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.
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.
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.
Many Irish immigrate to the United States between the years of 1845-1849 because of this situation.
What is the Potato Famine.
This stiff message warned European powers to keep their hands, and colonial desires, off North and Latin America.
What is the Monroe Doctrine.
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.
These were the two political parties BEFORE the presidential election of 1828.
What are the National Republicans and Democratic-Republicans
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.
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.
Jackson sought to deny the charter of this bank.
What is Bank of the United States.
This system supported a large investment in the national infrastructure.
What is the American System.
The demise of the Federalist Party was assured after delegates met at this convention in 1814.
What is the Hartford Convention.
This man's invention put the Pony Express out of business after only 18 legend leaving months.
Who is Samuel Morse.
This woman is a founding member of the settlement house movement.
Who is Jane Addams
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.
What belief was derived from deism and believe that God existed in only 1 person.
What is Unitarianism.
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.
This road is considered the nation's first highway
What is Cumberland Road
Irish immigrants especially hated this group of people in the mid-1800s because of the competition for menial jobs.
Who are free blacks.
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.
This crude and simple device dramatically changes manufacturing in the North.
What is the cotton gin.
These two political parties grew out of the rich soil of Jeffersonian republicanism by 1840.
Who are the Democrats and the Whigs.
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.
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.
In McCulloch v. Maryland the Supreme Court declared the Bank of the United States as constitutional based on these powers.
What are Implied Powers.