Age of Jackson.
Why was Andrew Jackson considered the first "common man" POTUS?
he was poor, uneducated, and from the South.
What "second" mass religious movement led to social reform movements in the United States?
Second Great Awakening.
What is the name for people who fought to end slavery? OR what is the name of the movement?
Abolitionists / Abolition Movement.
What ocean were white settlers interested in expanding to?
Pacific Ocean
What state entered the Union with Missouri, as a free state?
Maine
Describe the Trail of Tears.
BONUS (+25PTS): What states were the beginning and end points?
BONUS (+25PTS): What animal was nearly extinct to encourage the removal of Native Americans?
The Trail of Tears was the forced relocation during the 1830s of Indigenous peoples of the Southeast region of the United States.
BONUS (+25PTS): Georgia to Oklahoma
BONUS (+25PTS): Buffalo
What did the Temperance Movement aim to do? Think of a liquid substance.
Ban the sale and consumption of alcohol.
What was the significance of Nat Turner's rebellion, including the outcome?
BONUS (+25PTS): Where did this rebellion take place?
Nat Turner successfully killed multiple white people, freed many enslaved persons, and showed that Black people were capable of revolts. The outcomes of his rebellion were his murder and the passing of stricter laws against slaves.
BONUS (+25PTS): Virginia
The Southwestern region of the U.S.A. previously belonged to what country?
Mexico
What state, known as the "Lone Star" state entered the Union in 1845?
Texas
What act was passed while Jackson was in office?
Indian Removal Act 1830.
What was the only group of people who could "afford" to educate their children? Fixing this issue became known as the Public Education Movement.
Wealthy/Rich and white families.
Who started journeys to freedom shortly after Nat Turner's rebellion?
Harriet Tubman.
What issue did the Missouri Compromise of 1820 fix?
BONUS (+25PTS): What is the name of the line that separated the states?
allowed the U.S. Congress to admit Missouri to the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state, and banned slavery from the remaining Louisiana Purchase.
BONUS (+25PTS): 36º 30’ parallel
Name four states that were created after the Mexican-American War?
Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Nevada, Utah, and Colorado.
What U.S. Currency Note is Andrew Jackson on?
He is on the $20 bill.
What were white women fighting for the right to do during this period? They created the Women's Suffrage Movement.
Voting rights.
Who is the white man who led a revolt against white slave owners in Virginia?
John Brown
Why were white settlers migrating to the West?
BONUS (+25PTS): Give me either of the sports teams whose name is related to this event.
They were in search of gold. (Gold Rush)
BONUS (+25PTS): San Francisco 49ers & Denver Nuggets
Fugitive Slave Act
Explain "universal white male suffrage". How did it help Andrew Jackson become POTUS?
All white men, regardless of their level of wealth, could vote. UWMS helped Jackson become POTUS because common white men saw themselves in him and wanted a POTUS like themselves.
What is the name of the Women's Rights Convention held in 1848?
Seneca Falls Convention.
What is the name of the war fought over slavery from 1861 to 1865?
The Civil War
What was the issue in the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, and what was the outcome?
Both states wanted to be slave states, but they were north of the 36º 30’ parallel. The Kansas–Nebraska Act used popular sovereignty (rule by the people) to determine whether a state would be a free or slave state.
BONUS (+25PTS): What does Ms. Harris always say when she goes over a map?
"You can't do History without maps!"