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Jackson
Transportation Revolution
Inventors & Inventions
Immigration
Reform Movements
100
Nickname for route traveled by Native Americans during Jackson's removal programs.
What is Trail of Tears.
100
These man-made waterways were the first mass transit systems in the US.
What is Canals.
100
Invented by Eli Whitney in 1793, this invention dramatically increased the demand for slaves in the South.
What is Cotton Gin.
100
Largest immigrant group during the early 19th century.
What is Irish.
100
Movement that opposed slavery.
What is Abolition.
200
Jackson was a strong opponent of this financial institution.
What is 2nd Bank of United States.
200
This was the most popular form of transportation by 1860.
What is Railroad.
200
The steel plow was invented by this Illinois farmer in 1837, who went on the start the largest agricultural equipment company in the US.
Who is John Deere.
200
Second largest immigrant group during the early 19th century.
What is German.
200
Movement that sought to outlaw alcohol.
What is Temperance.
300
This southern state refused to pay tariffs in 1828 and 1830, prompting a national crisis.
What is South Carolina.
300
Early wagons used to transport early settlers into the Midwest.
What is Conestoga Wagons.
300
Communication language used to transmit messages through the newly-created telegraph line.
What is Morse Code.
300
Third largest immigrant group during the early 19th century.
What is Great Britain.
300
Reform movement that led to the Seneca Falls Declaration (1848).
What is Women's Rights.
400
DAILY DOUBLE!!! Name TWO of the five civilized tribes relocated by Andrew Jackson.
What is Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Seminoles.
400
What type of boats were used to travel along rivers and canals in early 19th century US?
What is Steamboats.
400
Elias Howe and Isaac Singer invented this machine in the 1840s, an effort to bring the "factory into the home."
What is Sewing Machine.
400
Most common industry for Irish immigrants during the 19th century.
What is Railroads.
400
DAILY DOUBLE!!!! Name ONE Transcendentalist author during the 19th century.
What is Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, & Walt Witham.
500
What term describes a states refusal to follow a national law?
What is Nullification.
500
First highway created in the US in the 1790.
What is Lancaster Turnpike.
500
The trans-atlantic cable connected the US to....
What is Great Britain.
500
Political party that promoted nativism and formed in opposition to the rising number of immigrants.
What is Know-Nothing Party.
500
Reform movement that said a "woman's place was in the home."
What is Cult of Domesticity.