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Antebellum United States
100
A belief is a god given right to lands in the west extending to the Pacific Ocean.
What is Manifest Destiny?
100
Violated his personal strict constructionist view of the Constitution to purchase Louisiana.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
100
Made it illegal to speak out against the President under John Adams' administration.
What is the Sedition Act?
100
The party of Jefferson that believed in a strict interpretation of the Constitution.
What is Democrat Republican?
100
Cash crop of the 1800s
What is Cotton?
200
Purchased by Thomas Jefferson from Napolean in 1803.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
200
Senator from South Carolina who served as the face for Nullification.
Who is John C. Calhoun?
200
South Carolina's reaction to the Tariff of Abominations.
What is the Nullification Crisis?
200
The party of Hamilton that believed in giving more power to the federal government.
What is Federalist?
200
Movement that wanted to end slavery.
What is the Abolitionist Movement?
300
Area gained through military conflict that resulted from the annexation of Texas.
What is the Mexican Cession?
300
President who signed the Indian Removal Act, threatened military force against South Carolina, and killed the Second Bank of the U.S.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
300
Justification for a state's right to review or interpret federal laws to determine if they are unconstitutional.
What are the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions?
300
The party of Henry Clay that took the place of the Federalists after the War of 1812.
What is the Whig party?
300
A system of safe houses used to help slaves escape to the North.
What is the Underground Railroad?
400
The inclusion of an independent country into the United States after the election of James K. Polk.
What is the Annexation of Texas?
400
Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court during the first half of the 1800s whose rulings worked to strengthen the power of the Federal government.
Who is John Marshall?
400
European countries warned by the United States to abstain from founding colonies in the western hemisphere.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
400
Met at the Hartford Convention to attempt to change the government during the War of 1812 eventually leading to the demise of their party.
Who are Federalists?
400
Reaction of the slave population due to the invention of the Cotton Gin.
What is the drastic increase in the number of slaves?
500
Area claimed by both the United States (Lewis and Clark) and Great Britain.
What is Oregon Territory?
500
Author of the Monroe Doctrine.
Who is John Quincy Adams?
500
System that created the Second Bank of the U.S., created a tariff to boost the economy of the North, and provided funds to build roads and canals.
What is the American System?
500
The party of Jackson that favored States' rights and favored the common man.
What is the Democratic Party?
500
Escaped slave known as the Moses of her people.
Who is Harriet Tubman?