Figures
Which French author visited America and wrote a book on the American experiment?
Alexis de Tocqueville
What is the belief that slavery should be made illegal?
Abolition
What was the location of the Texans defeat at the hand of the Mexican army that ultimately inspired Texas to gain their independence?
The Alamo
What region became a dominant ground for the spread of the Baptist sect of Christianity?
The South
Which president ushered in a new era of populist democracy?
Andrew Jackson
Which underground railroad conductor was known as "black Moses?"
Harriet Tubman
What is the political belief that the interests of the common man---the majority of the people---is more important than the interests of the elite few?
Populism
What was the name of the movement that saw the revitalization of Christian devotion in the early 19th century?
The Second Great Awakening
Which state was the site of a Gold Rush in 1849?
California
James K. Polk
Who wrote the first commercially successful slave narrative, depicting the horrors of the voyage across the Atlantic Ocean?
Olaudah Equiano
What was the slogan that described the economy of the South in the early 19th century?
"Cotton is King"
What was the event that forced the Native Americans of the South to move West of the Mississippi River?
The Indian Removal Act/The Trail of Tears
Which state was the basis for the 1820 Compromise that kept slavery confined to the South?
Missouri
Which U.S. president later defended the mutineers of La Amistad?
John Quincy Adams
Who was the prophet considered to be the founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints?
Joseph Smith
What is the idea that slaves benefited from slavery?
The Positive Good theory
Where did John Brown lead his final raid?
Harper's Ferry
Which state was the site of violent skirmishes between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces in order to determine the status of slavery?
"Bleeding" Kansas
Who was president during the Panic of 1837?
Martin van Buren
Which political figure was considered a founder of the Whig party and was named "the Great Compromiser?"
Henry Clay
What was the belief that the United States was destined to govern the entire continent "from sea to shining sea?"
Manifest Destiny
What was the name given to the trade system between Europe, Africa, and the Americas?
The Columbian Exchange/The Atlantic Trade Triangle
What state was the site of Nat Turner's slave revolt?
Virginia
Which president carried out the Compromise of 1850 and later formed the Nativist or "Know-Nothing" party?
Millard Fillmore