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Who Am I?
Jefferson's Presidency
War of 1812
Era of "Good Feelings"
Slavery in the 19th Century
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As President of the United States, I listened to the "War Hawks" of Congress and declared war on Britain in 1812.
Who is James Madison.
100
Jefferson purhcased the territory of Louisiana from this French leader.
Who is Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte
100
The "last battle" of the war was fought in New Orleans and won for the US by this general.
Who is Andrew Jackson
100
This President presided of this era.
Who is James Monroe
100
The introduction of this product as a "cash crop" revitalized the need and demand for slaves especially as the nation expanded westward.
What is cotton
200
Representative, Senator, and Vice President from South Caronlina; I argued my entire life for states rights and even went as far to suggest that my state as well as the entire south should secede from the union if we were not given the power to "nullify" federal laws that we felt were unfair.
Who is John Calhoun
200
Probably the most unpopular decision of Jefferson, this law affected the imports and exports of the US which hurt farmers, industry, and merchants alike.
What is the Embargo Act
200
The Treaty of Ghent which ended the war DID NOT address this crucial element of the kidnapping of US sailors and forcing them into the service of the British navy, a practice known as this.
What is impressment
200
This policy was intended to curb new European colonization in the Western Hemisphere and stated that European intervention in any independent Western Hemisphere nation would be considered a threat to the US.
What is the Monroe Doctrine
200
The 1831 slave revolt in Virginia led by this man led to harsher laws and treatment by masters over their slaves throughout the South.
Who is Nat Turner
300
Even though I was never elected President, I was constantly the choice of the Whig Party to run against several Democratic Presidential nominees. Maybe I could have "compromised" my way in?
Who is Henry Clay
300
Jackson's envisioning of America as a nation of small farmers, working for self-sustanance and free from strong centralized government control became known as "Republican ______________"
What is "agrarianism"
300
A delegation of New Englanders met in this northern city to discuss the possibility of secession due to its regional opposition of the War of 1812.
What is Hartford, CT
300
This agreement in 1819 gave the territory of Florida to the US and defined the southern border of the Missouri Territory and New Spain.
What is the Adams-Onis Treaty
300
This key southern city became the dominant market place for the "internal slave trade" after Congress banned the US from participating in the international slave trade in 1808.
What is New Orleans
400
As a Senator from Massachusetts and staunch defender of my pal Henry Clay's American System, I responded to President Jackson's Veto of the National Bank by claiming his actions could initiate class warfare.
Who is Daniel Webster
400
Indian attacks and defense of their territory in the Ohio River Valley increased during Jefferson's administration due to the rhetoric of Tenskatawa and the military organization of this leader (his brother).
Who is Tecumseh
400
The British attack and American victory on this US city near Fort McHenry prompted Francis Scott Key to pen the lyrics to "The Star-Spangled Banner".
What is Baltimore, MD.
400
This New York representative's proposal that Missouri enter the union as a free state spurred talk of Southern secession; the debate would be settled in 1820 by the Missouri Compromise
Who is James Talmadge
400
This was the "second tier" of Southern Society, right below the "planter elite" but not nearly on their level of wealth. They owned their own land and a few owned slaves.
Who are the "yeoman" farmers
500
As leader of NY's Albany Regency, I reached across state lines and was able to line up enough support to get my fellow Democrats to secure votes for Andrew Jackson's Presidency in 1828.
Who is Martin Van Buren
500
By the time his budget cuts had been passed, Jefferson had reduced the size of the US Navy from 25 warships down to this number.
What is 7
500
The midterm election of this year gave President Madison the support of younger, energetic, anti-British representatives known as the "war hawks" whose support he needed to get a declaration of war against Britain.
What is 1810
500
At the Convention of 1824, Sec. of State John Quincy Adams successfully negotiated with this nation to give up its claim of the Oregon Territory without a military confrontation. Hint: it was NOT Britain!
What is Russia
500
South Carolina Congressman, elected in 1834, who was famous for declaring cotton to be "king" as well as proclaiming the institution of slavery to be the "highest toned, the purest, best organization of society that has ever existed on the face of the earth."
What is James Henry Hammond