In 1816 this Republican was nominated for president, he easily defeated the Federalists candidate Rufus King.
Who is James Monroe?
100
Gold or silver coins that the bank held to back up the notes.
What is specie?
100
This compromise by Clay, admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. It would keep the balance of slave v. free states even in Congress.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
100
Cherokee man responsible for developing the Cherokee alphabet.
Who is Sequoya?
100
Received most of the popular votes in the election of 1824, but failed to capture the presidency.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
200
1817 agreement between the US and Britain, each nation pledged to limit its naval presence on the Great Lakes to a few armed ships.
What is the Rush-Bagot Agreement?
200
Clay's plan that had three main features. Called for the national government to provide sound currency, a protective tariff, and a national transportation system.
What is the American System?
200
Andrew Jackson and his supporters became known as this political party.
What are the Democrats?
200
An estimated 4,000 Cherokee died on this 800-mile journey to the Oklahoma territory.
What is the Trail of Tears?
200
Wrote an essay expressing a viewpoint that become known as the doctrine of nullification.
Who is John C. Calhoun?
300
Know as the "Liberator," his dream was that one day all the countries of South America would form one large confederated country.
Who is Simon Bolivar?
300
The name of Robert Fulton's steamboat, completed in 1807 it was the first capable of carrying heavy loads upstream.
What is the Clermont?
300
Andrew Jackson believed in this, the periodic replacement of officeholders.
What is a rotation in office?
300
The states had the right to nullify, or refuse to obey, any act of Congress they considered unconstitutional.
What is the doctrine of nullification?
300
"A man whose soul might be turned wrong side outward, without discovering a blemish to the world."
Who is James Monroe?
400
The US would not interfere with any existing European colonies in Latin America. However, the US would consider any European attempt to regain former colonies as an act of war on the US.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
400
Designed a system of interchangeable parts for firearms.
Who is Eli Whitney?
400
Once in office, Jackson rewarded some of his supporters by giving them government jobs.
What is the spoils system?
400
Jackson stopped depositing federal funds in the National Bank. Instead he deposited these funds in state and local banks ran by his supporters. What were these banks called?
What is pet banks?
400
The collapse of the Federalists Party coincided with a period of this.
What is political harmony?
500
In the 18-teens, Secretary of State John Quincy began secret negotiations with this Spanish diplomat, for the United States to buy Spanish Florida.
Who is Luis de Onis?
500
American man who remembered the design of a British style spinning mill and brought it to the United States.
Who is Samuel Slater?
500
Because no candidate won a majority of electoral votes in the 1824 Presidential election. The House of Representatives selected this man as president.
Who is John Quincy Adams?
500
Nominated as the presidential candidate by the Whig party in the 1840 election.
Who is William Henry Harrison?
500
The War of 1812 convinced many older Republicans to support this?