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What word defines the national unity 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 Henry Clay's "American System"? | protective tariffs, internal improvements, national bank |
Who benefited from protective tariffs? | New England manufacturers |
Who benefited from internal improvments? | Western farmers |
Which internal improvement increased the commercial importance of New York City? | Erie Canal |
What invention is Samuel Morse known for? | the telegraph |
What industry developed in New England during the Industrial Revolution? | textile |
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 political change resulted in the common man's influence in American politics? | universal white male suffrage |
Which act represents the federal government's policy towards American Indians under the Jackson administration? | Indian Removal Act (1830) |
What was expressed in novels by American writers such as James Fennimore Cooper, Washington Irving and Nathanel Hawthorne during the mid-1800s? | nationalism/American identity |
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 political issues were supported by Southern politicians like John C. Calhoun in the mid-1800s? | nullification/states' rights and slavery |
Which principle was supported in John C. Calhoun's South Carolina Exposition and Protest? | nullification/states' rights |
What reform was supported in the Declaration of Sentiments at the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848? | women's suffrage |
Where did the Jackson administration put federal deposits to kill the national bank (B.U.S.)? | state/"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 and study of 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 leader published the first weekly anti-slavery newspaper "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 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 or Fight" is associated with James K. Polk's campaign to acquire which territory? | Oregon |
Which group moved westward during the mid-1800s 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 practice did Andrew Jackson begin to reward political supporters with government offices? | spoils system/patronage |
What does the word "suffrage" mean? | right to vote |
What was the result of the Second Great Awakening? | reform movements |
What is a tax on imported goods called? | protective tariff |