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100
The completion of the Erie Canal in 1825 allowed cheaper freight travel by water between Buffalo and
New York City
100
James Polk went to war with Mexico to?
force cession of New Mexico, and California
100
In 1830, California, Texas, and New Mexico were under the sovereignty of
Mexico
100
The Supreme Court decision in Marbury v. Madison (1803) strengthened the constitutional principle of separation of powers by
establishing the Court’s right to review the constitutionality of federal laws
100
This man, and his brother were both killed by an anti-Mormon mob while in jail, for tearing down protests against polygamy?
Joseph Smith
200
Who invented the cotton gin, and interchangeable parts
Eli Whitney
200
The Barbary States were located in
North Africa
200
Manifest Destiny was based, in part, on?
the belief that God was on the side of American expansionism.
200
McCulloch v. Maryland involved questions regarding
the national bank
200
The foundation of the African-American culture was
religion
300
Who was the biggest advocate of the American System?
Henry Clay
300
The hero of San Jacinto, who became the first president of the Texas Republic was?
Sam Houston
300
The foreign policy initiative calling for an end to all European colonization efforts in the Western Hemisphere was known as the
Monroe Doctrine
300
As chief justice of the Supreme Court, John Marshall does what?
emphasizes the primacy of property and property rights.
300
The foundation of the African-American culture was
Lowell, Massachusetts
400
The most spectacular engineering achievement of the young United States was the
Erie Canal
400
What was the Adams-Onis treaty?
made Florida a US territory
400
Which one of the following states actually existed for ten years as an independent nation before its admission to the Union?
Texas
400
This case denied states the right to take Native American tribal lands
Worcester vs Georgia
400
The Trail of Tears refers to
the forced relocation of the Cherokees to Oklahoma.
500
The American System was a master plan for?
national economic self-sufficiency
500
What did the treaty of Ghent do?
ended the War of 1812 between the US and England
500
The question of admitting Missouri to the Union in 1819 was?
it stirred southern fears regarding the balance of power between North and South
500
Which two men were true political and philosophical allies in the 1820s?
John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay
500
Who coined the term “manifest destiny”?
John O'Sullivan