Erie Canal
When did the digging start?
July 4 1817
What state did Spain give the U.S.?
Florida
What year did James Monroe sign the compromise?
1820
When did James Monroe become president?
March 4 1817
How many votes away was he from a unanimously voted second term?
1 Vote
How long is the Erie Canal?
363 Miles
How much debt was Spain forgiven for?
$5 million
How many slave states and how many free states were there?
11 and 11
How old was James when he was shot in the Battle of Trenton?
18 years old
In what musical was James Monroe the only founding father to not be mentioned?
Hamilton
Where did the digging start?
Rome, New York
What are one of the names of the tribes that attacked Georgia?
Creek or Seminole
What state was made a slave state to keep the balance?
Missouri
Why did James Monroe drop out of college?
To join the continental army
What did he fight his treasury of state with?
Fireplace tongs
What two bodies of water did it connect?
Hudson River and Lake Erie
Who led the army to Florida?
Andrew Jackson
What state was made a free state to keep the balance?
Maine
Why did James Monroe have an unopposed second term
The federalist party collapsed
Who did James Monroe want to duel?
Alexander Hamilton
Who were the main people who worked on the canal?
Irish immigrants, and enslaved and free black men
What river could the U.S. not claim land west of after the Adams-Onis Treaty?
Sabine River
What was the point of the compromise?
To temporary ease the expansion of slavery
What was James Monroe's Presidency nicknamed
The Era of Good Feeling
What was the fashion called that James Monroe was the last president to wear?
Revolutionary war fashion