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Which group was forcibly relocated by means of the "Trail of Tears"?
Cherokee
100
Which development led to a sharp rise in the number of slaves imported to the southern United States?
the cotton gin
100
Who began the practice of replacing high-ranking members of the executive branch when a new president takes office?
Andrew Jackson
100
What treaty was responsible for the United States acquiring Florida?
Adams-Onis Treaty
100
The first successful steamboat was developed and built by whom?
Robert Fulton
200
Which area did the Monroe Doctrine aim to free from European influence?
Western Hemisphere
200
Completed in 1825, the Erie Canal connected the Atlantic Ocean with what?
the Great Lakes
200
Between which two countries did the Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819 settle boundaries?
Spain and United States
200
The policy by which a newly elected president replaces high-ranking members of the executive branch with his own appointees is known as what?
spoils system
200
Which state were the Cherokee relocated to during the "Trail of Tears"?
Oklahoma
300
Which Americans benefitted most from the Tariff of 1816?
manufacturers
300
Which Whig candidate defeated Martin Van Buren for president by depicting himself as a man of the people?
William Henry Harrison
300
As part of the Missouri Compromise, Missouri was admitted as a _____ state and Maine was admitted as a _____ state.
slave/free
300
Which state threatened to secede from the union in 1832 because of a series of tariffs that they declared unconstitutional?
South Carolina
300
The theory of ___________ raised the question of how to divide power between state and federal governments.
nullification
400
Which candidate did John Quincy Adams defeat in the controversial election of 1824?
Andrew Jackson
400
What idea is promoted by the concept of nullification?
states' rights
400
Who was Jackson's first Vice President who publicly disagreed with him on the subject of states' rights?
John C. Calhoun
400
Andrew Jackson believed that this symbolized Eastern wealth and threatened American democracy.
the Bank of the United States
400
This party, formed in 1834, supported protective tariffs and a federal banking system.
Whig Party
500
This helped bring the nation together by creating a better transportation network to facilitate the exchange of goods
The American System
500
Who enthusiastically supported the concept of states' rights?
John C. Calhoun
500
Henry Clay proposed the American System for these three reasons:
to unify the nation to create a national currency to improve methods of transportation
500
Which Supreme Court decision strengthened the federal government's control over the economy?
McCulloch v. Maryland
500
Who helped to expand the U.S. territory to include Florida?
John Quincy Adams