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| agriculture | What was the leading economic activity in the US in the early 1800's? |
| the invention of the cotton gin | How did cotton become the dominant crop in the South? |
| steamboat | What made river travel more reliable and upstream travel easier? |
| farms produced enough surplus to sell to the growing eastern cities and towns | Why was agriculture, and not industry, the leading economic activity in the United States in the early 1800's? |
| railroads | What helped settle the West and expand trade between the nation's different regions? |
| locomotive | What was the "iron horse"? |
| Jackson's supporters took this name to show their differences with John Quincy Adams | Why was the Democratic-Republican party formed after the election of 1824? |
| national pride & loyalty to the United States | Why were the years following the War of 1812 known as the Era of Good Feelings? |
| Great Britain, Austria, Prussia, & Russia | What countries were in the Quadruple Alliance? |
| Compromise Tariff | What lowered the tariff gradually over a ten year period? |
| creating a national bank, stronger federal government, protecting American manufacturers from foreign competition, building canals & roads to improve transportation that linked the country | What were actions that strengthened the federal government after the War of 1812? |
| American System | What was the economic plan by Henry Clay that gave money to federal government for internal improvements? |
| issue of Tariff | Why did South Carolina threaten to seccede? |
| Henry Clay | Who wrote the Missouri Compromise & was Speaker of the House during election of 1824? |
| Cherokee | What Indian tribe was forced to relocate in Oklahoma by the Indian Removal Act? |
| War of 1812 | What stopped trade between the US and England & caused industrialization to begin in the US? |
| New immigrants | What group did factory owners prefer for the labor source because they were willing to work for less wages? |
| South | What section of the country was opposed to a high protective tariff and federally funded internal improvements? |
| John Quincy Adams | Who was elected president in 1824? |
| Andrew Jackson | Who had the most popular and electoral votes in 1824? |
| House of Representatives | What group actually elected the President in 1824? |
| Corrupt bargain | What did Jackson's supporters claim Adams and Clay did this in order to win the Presidency? |
| Mudslinging election | What was the election of 1828 was called because of the personal attacks on the candidates? |
| Election of 1832 | In what election was the Bank of the US the main issue? |
| William Crawford, John Q. Adams, Henry Clay, Andrew Jackson | Who were canidates in Election of 1824 and America's favorite sons? |
| South Carolina | What state invoked the Nullification Theory saying they were not going to pay the Tariff, and threatened to secede if forced to pay? |
| telegraph | What established fast, long-distance communication? |
| Spain wanting to reclaim it's colonies in Latin America and Russia claiming a part of the Oregon territory | What prompted the American declaration known as the Monroe Doctrine? |
| the American continents were "henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers" | What was the president's proclamation in 1823 which became known as the Monroe Doctrine? |
| Liberia | What modern day country was formed by former slaves? |
