Early 19th Century
The War of 1812 was caused by the British _________ policy, where American sailors were captured and forced to serve the British Navy.
A- impressment
B - abolition
C - confederation
impressment
Gained military leadership skills during the French and Indian War.
A - Thomas Jefferson
B - George Washington
C - Marquis de Lafayette
D - Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
A goal of the ________ System was to develop profitable agricultural markets across the country.
American
Andrew Jackson was a popular presidential candidate in 1828 because he __________.
A - was a war hero and represented the common man
B - was a war hero and supported the National Bank
C - was wealthy and promised to decrease the power of the president
D - was wealthy and gave cabinet positions to his friends and family
Andrew Jackson was a popular presidential candidate because he was a war hero and represented the common man.
A slave who led a revolt against his owners, killing over 50 white people in 1831.
A - Frederick Douglass
B - Nat Turner
C - Harriet Tubman
D - Dred Scott
Nat Turner
The ______ _______ doubled the size of the United States and gained shipping ports in New Orleans.
Louisiana Purchase
Main author of the declaration of Independence.
A - John Adams
B - Benjamin Franklin
C - John Hancock
D - Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
The ___________ Compromise eased tensions over the issue of expanding slavery to new territories and states.
Great
The Trail of ________ forced the removal of Native Americans from their homelands to Oklahoma. Thousands died from disease and starvation.
Tears
She was a Progressive who worked to provide safe prisons and mental health facilities.
A - Lucretia Mott
B - Dorothea Dix
C - Elizabeth Cady Stanton
D - Martha Washington
Dorothea Dix
The main purpose of the Lewis and Clark Expedition was to find a ______ _______ to the Pacific Ocean.
transportation route
Leader of the Federalist political party.
A - Alexander Hamilton
B - Thomas Jefferson
C - Andrew Jackson
D - George Washington
Alexander Hamilton
The Monroe Doctrine was created because Americans feared ___________.
A - a new alliance between Britain and Spain
B - Mexico would attack the US over border disputes
C - newly formed Latin American countries
D - European colonial expansion in the Americas
D - The Monroe Doctrine was created because Americans feared European colonial expansion in the Americas (Central and South America).
_________ means a state may not enforce a law that benefits one region of the country over another.
A - abolition
B - suffrage
C - nullification
D - tariff
nullification
Leader of the movement in Massachusetts to provide free public education to children under 18 years old.
A - Frederick Douglass
B - Lucretia Mott
C - Horace Mann
D - Alice Paul
Horace Mann
The ______ Party dissolved after the War of 1812 because they were described as "disloyal" for opposing the war.
Federalist
Author of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and Rip Van Winkle.
A - Henry David Thoreau
B - Louisa May Alcott
C - Washington Irving
D - Edgar Allan Poe
Washington Irving
The growth of ______ plantations across the South increased the need for slave labor in the early 1800s.
cotton
Which Supreme Court case strengthened the power of Congress to regulate interstate commerce and encouraged a common national market?
A - Marbury v Madison
B - McCulloch v Maryland
C - Gibbons v Ogden
Gibbons v Ogden
A Progressive and abolitionist who published the first newspaper across American to protest the enslavement of Africans.
A - Harriet Tubman
B - Frederick Douglass
C - William Lloyd Garrison
D - The Grimke Sisters
William Lloyd Garrison published the abolitionist newspaper, "The Liberator".
Which 2 types of work were NOT typical for women to perform in the early 1800s?
A - teaching at private schools
B - cooking for her family
C - raising children
D - practicing medicine as nurses or doctors
A & D. Women did not work outside of the home in the early 1800s.
Leader of the Women's Suffragist Movement who organized the Seneca Falls Convention.
A - Abigail Adams
B - Elizabeth Cady Stanton
C - Susan B Anthony
D - Harriet Tubman
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Freed blacks were prohibited from ______ in the North or the South during the early 1800s.
voting
After the _____ ______ was built, New York City became the largest port city in America.
A - Pennsylvania Railroad
B - Erie Canal
C - Statue of Liberty
Erie Canal
Created the American System and also helped create the Missouri Compromise.
A- Henry Clay
B - Henry Lloyd Garrison
C - John C Calhoun
D - Andrew Jackson
Henry Clay