Period Four People and Events

Question 1

Andrew Jackson

Answer 1

Indian Removal Act, Nullification Crisis, White male suffrage

Question 2

Henry Clay

Answer 2

Great Compromiser, The American System (Bank and such)

Question 3

Louisiana Purchase

Answer 3

from France, in order to expand to make room for growing population

Question 4

Embargo Act

Answer 4

no trade with England or France, hurts economy, Jefferson bumps up the military to enforce the embargo

Question 5

War of 1812

Answer 5

British burned the national capital, ends with Treaty of Ghent, Andrew Jackson becomes well known from this war

Question 6

Missouri Compromise

Answer 6

Missouri admitted as slave state, Maine admitted as free state, and territory north of a latitude line would be free

Question 7

Monroe Doctrine

Answer 7

US would not interfere in Europe and US would protect western hemisphere

Question 8

Nat Turner’s Rebellion

Answer 8

slave revolt, Nat thought it was his duty to end slavery, slave codes were made strict in response

Question 9

Nullification Crisis

Answer 9

South Carolina says they’ll ignore federal tax that is leaving them in debt; Andrew Jackson threatens military force

Question 10

Second Great Awakening

Answer 10

reassertion of Calvinist/Puritan ideals, new developments in Christianity

Question 11

Seneca Falls

Answer 11

leading feminists met for a women’s right convention