Henry Clay's ambitious nationalistic proposal for tariffs, internal improvements, and expanded manufacturing
What is American Plan (American System)
100
The popular idea that public offices should be handed out on the basis of political support rather than special qualifications
What is the spoils system
100
The sorrowful path along which thousands of southeastern Indians were removed to Oklahoma
What is the Trail of Tears
100
Quietly determined reformer who substantially improved conditions for the mentally ill
Who is Dorothea Dix
100
The provision of the Compromise of 1850 the comforted southern slave-catchers and aroused the wrath of northern abolitionists
What is the Fugitive Slave Law
200
Somewhat inappropriate term applied to the Monroe administrations, suggesting that this period lacked major conflicts
What is the Era of Good Feelings
200
Scornful term for the high tariff of 1828
What is Tariff of Abominations
200
Theory promoted by John C. Calhoun and other South Carolinians that said states had the right to disregard federal laws to which they objected
What is nullification
200
Memorable 1848 meeting in New York where women made an appeal based on the Declaration of Independence
Seneca Falls Convention
200
The political party that fell apart and disappeared after losing the election of 1852
What are the Whigs
300
Line designated as the future boundary between free and slave territories under the Missouri Compromise
What is 36 30
300
Major water transportation route financed and built by New York State after President Madison vetoed federal funding
Erie Canal
300
McCormick's invention that vastly increased the productivity of the American grain farmer
What is the mechanical mower-reaper
300
Escaped slave and great black abolitionist who fought to end slavery through political action
Frederick Douglass
300
Southwestern territory acquired by Pierce administration to facilitate a southern transcontinental railroad
What is the Gadsen Purchase
400
Gathering of prominent New England Federalists who considered secession
What is the Hartford Convention
400
Contemptuous Jacksonian term for the alleged political deal by which Clay threw his support to Adams in exchange for a high cabinet post
What is corrupt bargain
400
One of the greatest of the revivalist preachers, he led massive revivals in Rochester and New York in 1830-31. Preached a version of old-time religion.
Who is Charles Finney
400
Nation where a potato famine in the 1840s led to a great migration of its people to America
What is Ireland
400
Sharp economic decline that increased northern demands for a high tariff and convinced southerners that the North was economically vulnerable
What is the Panic of 1857
500
First severe depression since 1790
What is the Panic of 1819
500
Court case in which Marshall sternly reminded states that the Constitution conferred on Congress alone the control of interstate commerce
What is Gibbons vs Ogden (1924)
500
These traveling lectures provided platforms for speakers in such areas as science, literature, and philosophy.
What was the lyceum lecture associations
500
Northern antislavery politicians who rejected radical abolitionism but sought to prohibit the expansion of slavery in the western territories
What are free-soilers
500
Site of a federal arsenal where a militant abolitionist attempted to start a slave rebellion