Slave folklore, inheriting aspects of traditional African tales, often used diminutive protagonists that succeeded by outsmarting their larger adversaries, as exemplified by this popularized character
Who is Brer Rabbit
100
Prompted by the Latin American wars of independence, this U.S. foreign policy essentially barred European colonization and influence from the Americas
What is the Monroe Doctrine
100
The Monitor and Merrimack, the first two warships of their kind that revolutionized naval warfare, where classified during the Civil War as this
What is an Ironclad
100
This abolitionist, with aims to arm a massive slave uprising, assaulted and briefly captured the federal arsenal at Harper’s Ferry
Who is John Brown
100
This canal, completed in 1825, linked the Great Lakes region to New York, making it a commercial center of the nation.
What is the Erie Canal
200
Rising in popularity by the mid-19th century, this woman’s clothing garment became a symbol for women’s rights, as well as a target for opposing condemnation
What are Bloomers
200
Commodore Matthew Perry famously forced this nation, at gun (boat) point, to establish trade rights with the U.S. in 1854
What is Japan
200
During the Civil War, this prominent Union officer (and future president), after crucial victories at Shiloh and Vicksburg, was transferred to the Potomac theater, where he became known as “the Butcher.”
Who is Ulysses S. Grant
200
Despite the constitutional limitations of the time, this U.S. President purchased the Louisiana Territory from First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte
Who is Thomas Jefferson
200
A mass-movement that began in the Hudson Valley in 1839, in which participants dressed as ‘calico Indians’ and attacked sheriff posses when summoned by tin horns, was centered around grievances over this
What is Rent
300
This literary movement of the 1820’s and 1830’s, rejected the growing industrial economy as an attack on the natural cultivation of the individual
What is Transcendentalism
300
For the administration of James Polk, the acquisition of this territory was the true aim of the Mexican-American War
What is Las Californias
300
Between 1854 and 1861, violence between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers in Kansas, erupted in a mini-civil war, presaging the American Civil War, which was known as this
What is Bleeding Kansas
300
This man initiated the last large slave rebellion of the Antebellum period in 1831, in which slaves rose up in Virginia, attacking white farms in the area and killing their occupants
Who is Nat Turner
300
Driven by higher costs of heating fuel, rent, and food, New Yorkers took to the streets in 1837, which resulted in this event
What is the Flour Riot
400
10. The trial of Miss Polly Baker, a literary construct of Benjamin Franklin, lampooned the hypocrisy of this crime leveled against women
What is Bastardy
400
This new nation, formed after a successful slave revolt/revolution that concluded in 1803, emerged from the former French colony of Saint-Domingue
What is Haiti
400
This was the first major engagement of the American Civil War, and an utter mess.
What is the First Battle of Bull Run
400
This Shawnee leader, aided by the prophet Tenskwatawa, organized a pan-Indian alliance to fight westward expansion by the whites. He was killed at the Battle of the Thames in 1813 while fighting alongside the retreating British
Who is Tecumseh
400
This socio-economic policy, initiated in the early 19th century by James Madison, that sought the establishment of a national bank, implementation of tariffs, and funding for internal improvements
What is the American System
500
Published in 1836, Letters on the Equality of the Sexes was a collection of letters debating the roles and rights of women between Sarah Grimke and this early pioneer of education?
Who is Catherine Beecher
500
This is the general named used in class for the series of mid-19th century uprisings that independently sprung up through Europe and spurred immigration to the United States
What is The People’s Spring
500
This Union general proclaimed emancipation of all slaves in Missouri in August of 1861, only to have these orders rescinded by Abraham Lincoln
Who is John C. Fremont
500
This French aristocrat toured the antebellum United States to study prisons, though later wrote Democracy in America, which was a study of American life
Who is Alexis de Tocqueville
500
This was the first federation of labor unions in the United States