Nationalism/Sectionalism
Writers/Painters
General Info
Final Jeopardy
100

"Land prices should be kept low to help farmers settle the West"

Sectionalism

100

Who wrote a dictionary of American English?

Noah Webster

100

In the Missouri Compromise, to maintain the balance between free and slave states, _____________ entered the Union as a slave state, and ___________ entered as a free state.

Missouri

Maine

100

Put the following events in order:

Mexico wins independence from Spain

Spain colonizes Central and South America

The United States issues the Monroe Doctrine

Simon Bolivar starts leading independence movements

Spain colonizes Central and South America

Simon Bolivar starts leading independence movements

Mexico wins independence from Spain

The United States issues the Monroe Doctrine

200

"Constructing new canals and building better roads connects the different regions of the country more effectively"

Nationalism

200

Who painted scenes of traders, settlers, and Native Americans on the American frontier? 

George Caleb Bingham

200

The American writers in the early 1800's differed from those in the 1700's by using distinctively _______________ subjects.

American

300

"A national bank benefits wealthy bankers in the Northeast while settlers in the West cannot afford land"

Sectionalism 

300

Who wrote historical fiction, including A New England Tale?

Catherine Maria Sedgwick

300

The effect of the Supreme Court decisions in McCulloch v. Maryland and Gibbons v. Ogden was the reinforcement of the power of the ____________ government.

federal

400

"A strong tariff protects industry in the Northeast and pays for better transportation in the West and South"

Nationalism

400

Who painted birds and mammals, such as in The Birds of America?

John James Audubon

400

What prompted President Monroe and Secretary of State Adams to issue the Monroe Doctrine?

They feared that European countries would try to establish new colonies in the Western Hemisphere

500

The United States experienced a period of nationalism during President Monroe's presidency because the country had won a war against __________________ and had a rapidly growing _________________.

Great Britain

economy

500

Who wrote satires, including "Rip Van Winkle"

Washington Irving

500

What did Thomas Jefferson call for Americans to do out of admiration for ancient Greece and Rome?

Model buildings after Greek and Roman styles