Presidents
The 1st President of the US
Who was George Washington
Which group was most likely to support tariffs?
Who were Northeastern manufacturers
The first judicial ruling that declared a federal law to be unconstitutional came from
What was Marbury v. Madison
What led to the dissolution of Andrew Jackson’s cabinet?
What was the Eaton Affair
Andrew Jackson was born in this US state, maybe.
Where is North Carolina
The 6th President of the US
Who was John Quincy Adams
This Vice-President ultimately decided the election of 1824
Who was Henry Clay
The “Gage Rule” was designed to eliminate the voice of which group in Congress?
Who were the Abolitionist
Why did many of the nation’s founders distrust true democracy?
They believed that common people would not make smart decisions.
After the American Revolution, the orphaned Andrew Jackson moved to what state to make his fortune?
Tennessee
The 7th President of the US
Who was Andrew Jackson
How did Andrew Jackson first gain national fame?
He was a military hero from the War of 1812.
Which president waged a “war” against the Bank of the United States.
Who was Andrew Jackson
Why did critics mock the marriage of Andrew Jackson and Rachel Johnson
Rachel was not yet divorced from her previous husband.
As a condition of the Missouri Compromise, Missouri entered as a slave state and which state entered as a free state.
What is Maine
The 8th President of the US
Who was Martin Van Buren
Which Kentuckian joined in promoting the Missouri Compromise, earning himself the nickname “the Great Compromiser"
Who was Henry Clay
Racial and ethnic resentment contributed to a wave of riots in American cities during the 1830s. Which two cities are mentioned in the text?
In Philadelphia, thousands of white rioters torched an antislavery meeting house and attacked Black churches and homes. Near St. Louis, abolitionist newspaper editor Elijah Lovejoy was murdered as he defended his printing press. Contemplating the violence, another journalist wondered, “Does it not appear that the character of our people has suffered a considerable change for the worse?”42
Racial tensions also influenced popular culture. The white actor Thomas Dartmouth Rice appeared on stage in Blackface, singing and dancing as a clownish enslaved man named “Jim Crow.”
This political disagreement that occurred over tariffs
What was the Nullification Crisis
On Jackson’s orders in 1816, U.S. soldiers and their Creek allies had already destroyed the “Negro Fort,” located in this future US state.
Florida
The 9th President of the US
Who was William Henry Harrison
Which 1840 Presidential candidate was portrayed as the “log cabin and hard cider” candidate, a plain man of the country, unlike the easterner Martin Van Buren.
General William Henry Harrison of Ohio was the Whig candidate
What were the major causes of the Panic of 1837
Banks lent more money than they had backed in hard currency, the Specie Circular of 1836 led land buyers to drain eastern banks of gold and silver, panicked customers scrambled to exchange banknotes for hard currency.
What did the Tallmadge Amendment propose?
What is the gradual abolition of slavery as a condition of Missouri's statehood.
Nativists watched with horror as more and more Catholic immigrants arrived from which two countries?
What are Ireland and Germany