Unit 3 Jeopardy

War of 1812

1

This is the country that the U.S. went to war with in the War of 1812

Britain (England)

2

What important American building did the British burn down?

The White House

3

What was the name of the general who became a national hero from the war?

Andrew Jackson

4

The Battle of ___ _______ was the last major battle of the war and actually occurred after the treaty to end the war was signed

The Battle of New Orleans

5

The Treaty of _____ was signed in 1815, officially ending the war

The Treaty of Ghent

3.1

1

The name of the men who were tasked with exploring new land out west in 1804

Lewis and Clark

2

This purchase in 1803 doubled the size of United States land

The Louisiana Purchase

3

War in Europe led to American sailors suffering, leading to the _______ Act of 1807 to establish further American neutrality overseas

The Embargo Act of 1807

4

This confederacy was a strong coalition of native groups in opposition to American settlement westward

The Tecumseh Confederacy

5

This pivotal case in American history established the process of judicial review, where the Supreme Court can rule acts by congress and the president as unconstitutional

Marbury v. Madison

Era of Good Feelings

1

The name of the party that ruled an essentially "one-party system" during the Era of Good Feelings

Democratic-Republicans

2

This Compromise in 1820 decided which new states would be admitted as free or slave states

The Missouri Compromise

3

This doctrine was established to stop future European colonization of the Americas and denied them the ability to intervene in American affairs

The Monroe Doctrine

4

The name of the convention where the Federalist Party essentially collapsed

The Hartford Convention

5

The name given to the Election of 1824 by Andrew Jackson as a response to him not winning, essentially ending the Era of Good Feelings

The "Corrupt Bargain"

Presidents

1

This president was a national hero after the War of 1812

Andrew Jackson

2

This was the president who made the Louisiana Purchase with France

Thomas Jefferson

3

This president had a doctrine named after him to stop future European colonization of the Americas and denied them the ability to intervene in American affairs

James Monroe

4

This was the president during the War of 1812

James Madison

5

The shortest sitting president who died in office

William Henry Harrison

Unit 3.4

1

What years did the Mexican-American War start and end?

1846-1848

2

While initially opposed, U.S. support for the __________ of Texas in 1845 engaged Mexico

The Annexation of Texas

3

The U.S. belief in the "god-given right" to expand westward

Manifest Destiny

4

The Treaty of _________ _______ ended the Mexican-American War

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

5

This is the president who declared war of Mexico and advocated for Manifest Destiny

James K. Polk