Presidents of the Era
Who was the third president of the United States?
Thomas Jefferson
What was the name of Henry Clay’s plan to strengthen the economy through a national bank, tariffs, and internal improvements?
The American System
What 1803 land purchase doubled the size of the United States?
The Louisiana Purchase
What movement aimed to end slavery in the United States?
Abolitionism
What law maintained the balance between free and slave states by admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state?
The Missouri Compromise (1820)
What major event took place during the presidency of James Madison?
The War of 1812
What controversial act by Andrew Jackson led to the destruction of the Second Bank of the U.S.?
The Bank War
What expedition did Thomas Jefferson commission to explore the newly acquired Louisiana Territory?
The Lewis and Clark Expedition
What 1848 meeting was the first major gathering advocating for women’s rights?
The Seneca Falls Convention
What was the major cash crop that drove the Southern economy?
Cotton
These were used to protect U.S manufacturers by taxing imported goods.
Federal Tariffs
What law forced Native American tribes to relocate west of the Mississippi River?
The Indian Removal Act (1830)
What was the name of the religious revival that inspired many reform movements?
The Second Great Awakening
What rebellion in 1831 led to harsher restrictions on enslaved people in the South?
Nat Turner’s Rebellion
Which president was known for implementing the Spoils System?
Andrew Jackson
What policy, issued by Jackson, required public land to be purchased with gold or silver?
The Specie Circular
What tragic event resulted from the forced removal of the Cherokee from their land?
The Trail of Tears
Who was a leading advocate for prison and asylum reform?
Dorothea Dix
This formerly escaped slave became a leading intellectual in the abolitionist movement.
Frederick Douglas
Name the president who won the election of 1824 through striking a "Corrupt Bargain."
John Quincy Adams
The Tariff of Abominations (1828) led to what crisis, where South Carolina threatened to nullify federal law?
The Nullification Crisis
What was the term for the belief that the U.S. was destined to expand westward across the continent?
Manifest Destiny
What was the name of the 19th-century movement to limit or ban alcohol consumption?
The Temperance Movement
What was the name of the network that helped enslaved people escape to freedom?
The Underground Railroad