Places, No Faces
Westward Bound!
Probably Presidential
And the Judge Says...
The Golden Rule
100

Native Americans were forced to march on this "trail" towards Oklahoma as a result of the Indian Removal Act

What is the "Trail of Tears"?

100

This phrase described the American idea that it was natural to expand westward

What is "Manifest Destiny"?

100

In 1803, Thomas Jefferson purchased this territory from France, expanding the borders of the United States

What is the Louisiana Territory (or Louisiana Purchase)?

100

The Monroe Doctrine can be viewed as a moral opposition to: racism slavery communism colonialism

What is colonialism?

100

This phrase describes who Andrew Jackson believed himself the champion of

What is the "common man"

200

Native Americans were forced to move onto these (large tracts of territory intentionally set aside for Native American use) in the midwest after the Indian Removal Act

What are reservations?

200

This mountain range blocked many pioneers from traveling towards California and Oregon during winter months

What are the Rocky Mountains?

200

This President had a policy of Indian Removal

Who is Andrew Jackson?

200

This court case upheld the constitutionality of Judicial Review

What is Marbury vs. Madison

200

This region of the United States most strongly opposed high tariffs on imported goods in the mid 1800s

What is the South

300

The Treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo gave California, Nevada, Utah and parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado to what country?

What is the United States?

300

This famous duo traveled west to explore Louisiana Territory in 1804 and 1805

Who are Lewis and Clark?

300

This US President instituted a policy of non-expansion for European countries in the Western Hemisphere. Hint: The policy bears his name

Who is President James Monroe?

300

This man famously ruled that judicial review was constitutional in "Marbury v. Madison"

Who was John Marshall?

300

This segment of the American population was MOST supportive of the Tariff of 1828 Freedmen Southern farmers Western settlers Northern merchants

What is Northern merchants?

400

This region most vehemently opposed the temperance movement and abolitionist movement

What is the South

400

According to the Treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo, THIS river is the official border between the US and Mexico

What is the Rio Grande

400

This South Carolinian was an outspoken supporter of states rights during the Antebellum period

Who was John C. Calhoun?

400

Congress passes a new federal law making it illegal to call public officials "boneheads". The president gladly signs it. However, the Supreme Court nullifies the law by ruling that it violates the Constitution. What power has the Court exercised?

What is judicial review

400

This term describes the idea that all men, regardless of economic status ought be allowed to vote

What is universal male suffrage

500

The Battle of the Alamo occurred during a "Revolution" in this modern-day Longhorn State

What is Texas

500

The Louisiana Purchase gave the US control of THIS river, which dumps into the Gulf of Mexico at New Orleans

What is the Mississippi River

500

Angelica Grimke and William Lloyd Garrison were the leaders of THIS movement

What is the abolitionist movement

500

"Wocester v. Georgia" famously claimed that the all Native American nations would be ruled by federal, not state, laws. This allowed for the passage of what major 1830 Act against Native Americans?

What is the Indian Removal Act?

500

This demographic group most strongly supported Andrew Jackson: Eastern businessmen Western farmers Southern plantation owners Women

What is western farmers