was built, this city was the capital of the United States
What is Philadelphia?
Under the Louisiana Purchase, this key Southern port city became United States territory. Later, we would defend it against British invasion.
What is New Orleans?
This political party came to an end after the American victory in the War of 1812.
What are the Federalists?
This law, passed by Congress in 1830, stated that indigenous people living in the Southeastern United States would have to leave their homes and move West to present-day Oklahoma.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
This term refers to the people who fought for the immediate end of all slavery in the United States.
What are abolitionists?
These acts, passed by John Adams in 1798, made it harder for immigrants to become US citizens and stated that citizens could be fined or jailed for criticizing the government. They were later blocked by the state legislatures of Virginia and Kentucky, who cited that they went against the First Amendment
What are the Alien and Sedition Acts?
During their journey across the American West, Lewis and Clark hoped to find a connection between these two bodies of water.
What are the Pacific Ocean and the Mississippi River?
This term refers to the capture and forced work of American soldiers on British ships.
What is impressment?
This Supreme Court Justice sided with the Cherokee Nation when they asserted their right to the land they occupied in Georgia. Unfortunately, the president did not agree with him.
Who is John Marshall?
This meeting to discuss equality for women was led by Susan B. Anthony, Lucretia Mott, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
What is the Seneca Falls Convention?