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The author of "Common Sense," a pamphlet that made a case for American Independence.

Who is Thomas Paine?

100

This President warned against making alliances with foreign nations.

Who is George Washington?

100

This conflict is sometimes called the "Second War for Independence."

What is the War of 1812

100

The Declaration of Independence drew on ideals from this period, which is also known as "The Age of Reason."

What is the Enlightenment?

100

Hamilton's Financial Plan included three main parts: assumption of state debt, taxes, and 

What is a national bank?

200

The "Revolution of 1800" refers to the election of this U.S. President.

Who is Thomas Jefferson?

200

This President signed the Alien & Sedition Acts into law.

Who is John Adams?

200

The location of the first shots of the Revolutionary War.

What is Lexington?

200

This federal law admitted two states into the Union in 1820, one was designated a free state and the the other was designated a slave state in order to maintain sectional balance.

What is the Missouri Compromise?

200

Action by President Jefferson that nearly doubled the size of the United States.

What is the Louisiana Purchase?

300

This revolution completely changed the nature of work, making wage labor more common.

What is the Market Revolution?

300

This President implemented the spoils system.

Who is Andrew Jackson?

300

The conflict that most directly led to the Proclamation of 1763.

What is Pontiac's Rebellion?

300

This document was the first constitution of the newly independent United States.

What is the Articles of Confederation?

300

Mid-1800s revival that inspired many reform movements.

What is the Second Great Awakening?

400

The American Revolution did not result in a big change in status for women, but this concept describes a new role for women in post-Revolution society.

What is Republican Motherhood?

400

This President wrote the Monroe Doctrine.

Who is John Quincy Adams?

400

The Florida Indian tribe that took in runaway slaves and resisted Indian Removal by waging war with the U.S. Government.

Who are the Seminole?

400

The Coersive (Intolerable Acts) were issued against colonists in response to this event.

What is the Boston Tea Party?

400

Under this agreement, Congress would be a “bicameral”, with each state getting a number of representatives in the lower chamber (the House) proportional to its population and two representatives in the upper chamber (the Senate).

What is the "Great Compromise?"

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What is the Connecticut Compromise?

500

The Boston Manufacturing Company built this enterprise, which involved young female workers who lived on site in boarding houses, woke early at the sound of a bell, and worked 12 hour days.

What is the Lowell Mill System?

500

This President was in office during the Marbury v. Madison case.

Who is Thomas Jefferson?

500

Indian Leader who led a massive resistance against westward expansion and the United States during the War of 1812.

Who is Tecumseh?

500

This 1787 law organized new territories and banned slavery there.

What is the Northwest Ordinance?

500

The person responsible for "The American System."

Who is Henry Clay?