Seconds, Please!
The Illustrious Jackson
The Real Natives
The Supreme Court
Let's Make a Deal!
100
Biddle desperately tried to save this institution by calling in loans and raising interest rates to create an artificial recession...too bad, because it didn't work
What is the Second Bank of the United States?
100
He defeated the British in this battle and came out as a war hero, only to find out that a treaty had been signed between the warring nations two weeks earlier
What is the Battle of New Orleans?
100
The Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole were often called this, after adopting many colonial customs; during Jackson's tenure, though, they were forced to move west to free land for white settlement
What are the Five Civilized Tribes?
100
This landmark case set the precedent for judicial review, which would effectively allow the Supreme Court to be the final interpreters of the Constitution
What is Marbury v. Madison?
100
Needing money desperately for European warfare, Napoleon offered Jefferson a sizable territory west of the Mississippi for dirt-cheap (literally!) at less than three cents an acre; Jefferson accepted with this purchase treaty
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
200
In an effort to get people back into the emotion and feeling during Industrial Revolution, spiritual leaders inspired the nation during this period of revival
What is the Second Great Awakening?
200
Democrats supported this now-common feature of American politics, which establishes the right of elected officials to appoint followers to offices to increase party loyalty
What is the spoils system?
200
After signing a treaty with a minority group of Cherokee, the Indians were forced to relocate beginning in the winter of 1838 in this forced migration, which resulted in the deaths of about 4,000 Cherokees
What is the Trail of Tears?
200
Holding the reins of the last Federalist stronghold here is this chief justice, who pushed for federal government rights over states rights
Who is John Marshall?
200
This compromise established the unwritten rule that for every slave state admitted into the Union, there should be a free state admitted as well
What is the Missouri Compromise?
300
After coming in second in both the popular and electoral vote, this person ended up winning the election anyway after being part of a "corrupt bargain" with Clay
Who is John Quincy Adams?
300
Named after the British political party who opposed King George III during the American Revolution, this political party was staunchly against Jackson, giving him the nickname "King Andrew I"
Who are the Whigs?
300
In this key Marshall case, the Cherokee Indians were found to be not entitled to federal protection from the actions of state governments, which would infringe on the tribe's sovereignty
What is Worcester v. Georgia?
300
In yet another example of federal rights trumping states, this case was a strong reminder that only Congress could control interstate commerce
What is Gibbons v. Ogden?
300
After both parties realized neither wanted to continue their warfare, the U.S. and the British settled their warfare with this treaty
What is the Treaty of Ghent?
400
You can almost call this war Round Two of the American Revolution, although America fought due to the British impressment of American sailors
What is the War of 1812?
400
In an effort to destroy the "monster," Jackson withdrew all money from the federal bank and deposited it all into these
What are pet banks?
400
Among Jackson's questionable policies is this 1830 act, which authorized him to negotiate land-exchange treaties with tribes living east of the Mississippi; in reality, these treaties paved the way for reluctant emigration of tens of thousands of American Indians to the West
What is the Indian Removal Act?
400
In Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge this Democratic Chief Justice ruled that the government’s goal to promote general happiness trumped the right of contract and property
Who is Roger Taney?
400
Known as the "Great Compromiser," this statesman would eventually be marked by a totally different bargain that dashed his chances of becoming President
Who is Henry Clay?
500
Despite the country suffering economic hardship during a large part of his presidency, this person was elected almost unanimously for a second term
Who is James Monroe?
500
In an effort to crack down on land speculation which lacked the gold or silver to back it, Jackson issued this in July 1836, which would ultimately trigger the Panic of 1837
What is specie circular?
500
In the bloodiest Indian conflict in U.S. history, this Indian tribe retreated to swamps of the Everglades after being forced to merge with their enemy, the Creeks; they fought a bitter and war until finally being forced to migrate to Oklahoma
Who are the Seminoles?
500
When the Georgia legislature gave 35 million acres of Mississippi land to private speculators and then cancelled it, the Supreme Court decided in this important judicial case that the grant was a contract and cannot be broken
What is Fletcher v. Peck?
500
In order to acquire Florida in the Adams-Onis Treaty, the United States had to absolve Spain of $5 million in apparent debts as well as giving up all claims of this western territory
What is Texas?
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