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The War of 1812
Industrial Revolution
Monroe's Presidency
Jackson's Presidency
The Cotton Gin
100
James Madison
Who was the president during the war of 1812?
100
Textiles
What is one of the first industries to be revolutionized.
100
The "Era of Good Feelings"
What is the nickname for Monroe's presidency?
100
Old Hickory
What is Andrew Jackson's nickname?
100
50 pounds of cotton
What is the amount of cotton that the Cotton Gin can clean per day?
200
The British attacked Washington D.C. and burned down the White House and Capitol Building.
What happened on August 24th, 1814
200
A time when new machines invented could produce clothing faster and cheaper than woman at home with their hands.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
200
Democratic-Republican
What is James's Monroe's political party?
200
The battle of New Orleans against the British
What was the war that Andrew Jackson won to make him an American hero?
200
The slave trade went up in the south
What is what happened to the amount of slaves in the south?
300
The attack on Fort McHenry in Baltimore that was unsuccessful by the British side.
What inspired the song "The Star-Spangled Banner."
300
New England because of their close proximity to rivers for transport and shipping and poor farmers looking for good work.
What is where the first Texile mills were built and why?
300
A water-route connecting New York City with the Great Lakes so that goods from the West can reach New York City by water, not land.
What is the Erie Canal?
300
Jackson ran against John Quincy Adams and got the majority vote but still lost because of what he called "corruptness" in the Congress and government.
What is the stolen election of 1824?
300
Because so much more cotton could be produced, the demand for cotton went up and the south wanted more slaves to grow cotton.
What is the reason for the increase in slavery in the south?
400
Where the British attacked New Orleans and won, led by Andrew Jackson and actually happened after the war had ended.
What is the Battle of New Orleans?
400
Places where girls could go to work instead of the farm to make clothes and money-providing for themselves for the first time.
What are the Lowell Mills?
400
Improvements in railroads and trains.
What was the reason for the decrease in use of the canal?
400
Andrew Jackson's removal of Native Indians along a long trail to the west in the cold, rain, and snow.
What is the Indian Removal Act and Trail of Tears?
400
Eli Whitney
Who is the inventor of the cotton gin.