Election of 1828
This historic figure won the Presidential Election of 1828.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
This was Andrew Jackson's nickname.
What is "Old Hickory"?
This group was ethnically cleansed along the Trail of Tears.
Who are Native Americans?
Westward Expansion was white settlement of North America from this coast to that coast.
What are the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts?
This was the timespan of the Mexican - American War.
What is 1846 - 1848?
This one term President lost the Election of 1828.
Who is John Quincy Adams?
Born in the backwoods of North Carolina, Jackson built his home the Hermitage in this state where he served as a U.S. Senator.
What is Tennessee?
This was the region of U.S. the "Five Civilized Tribes" were ethnically cleansed from.
What is the Southeast?
Westward Expansion was resisted, sometimes violently, by this ethnic group.
Who are Native Americans?
This was the only State to be an independent country before joining the United States and it's revolution from Mexico paved the way for the subsequent Mexican - American War.
What is Texas?
This group gained suffrage for the first time in the Presidential Election of 1828.
Who are white males over 21 without property.
Andrew Jackson become a War Hero after winning this battle during the War of 1812.
What is the Battle of New Orleans?
This is the region of the U.S. the "Five Civilized Tribes" were ethnically cleansed to.
What is the Indian Territory?
(The modern day State of Oklahoma)
Sparked by the Gold Rush of 1848 this State became the first Western State in the U.S.
What is California?
This was the percentage of territory taken from Mexico after it's defeat in the Mexican - American War.
What is 55%?
This is another name for the Jacksonian Era in U.S. History.
What is the "Age of the Common Man"?
Jackson would fight duels over the honor of this historical figure.
Whom is his wife Racheal?
People along the Trail of Tears were knowingly given blankets infected with this highly transmissible and deadly disease by the U.S. Army.
What is Smallpox?
This is an alternate term for Westward Expansion.
What is Manifest Destiny?
The Mexican - American War settled the United States' Southern Border and was fought in these two regions of North America.
What are the American Southwest and Mexico?
These groups were Andrew Jackson's base of political support in the Presidential Election of 1828.
Who are urban workers, small northern farmers, southern yeomen, and southern planters?
Andrew Jackson's greatest political victory, and a lasting contribution to the U.S., was ending this financial institution.
What is the (Second) Bank of the United States?
These are the "Five Civilized Tribes" ethnically cleansed along the Trail of Tears.
(Your team will get 100pts for each correct tribe)
Who are the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, Cherokee, and Seminole?
What is Divine Right?
(Christian) God's gift to them
These are the States acquired from America's victory in the Mexican - American War.
(Your team will get 100pts per correct State)
What are New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, California, and Texas.