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This battle in the War of 1812 took place AFTER the War of 1812 was technically over...
What is the Battle of New Orleans?
100
A period in the political history of the United States that reflected a sense of national purpose. I guess you can say that people "felt good" during this time...
What is the Era of Good Feelings?
100
A practice where a political party, after winning an election, gives government jobs to its supporters, friends and relatives as a reward for working toward victory
What is the "spoils system?"
100
Belief that Americans were "destined" to expand from coast to coast.
What is Manifest Destiny?
100
Unflattering nickname given to a protective tariff passed by the Congress in 1828, designed to protect industry in the northern United States
What is the "Tariff of Abominations?"
200
Hero of the Battle of New Orleans who would go on to be the controversial 7th President of the United States. He stares at you from a $20 bill.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
200
This document brought an end (at least officially) to the War of 1812
What is the Treaty of Ghent?
200
In the election of 1824, when House Speaker Henry Clay threw his support behind John Quincy Adams in exchange for a position as Secretary of State, Andrew Jackson called the whole affair this...
What is a "corrupt bargain?"
200
This immigrant group brought to America the Conestoga wagon, the Kentucky rifle, the Christmas tree, and Kindergarten.
Who are Germans?
200
Prohibited slavery in the territories of the Louisiana Purchase above the 36˚30’ parallel (the southern boundary of Missouri)
What is the Missouri Compromise?
300
He invented the Cotton Gin
Who is Eli Whitney?
300
Pushed forward by prominent members of the Whig Party, most prominently by Henry Clay, this called for: 1) a tariff to protect and promote American industry 2) a national bank to foster commerce 3)federal subsidies for roads, canals, and other 'internal improvements' to develop profitable markets for agriculture
What is the American System?
300
This was the tragic result of President Jackson's Indian Removal Plan
What was the Trail of Tears?
300
He invented the steel plow, greatly expanding Americans' ability to farm land.
Who is John Deere?
300
This invention led to the expansion of slavery in the United States.
What is the Cotton Gin?
400
His steamboat changed the way people travel on water.
Who is Robert Fulton?
400
Following the War of 1812, this agreement between the U.S. and Great Britain limited naval armaments along the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain
What is the Rush-Bagot Treaty?
400
This occurred when South Carolina declared the federal tariffs of 1828 and 1832 unconstitutional and, therefore, null and void...
What is the Nullification Crisis?
400
Secret society that sought to keep new immigrants (particularly the Irish) out of America.
Who are the "Know Nothing Party" or "Order of the Star-Spangled Banner?"
400
Political Party formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic Party.
What is the Whig Party?
500
Label given to describe the transformation of the nation's economy from farming to industry.
What is Market Revolution?
500
This angered proponents of slavery when it proposed that Missouri be admitted as a free state
What is the Tallmadge Amendment?
500
He authored the "South Carolina Exposition" that denounced 1828's Tariff of Abominations as "unconstitutional"
Who is John C. Calhoun?
500
He was considered the "Father of the factory system" in America.
Who is Samuel Slater?
500
A prevailing value system among the upper and middle classes during the nineteenth century in the United States and Great Britain that emphasized new ideas of femininity, the woman's role within the home and the dynamics of work and family.
What is the Cult of Domesticity?