Mystery Box
Government/Politics
Romantic Era
Big Names
Forever Dates
100

Hired by Thomas Jefferson to explore the Louisiana territory and had Sacajawea to help them

Lewis and Clark

100

This case establishes the Supreme Court's power of Judicial Review

Marbury v. Madison

100

19th century artistic movement that appealed to emotion rather than reason

Romanticism

100

Distinguished senator from Kentucky, strong supporter of the American System, a war hawk for the War of 1812, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and known as "The Great Compromiser" 

Henry Clay

100

First peaceful transfer of power

1800

200

DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!!! A popular Enlightenment era belief that there is a God, but that God isn't involved in people's lives or in revealing truths to prophets

Deism

200

Economic program advanced by Henry Clay that included support for a national bank, high tariffs, and internal improvements

The American System

200

Taught to use civil disobedience when trying to reform society

Henry David Thoreau

200

Warhawk from South Carolina, that caused South Carolina to secede from the Union after the election of Abraham Lincoln

John C. Calhoun

200

Monroe Doctrine

1823

300

1803 purchase of this territory from a European Power. Made by Jefferson, this doubled the size of the US

Louisiana Purchase

300

Chief Justice of the United States Supreme court in the 1830s. He ruled in favor of the Cherokee during the case of Worchester vs. Georgia citing Georgia had no jurisdiction over the Cherokee land

John Marshall

300

American novelist who is best remembered for his novels of frontier life, such as The Last of the Mohicans

James Fenimore Cooper

300

4th President of the United States. President during the War of 1812

James Madison

300

Missouri Compromise

1820

400

A name for President Monroe's two terms, a period of strong nationalism, economic growth, and territorial expansion.

Era of Good Feelings

400

DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!

Unlike the Embargo, which forbade American trade with all foreign nations, this act only forbade trade with France and Britain.

Non-Intercourse Act

400

American transcendentalist who was against slavery and stressed self-reliance, optimism, self-improvement, self-confidence, and freedom.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

400

French political writer noted for his analysis of American institutions

Alexis de Tocqueville

400

Polk elected - Manifest Destiny president

1844

500

Unified tribes in an effort to stop American expansion into Indiana and Illinois before and during the War of 1812.

Tecumseh and the "Prophet"

500

Treaty that ended the War of 1812 and maintained prewar conditions

Treaty of Ghent

500

Philosophical movement of the mid-1800s that emphasized spiritual discovery and insight rather than reason

Transcendentalism

500

7th President of the United States. General during the War of 1812. Supported Native American removal.

Andrew Jackson

500

Jackson reelected - kills the bank

1832