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What term could be used to describe the national unity and patriotism expressed during the Era of Good Feelings? | nationalism |
Which innovation increased the dependence on slavery in the South? | cotton gin |
What were the primary features of the "American System"? | protective tariffs, internal improvements, national bank |
Who benefited most from protective tariffs? | New England manufacturers |
Who benefited most from internal improvments? | Western farmers |
Which internal improvement increased the commercial importance of New York City? | Erie Canal |
What is Robert Fulton known for? | the steamboat |
What is John Deere known for? | the steel plow |
What is Samuel Morse known for? | the telegraph |
What industry developed in New England during the Industrial Revolution? | textile mills |
Which compromise was made in Congress to reduce sectionalism over the issue of slavery? | Missouri Compromise |
Which word describes the division and rivalry between the North and South during the mid-1800s? | sectionalism |
Which Supreme Court decision upheld the supremacy clause and the implied powers of Congress to create a national bank? | McCullough v. Maryland |
Which Supreme Court decision upheld Congress power to regulate interstate commerce? | Gibbons v. Ogden |
Which group did Andrew Jackson represent? | the common man |
Which act represents the federal government's policy towards American Indians under the Jackson administration? | Indian Removal Act (1830) |
Which artistic movement expressed its nationalism by painting romantic scenes of American landscapes? | Hudson River School of Art |
Which authors are an example of the nationalism expressed during the mid-1800s? | James Fennimore Cooper, Edgan Allen Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne |
Which foreign policy opposed European intervention in the western hemisphere? | Monroe Doctrine |
What issue caused the S. Carolina Nullification Crisis of 1832? | the Tariff of Abominations |
What politicial idea was expressed in the South Carolina Exposition and Protest? | nullification |
Which principle was supported in John C. Calhoun's South Carolina Exposition and Protest? | nullification/states' rights |
What action did Andrew Jackson take towards the national bank (B.U.S.)? | veto and put federal funds in pet banks |
Where did the Jackson administration put federal deposits in its attempt to kill the national bank (B.U.S.)? | pet banks |
Which reform movement had the goal of ending slavery? | abolitionism |
Which religious revival resulted in the reform movements of the mid-1800s? | Second Great Awakening |
Which philosophy emphasized individualism and an appreciation for the "truth and beauty to be found in nature"? | transcendentalism |
Which trascendentalist author was known for the development of "civil disobedience"? | Henry David Thoreau |
Which former slave became the publisher of the anti-slavery newspaper "The North Star"? | Frederick Douglass |
Which abolitionist led the anti-slavery movement as the publisher of "The Liberator"? | William Lloyd Garrison |
Which reform movement wanted the prohibition of alcohol? | the temperance movement |
Which reform movement was led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott? | women's rights |
Which reform movement(s) were Sarah and Angelina Grimke known for? | abolitionism and women's rights |
What historical event is associated with the beginning of the women's rights movement? | Seneca Falls Convention |
Who is associated with the effort to improve public education during the mid-1800s? | Horace Mann |
Who is associated with the fight to reform prisons and mental institutions during the mid-1800s? | Dorothea Dix |
Westward expansion was encouraged by which belief? | Manifest Destiny |
Which historical event is associated with the Texas war for independence from Mexico? | the Alamo |
Which sectional issue prevented the annexation of Texas to the Union in 1836? | slavery |
"54'40 of Fight" is associated with James K. Polk's campaign to acquire which territory? | Oregon |
Which group moved westward to escape religious persecution? | the Mormons |
Which conflict was a result of "Manifest Destiny"? | the Mexican War |
Which territory did the U.S. acquire as a result of the Mexican War? | the Mexican Cession |
Which territories were part of the Mexican Cession? | California, New Mexico and Utah territories |
Which territory was purchased to acquire land for the construction of a southern transcontinental railroad route? | the Gadsden Purchase |
What did the United States acquire in the Adams-Onis treaty? | Florida |
Which political party was created to oppose President Andrew Jackson? | Whig party |
Which event resulted in the passage of more restrictive slave codes in southern states? | Nat Turner's Rebellion |
Which historical event was a result of the Indian Removal Act? | Trail of Tears |
What system of rewarding political supporters with government offices was started by Andred Jackson? | spoils system |
What two women initiated the Woman's Rights Movment? | Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott |
Who was the most famous conductor on the underground railroad? | Harriet Tubman |
Name the two US Senators who debated nullification? | Daniel Webster and Robert Hayne |
What was the topic of Letter to Southern Women by Angelina Grimeke? | abolition |
She was a former slave and advocate for women's rights and abolition | Sojourner Truth |
This utopian community practiced complex marriage and their leader was John Noyes | Oneida |
Who established New Harmony? | Robert Owen |
Name the transcendentalist utopia experiment | Brook Farm |
Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin | Harriet Beecher Stowe |
This was sponsored by Congressman opposed to declaring war against Mexico | Spot Resolution |
This was proposed by an abolitionist congressman to keep slavery out of any territory taken in the Mexican War | Wilmot Proviso |
This President is most identified with Manifest Destiny | James K Polk |
This abolitionist was killed by proslavery men when they burned his newspaper office in Ohio | Elijah Lovejoy |
The return to two party politics was due to the argument over this election | election of 1824 |
What did the Jackson supporters accuse President-elect JQ Adams and Henry Clay of having made? | a corrupt bargain over the office of Sec of State |
He built the first textile mill and started the American Industrial revolution | Samuel Slater |
He earliest demonstrated interchangeable parts and invented the cotton gin | Eli Whitney |
What Indian tribe was forced to take the "trail of tears"? | Cherokees |