Vocabulary
Andrew Jackson
Federalists v. Dem-Republicans
Manifest Destiny
Random questions about random things that are very random
100
Before the war
What is Antebellum?
100
This term stood for simple, frugal, and unintrusive government during the Jacksonian era
What is the "common man" or democrat?
100
Alexander Hamilton was the leader of this political party.
What is a federalist?
100
What is the significance of this painting?
Americans believed it was their God-given right to expand westward.
100
This California college's unofficial mascot is the Banana Slugs
What is University of California Santa Cruz?
200
Network of abolitionists and former people who were enslaved that helped runaway slaves escape the South to freedom.
What is the Underground Railroad?
200
Andrew's supporters were mainly made up of these 2 specific groups (hint: think geographical).
What is Southerners and Westerners?
200
Thomas Jefferson was the leader of this political party.
What is the democratic-republican party?
200
This officially ended the war between the United States and Mexico in 1848.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
200
Pickles start out as this vegetable.
What is a cucumber?
300
A political leader who seeks support by appealing to the desires and prejudices of ordinary people rather than by using rational arguments
What is a demagogue?
300
This was the system that the Founding Fathers created that allowed certain people to change an 'unwise' choice by the common people.
What is the "electoral college"?
300
This political party believed in a strong, central government that should be led by the elites.
What is the federalist party?
300
List one result of US expansion
Leads to bitter sectional conflict
More trade with Asia
Mass immigration to US
Improvement in manufacturing; agricultural methods
Increase in internal trade
Population growth - urbanization
Industrialization increase
EXPANSIONIST IMPULSE → INTERNAL DEVELOPMENT
300
This famous artist painted the Mona Lisa.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
400
Belief that the United States was on a "divine mission" to spread to the Pacific
What is Manifest Destiny?
400
States' rights were put to a test in 1832 when Congress passed a tariff law that South Carolina legislators found unacceptable.
What is the nullification crisis?
400
This political party believed that power should be shared between the state and local governments, and wanted the government to be led by the common people.
What is the democratic-republican party?
400
In 1803, Napoleon Bonaparte sold the US this tract of land
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
400
These colors comprise the icon for Apple's calculator app.
What is black, gray, and orange.
500
The practice of a successful political party giving public office to its supporters.
What is the spoils sytem?
500
Democracy expanded during Jackson's presidency by allowing these specific people to vote.
What is all white men could vote.
500
This political party believed in a loose interpretation of the Constitution.
What is the federalist party?
500
The American Temperance Union called for an end to what?
What is the use of alcoholic beverages?
500
This is the most streamed song on Spotify with over 3.9 billion streams.
What is Blinding Lights?