The Age Of Jackson

Question 1

Rush Bagot Agreement

Answer 1

An agreement which limited naval power on the Great Lakes for both the United States and British Canada.

Question 2

Convention of 1818

Answer 2

An agreement between the United States and Great Britain that settled fishing rights and established new North American borders

Question 3

James Monroe

Answer 3

Leading Revolutionary figure and negotiator of the Louisiana Purchase, he was the fifth president of the United States. He put forth the Monroe Doctrine establishing the U.S. sphere of influence in the Western Hemisphere that became the foundation of the U.S. foreign policy.

Question 4

Adams’s-Onís Treaty

Answer 4

An agreement in which Spain gave East Florida to the United States

Question 5

Simon Bolívar

Answer 5

South American revolutionary leader who was nicknamed the Liberator, he fought many battles for indepen dence, winning the support of many U.S. leaders.

Question 6

Monroe Doctrine

Answer 6

President James Monroe’s statement forbidding further colonization in the Americas and declaring that any attempt by a foreign country to colonize would be considered an act of hostility

Question 7

Nationalism

Answer 7

A sense of pride and devotion to a nation

Question 8

Henry Clay

Answer 8

American politician from Kentucky, he was known as
the Great Pacificator because
of his support of the Missouri
Compromise. He developed the Compromise of 1850
to try to avoid civil war.

Question 9

American System

Answer 9

Henry Clay’s plan for raising tariffs to pay for internal improvements such as better roads and canals

Question 10

Cumberland Road

Answer 10

the first federal road project, construction of which began in 1815; ran from Cumberland, Maryland, to present-day Wheeling, West Virginia

Question 11

Erie Canal

Answer 11

the canal that runs from Albany to Buffalo, New York; completed in 1825

Question 12

Era of good fellings

Answer 12

a period of peace, pride, and progress for the United States from 1815 to 1825

Question 13

sectionalism

Answer 13

a devotion to the interests of one geographic region over the interests of the country as a whole

Question 14

Missouri comprise

Answer 14

an agreement proposed by Henry Clay that allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state and Maine to enter as a free state and outlawed slavery in any territories or states north of 36^30^ latitude

Question 15

John Quincy Adams

Answer 15

Son of President John Adams and the secretary of state to James Monroe, he largely formulated the Monroe Doctrine. He was the sixth president of the United States and later became a representative in Congress,

Question 16

Washington Irving

Answer 16

Early American satirical writer, he was the first American writer to gain international acclaim. His works include Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hol low. He often used American history and authentic American settings and characters.

Question 17

James Fenimore Cooper

Answer 17

Well-known Early American novelist, he wrote the L a s t o f the M ohicans and many stories about the West.

Question 18

Hudson River school

Answer 18

a group of American artists in the mid-1800s whose paintings focused on the American landscape

Question 19

Thomas Cole

Answer 19

American painter, he was the founder of the Hudson River school, a group of artists who emphasized the beauty of the American landscape, especially the Hudson River valley,

Question 20

George Caleb Bingham

Answer 20

American painter who specialized in painting scenes of everyday life in the West.