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Miscellaneous
100
A Spanish explorer of the new world
What is a conquistador?
100
Famous military general who crossed the Delaware River
Who was George Washington?
100
The common name for the period following the War of 1812
What is The Era of Good Feelings?
100
The president who seemed to represent the "every man" when truly he was an aristocrat like his predecessors.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
100
The idea of a god-given right to spread coast to coast.
What is Manifest Destiny?
200
The crop that fueled early southern colonies' economies
What is tobacco?
200
A common name for the first ten amendments to the constitution.
What is The Bill of Rights?
200
Decision that controlled how many slave states could enter after the Louisiana Purchase.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
200
An immense change in religion during the 19th century.
What is the Second Great Awakening?
200
The election of John Quincy Addams over Andrew Jackson, commonly considered to be the result of Henry Clay's tampering.
What is the Corrupt Bargain?
300
An uprising of free, landless indentured servants against local government.
What is Bacon's rebellion?
300
The two prominent politicians at the heads of their own parties during the 1790's
Who were Jefferson and Hamilton?
300
A solution presented by Henry Clay to prevent a crisis between the north and the south.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
300
Famous for staying in solitude for just about two years. Also, pond.
Who is Henry David Thoreau?
300
The treaty that (by extension) solved a territorial dispute over Texas.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
400
He was a Puritan expelled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for spreading "dangerous ideas"
Who was Roger Williams?
400
The most notable action that Jefferson took in retaliation to the impressment of american sailors.
What are The Embargo Acts?
400
A series of discussions between the members of The New England Federalist Party in Connecticut.
What is the Hartford Convention?
400
Landmark decision by the Supreme Court regarding the taxation of bills.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
400
The leading, radical, female, member of the temperance movement.
Who is Carrie Nation?
500
An early treaty between the Spanish and Portugal to settle land disputes
What is The Treaty of Tordesillas?
500
An alleged act of a former vice president to make an independent country in and around modern day Texas.
What is The Burr Conspiracy?
500
A document that largely led to the acquisition of Florida.
What is the Adams-Onis Treaty?
500
The famous book by Alexis de Tocqueville?
What is Democracy in America?
500
The "Lost Colony" founded by Sir Walter Raleigh.
What is Roanoke?