Alexander Hamilton was born on this British West indies island.
What is Nevis?
100
State Thomas Jeffersonwas from.
What is Virginia?
100
One of the largest collections of the Hudson River School paintings can be seen at this museum.
What is the Wadsworth Atheneum?
100
Name of the school formed by landscape artists who dominated American art in the 1800s.
What is the Hudson River School?
100
This Eli Whitney invention led to an increase in cotton production in the south.
What is the cotton gin?
200
Served as an aide-de-camp to this general during the Revolutionary War.
Who is George Washington.
200
Jefferson's age at the time he helped write the Declaration of Independence.
What is 33?
200
This famous Connecticut figure was banished for starting a boarding school for African American girls.
Who is Prudence Crandall?
200
This artist's rugged, romanticized landscapes of the West, painted on a grand scale with an abundance of detail and dramatic lighting, captured the imagination of 19th-century art collectors.
Who is Albert Bierstadt.
200
Killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel.
Who is Aaron Burr?
300
Hamilton's job while a member of Washington's presidential cabinet.
What is Secretary of the Treasury?
300
While a member of Washington's presidential cabinet, Jefferson supported this type of economy.
What is agrarian?
300
Invented the cotton gin.
Who is Eli Whitney?
300
This artist's paintings often featured Native Americans.
Who is George Caitlin?
300
President who enforced the law which led to the Trail of Tears.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
400
Hamilton's financial plan was controversial for supporting the merchant class and calling for the establishment of this.
What is a national bank?
400
Jefferson was a supporter of this interpretation of the of the United States Constitution.
What is strict constructionist?
400
Famous Connecticut author whom Abraham Lincoln called "the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war."
Who is Harriett Beecher Stowe?
400
A mountain in Colorado was named after him as a tribute to his love and fame for painting landscapes many of which featured mountains.
Who is Albert Bierstadt?
400
This event in 1849 would lead directly to conflicts between slave and free states.
What is the (California) Gold Rush?
500
During Washington's administration two political parties emerged, Hamilton headed this party.
What is the Federalist Party?
500
Which Founding Father did Jefferson have an ongoing rivalry with until the day he died?
Who is John Adams?
500
This Connecticut artist painted a picture of Thomas Jefferson at the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Jonathan Trumbull?
500
In addition to the promise of prosperity, presence of God, and understanding of nature, American landscape artists of the 19th century also represented this...
What is a national identity?
500
System of replacing government officeholders with people loyal to one's self.