Era of Good Feelings
Nation Building
Slavery
War of 1812
Miscellaneous
100

This man served as the President of the United States during the "Era of Good Feelings." For many years, he held the record for the oldest President in American History. 

James Monroe

100

The most famous American canal of the early 19th century that made New York City the financial capital of the United States. 

Erie Canal

100

Finish this 19th-century American mantra: "________ was king!"

Cotton

100

During the war, Great Britain was simultaneously at war with France in this separate conflict named after the French emperor. 

Napoleonic Wars

100

Look at the $20 bill, and you will see this American hero from the Battle of New Orleans who also served as the 7th President of the United States. 

Andrew Jackson

200

This political party essentially died during the "Era of Good Feelings" primarily because they were seen as unpatriotic during the War of 1812.  

Federalist Party

200

Under the 1818 Convention, Great Britain and the United States agreed to allow each other's inhabitants to coexist peacefully in this part of North America.  

Oregon Country

200

Before the Gold Rush, Americans moved south and brought their slaves in this mass migration in the early 19th century. 

Alabama Fever

200

This man served as U.S. President during the war, marking the first time a President asked Congress for permission to declare war. 

James Madison

200

This major university uses the Seminoles as its sports teams' mascot. (The Seminole tribe endorses this)

Florida State University (FSU)

300

This 1823 document served as a warning to European nations not to interfere with American interests. 

Monroe Doctrine

300

From 1815 to 1860, these 2 groups of European immigrants represented 3/4 of all newcomers to the United States. 

Germany and Ireland

300

During the Missouri Compromise, this U.S. state was admitted as a free state to maintain the balance between slave and free states. 

Maine

300

This famous song, written by Francis Scott Key, originated during the war due to seeing the American Flag in the distance. 

"The Star-Spangled Banner"

300

Before the Great Depression, this was the United States' first major financial disaster since the Constitution's ratification. 

Panic of 1819

400

This U.S. Senator from Kentucky promoted the "American System," endorsing a new national bank and protective tariffs among other economic measures. 

Henry Clay

400

This national road, constructed in 1811, connected the American east and west from the cities of Baltimore and St. Louis. 

Cumberland Road

400

This South Carolina Congressman was among other Southern politicians who argued that slavery was justified because the Greeks and the Romans enforced it, among other reasons. (He used to have a prominent lake in Minnesota named after him) 

John C. Calhoun

400

This Shawnee chief aligned with the British and fought against the Americans during the war. 

Tecumseh

400

Throughout this American President's family ancestry, dating back to the 1600s, there was extensive migration among various colonies and states. (His family eventually settled in Kentucky, where he spent part of his childhood in a log cabin)

Abraham Lincoln

500

This U.S. Chief Justice oversaw the Supreme Court's growth from a powerless body to an equal branch of the federal government. 

John Marshall

500

This Massachusetts town was the first to employ women at its textile mills, largely because nearby male laborers didn't want to leave their farms. 

Lowell, Massachusetts

500

This barrier was established after the Missouri Compromise and banned slavery in the western Louisiana Territory. 

36th Parallel

500

Held during the war, this convention was the first time some states considered secession because they opposed the war itself.  

Hartford Convention

500

Before it got its current nickname (coined in 1901), the White House was called this instead. 

President's Mansion