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100

Which French author visited America and wrote a book on the American experiment?

Alexis de Tocqueville

100

What is the belief that slavery should be made illegal? 

Abolition

100

What was the location of the Texans defeat at the hand of the Mexican army that ultimately inspired Texas to gain their independence?

The Alamo

100

What region became a dominant ground for the spread of the Baptist sect of Christianity?

The South

100

Which president ushered in a new era of populist democracy?

Andrew Jackson

200

Which underground railroad conductor was known as "black Moses?" 

Harriet Tubman

200

What is the political belief that the interests of the common man---the majority of the people---is more important than the interests of the elite few?

Populism

200

What was the name of the movement that saw the revitalization of Christian devotion in the early 19th century?

The Second Great Awakening

200

Which state was the site of a Gold Rush in 1849?

California

200
Which president was a firm proponent of Manifest Destiny and acquired territory from Mexico in the Southwest and Britain in the Northwest?

James K. Polk

300

Who wrote the first commercially successful slave narrative, depicting the horrors of the voyage across the Atlantic Ocean?

Olaudah Equiano

300

What was the slogan that described the economy of the South in the early 19th century?

"Cotton is King"

300

What was the event that forced the Native Americans of the South to move West of the Mississippi River?

The Indian Removal Act/The Trail of Tears

300

Which state was the basis for the 1820 Compromise that kept slavery confined to the South?

Missouri

300

Which U.S. president later defended the mutineers of La Amistad? 

John Quincy Adams

400

Who was the prophet considered to be the founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints?

Joseph Smith

400

What is the idea that slaves benefited from slavery? 

The Positive Good theory

400

Where did John Brown lead his final raid? 

Harper's Ferry

400

Which state was the site of violent skirmishes between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces in order to determine the status of slavery?  

"Bleeding" Kansas

400

Who was president during the Panic of 1837?

Martin van Buren

500

Which political figure was considered a founder of the Whig party and was named "the Great Compromiser?"

Henry Clay

500

What was the belief that the United States was destined to govern the entire continent "from sea to shining sea?"

Manifest Destiny

500

What was the name given to the trade system between Europe, Africa, and the Americas?

The Columbian Exchange/The Atlantic Trade Triangle

500

What state was the site of Nat Turner's slave revolt?

Virginia

500

Which president carried out the Compromise of 1850 and later formed the Nativist or "Know-Nothing" party?

Millard Fillmore 

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