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Industry; Trade and Commerce
Treaties and Land
100

Which three countries made up the source of most European immigration in the US during the 1820's 30's and 40's. Which group's migration would result from the potato blight (a disease) that damaged the potato crop in the late 1830's and 1840's.

UK, Germanic Regions and Ireland.


Irish potato famine.


100

What increased in the years between 1800 and 1830 according to the map? Its the reason the period following the Era of Good feelings is called the Age of the Common Man?

What is suffrage or the right to vote? - Extended to white men without property qualifications in most states

100

James Monroe was the almost the last of this group of Presidents in which 4 out of the first 5 Presidents belong.

Federalists

100

Name the period of time in history from about 1760 to about 1840 that is marked by the transition to a new manufacturing processes. This movement started in Britain and spread to the US. 

Name item below that spawned and ushered in this movement. Its designer is James Watt, a Scottish inventor.

a) Industrial Revolution

b) The Steam Engine

100

These two states were added to the Union during the Era of Good Feelings. They were both craved out of the Territory here.


Alabama and Mississippi

200

According to the graph, has the Federal debt ever been paid off? Is so, around what year?




Yes, the Federal debt was paid off at one point during the 1830's. (Jackson Administration)


200

Which piece of legislation, written by Secretary of State Adams does this political cartoon represent?


Monroe Doctrine

200

Short Bio:

This President was an Ambassador to Russia in 1812, because he spoke French. He negotiated a treaty with Spain to gain Florida

John Quincy Adams

200

Robert Fulton created the first steam powered boat. Carrying passsangers up and down the Hudson River. Soon people were fighting over their use and the right to use them over waterways for business. For instance the case Gibbons v. Ogden saw two steamboat operators go head to head in the Supreme Court regarding commerce between NY and NJ. That case established that federal law takes precedence over state law in THIS TYPE of commerce.

interstate commerce

200

The Rush-Bagot Agreement (1817) limited naval armaments (military weapons and equipment) in this region.

The Great Lakes

300

What invention credited to Eli Whitney aided in the increases seen in the graph below? 

Which is true about data on the graph?

A) There was a 300% decrease in cotton production from 1840-1860

B) There was a 300% increase in cotton production from 1840-1860

C) The population of enslaved persons in the U.S. fell from 1840 - 1860

D) The population of enslaved persons in the U.S. was over 1 million in 1790.

The cotton gin


Double Points:


300

This character, robed in black featured in this cartoon, ruled that the 2nd National Bank was necessary and proper because Congress had implied powers. 

1. Name the character.

2x points -- Name the case. -- (No sp doesn't count)

1. Chief Justice John Marshall

2x -- McCulloch v. Maryland, U.S. Supreme Court case affirmed the constitutional doctrine of Congress’ “implied powers.”

 It determined that Congress had not only the powers expressly conferred upon it by the Constitution but also all authority “appropriate” to carry out such powers.

300

Jackson claims this man was part of the corrupt bargain

 Henry Clay

300

This modern marvel and internal improvement connected the Great Lakes, the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean which inspired trade and commerce in the interior.  

The Erie Canal

300

The Treaty of 1818 between Britain and the US

  • Improved relations between U.S. and Great Britain

  • Shared fishing rights off of the coast of Newfoundland

  • Set northern boundary of Louisiana Territory at the 49th parallel

  • And allowed for joint occupation of THIS Territory for 10 years

The Oregon Territory

400

Andrew Jackson won both the popular vote and had the most electoral votes, but he did not have 51% of the electoral college. This caused the House of Reps to cast their vote for the next POTUS. What percent of the electoral vote did Jackson have? Use Estimation to solve:

a:    x < 10%

b:    x = 38%

c:    x = 25%

d:   x > 51%

 b.

400

Must get three out of four:

1. What event does this depict?

2. Which two states were created as a result?

3. What is the nickname of man in the middle?

1. The Missouri Compromise 

2. Maine + Missouri

3. Clay - "The Great Compromiser"  

400

A geographical line delineating Slave from Free state was part of this great compromise



Thomas Jefferson; Missouri Compromise

400

This internal improvement was the gateway to the western expansion as it connected Maryland to Ohio through the gap in the Appalachian mtns. and onward to Illinois.  It is known as the "main street USA"

The Cumberland Road

400

This Treaty with Spain and negotiated by the Secretary of State in which...

  • Spain gave up Florida and claims to the Oregon Territory

  • U.S. assumed $5 million in claims against Spain  

  • U.S. gave up any claim on Texas

  • And established the line from the Pacific (Modern Day California)  to the Louisiana Purchase



Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819 a.k.a. the Florida Purchase Treaty

500

After the postwar dip, the Industrial Revolution, along with aspects of Henry Clay's plan, spawned economic growth.

What is the name of Clay's plan to improve self-reliance and increase commerce?

List the 2 of the 3 elements of the plan.

 

Henry Clay's American System (support commerce)

1. Protective tariffs - tax imports to support self-reliance on domestic manufactured goods

2. Internal improvements - Build Infrastructure (Roads, Canals, Lighthouses)

3. Charter a 2nd National Bank of the United States


500

Andrew Jackson exceeded President ______1_______'s orders.  He ignored the Sec. of War  John C. ______2_______ orders, by further invading Spanish territory.  

During this expedition he destroyed a fortified village of escaped slaves and engaged Native Americans of this group ________3________in battle.

The Sec. of State ________4_______ was later able to negotiate a purchase of Florida.

1. Monroe's

2. Calhoun

3. Seminoles

4. Adams

500

The American continents....are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers

James Monroe - Monroe Doctrine written by JQAdams

500

Samuel Slater is known as "the ___________   __  ______________ ___________________" as he was the first to estabilsh or create a ____________ in the US.

Father of American Industry -  Factory

500

Nationalism gave way to this during the Era of Good Feelings.   Write the word and define it  _______________________.


Sectionalism - love,  pride and self-identification with a area or section of the whole.

restriction of interest to a narrow sphere; undue concern with local interests or petty distinctions at the expense of general well-being.

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