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Breaking up the state of Massachusetts into another state, Maine, this compromise admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state.

What is the Missouri Compromise.

100

The controversial result of the presidential election, in which John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson were candidates, earned this unpopular name.

What is the Corrupt Bargain.

100

This remarkable system of letter carrying took hold in the West with this system of ten mile increments, moving mail across a 2,000 mile expanse but lasts only 18 months.

What is the Pony Express.

100

Many Irish immigrate to the United States between the years of 1845-1849 because of this situation.

What is the Potato Famine.

100

This stiff message warned European powers to keep their hands, and colonial desires, off North and Latin America.

What is the Monroe Doctrine.

200

This critical system of transportation changes commerce in the northeast, linking the Great Lakes with the New York harbor via the Hudson River to the Atlantic Ocean.

What are canals.

200

These were the two political parties BEFORE the presidential election of 1828.

What are the National Republicans and Democratic-Republicans

200

This mindset eventually became an official stance and act of legislation in 1830 by the American government in regard to Native Americans, forcibly relocating them west of the Mississippi River.

What is the Indian Removal Act.

200

Due to the influx of immigrants in the mid-19th century, this political party grew in strength as an anti-immigrant party, supporting nativism.

What is the Know-Nothings.

200

Jackson sought to deny the charter of this bank.

What is Bank of the United States.

300

This system supported a large investment in the national infrastructure.

What is the American System.

300

The demise of the Federalist Party was assured after delegates met at this convention in 1814.

What is the Hartford Convention.

300

This man's invention put the Pony Express out of business after only 18 legend leaving months.

Who is Samuel Morse.

300

This woman is a founding member of the settlement house movement.

Who is Jane Addams

300

This bill passed through Congress as a face-saving device in 1833, giving presidential authority to use the army and navy, if necessary, to collect federal tariff duties.

What is the Force Bill.

400

What belief was derived from deism and believe that God existed in only 1 person.

What is Unitarianism.

400

Due to their discontent with tariffs, this South Carolinian group tried to declare federal laws null and void at the state level.

What are the nullies.

400

This road is considered the nation's first highway

What is Cumberland Road

400

Irish immigrants especially hated this group of people in the mid-1800s because of the competition for menial jobs.

Who are free blacks.

400

This convention sought to extend rights to women, in which the "Declaration of Sentiments" was read to the cheers of the crowd.

What is the Woman's Rights Convention at Seneca Falls.

500

This crude and simple device dramatically changes manufacturing in the North. 

What is the cotton gin.

500

These two political parties grew out of the rich soil of Jeffersonian republicanism by 1840. 

Who are the Democrats and the Whigs.

500

After much persecution and hostility toward this group, they left Carthage, Illinois, to seek refuge in the far reaches of the west.

Who are the Mormons.

500

Many of these groups were quick to demand a reduction in immigration numbers because they claimed immigrants created job loss for Americans.

What are labor unions.

500

In McCulloch v. Maryland the Supreme Court declared the Bank of the United States as constitutional based on these powers.

What are Implied Powers.