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Units 4-5: 1800-1840

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Round
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Madison
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Madison
Good
Transpo
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rtation

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Candidate Jackson was

robbed of the presidency
in 1824 due to this alleged
backroom deal between
J.Q. Adams and Henry Clay.

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What is the
corrupt
bargain?
Round 1

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This new trend in voting

resulted in millions of
common people voting
for the Hero of the
West in 1828.
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d

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What is the
New
Democracy?
Round 1

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With this new policy, if

you voted for King
Andrew I, hed hook
you up with
government offices.
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d

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What is the
spoils
system?
Round 1

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This VP told Andy,

I resign, due in
large part to the
Tariff of 1832.
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d

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r

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Who is John
C. Calhoun?
Round 1

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These two 1832

issues were the
biggest of Jacksons
presidency.
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d

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What is the
Nullification
Crisis and the
killing of the
BUS?

Round 1

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Jeffersons victory in
the 1800 presidential
election is also
referred to by this
term.
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What is the
Revolution
of 1800?
Round 1

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Jefferson got this

from Napoleon for
a mere $15
million.
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d

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r

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What is the
Louisiana
Territory?
Round 1

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Jefferson
belonged to this
political party.
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d

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r

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What is the
DemocraticRepublican (or
Republican) Party?
Round 1

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This act infuriated the

Federalists when the
U.S. isolated itself
economically from
the world in 1807.
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d

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What is the
Embargo Act?

Round 1

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Jefferson succeeded in
winning this war in
North Africa with the
help of the Mosquito
Fleet.
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d

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What is the
Tripolitan War?

Round 1

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This Federalist
was the most
important Chief
Justice in U.S.
History.
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d

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r

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Who is John
Marshall?
Round 1

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This supremely
important decision
resulted in the
establishment of
judicial review.
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d

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r

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What is
Marbury v.
Madison
(1803)?
Round 1

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This 1824 steamboat

case decision declared
that only Congress had
the right to regulate
interstate commerce.
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d

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What is
Gibbons v.
Ogden?
Round 1

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The Taney court ruled

in this 1837 decision
that monopolies for
internal improvements
were unconstitutional.
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d

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What is the Charles

River Bridge case
(Charles River Co.
vs. Warren Bridge
Co.)?
Round 1

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This 1819 decision

declared that the Bank
of the United States
was constitutional.

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d

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What is
McCullough v.
Maryland?
Round 1

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These young
westerners pushed
Madison into war
with their desire to
conquer Canada.
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d

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r

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Who are the

War Hawks?
Round 1

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This unnecessary
battle gave Americans
great pride when
Jackson whipped the
British in 1815.
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d

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What is the
Battle of New
Orleans?
Round 1

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This treaty ended

the war with the
pre-war status quo
being restored.
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d

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r

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What is the
Treaty of
Ghent (1814)?
Round 1

$400

This 1814 meeting

ruined the Federalists
as they were now
seen as traitors.

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d

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r

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What is the
Hartford
Convention?
Round 1

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This event triggered

U.S. demands for war
in 1807 when the
British damaged a U.S.
naval ship.
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d

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r

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What is the
ChesapeakeLeopard Affair?
Round 1

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This Virginian was

president during
the era of good
feelings.
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d

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r

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Who is
James
Monroe?
Round 1

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Henry Clays program for

protective tariffs, a BUS,
and federally funded
internal improvements
was referred to by this
term.
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d

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r

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What is the
American
System?
Round 1

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The slavery issue was

sparked in 1819 by the
proposed Tallmadge
Amendment but was
resolved by this
agreement.

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d

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r

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What is the
Missouri
Compromise
of 1820?
Round 1

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A depression that
ensued due to
overspeculation on
land was known by
this term.
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d

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r

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What is the Panic

of 1819?

Round 1

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This 1823 U.S. proclamation,

written by Secretary of State
John Quincy Adams, warned
Europeans that no new
colonies would be allowed in
the Western Hemisphere.
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d

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r

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What is the
Monroe
Doctrine?
Round 1

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This cotton-pickin
inventor revolutionized
manufacturing by
utilizing
interchangeable parts.
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d

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r

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Who is Eli
Whitney?
Round 1

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This was the first

industry in Americas
Industrial Revolution.

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d

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r

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What is the
Textile
Industry?
Round 1

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This major turnpike

eventually connected
western Maryland
with Vandalia, Illinois.

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d

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r

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What is the
National Road
(Cumberland
Road)?
Round 1

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This was the first

truly protective
tariff in American
history.
Scoreboar
d

Answe
r

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What is the
Tariff of 1816?

Round 1

History
Double

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between $100 to
$1000 (or higher
if you have more
Questi
on
money)

$500

As a result of the
Transportation
Revolution, these three
major consequences
resulted. (Identify 2)
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d

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r

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What were:
a national market
economy
regional
specialization
westward
movement?
Round 1

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Redux

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$200

Clay and his followers

hated Jackson so much
that they formed this
party (officially named
in 1834) to oppose him.
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d

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What is the
Whig Party?
Round 2

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This embarrassing episode

divided Jacksons cabinet
when he ordered it to be
nice to the secretary of
wars wife.

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d

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r

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What is the
Peggy Eaton
Affair?
Round 2

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Jackson inadvertently
hurt western farmers
when he backed this
hard money policy.

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d

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What is the
Specie Circular?

Round 2

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President Van Buren paid

for Jacksons ill-conceived
economic policies when this
economic catastrophe
happened in early in his
presidency.
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d

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r

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What is the
Panic of 1837?

Round 2

$1000

This sarcastic term was

coined for Jacksons
unofficial meetings with
non-cabinet members.

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d

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r

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What is the
Kitchen
Cabinet?
Round 2

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The Whigs were

essentially based
around this
economic
program.
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d

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r

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What is the
American
System?
Round 2

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This war hero from the War of

1812 couldnt defeat Van
Buren in 1836, but he won the
rematch in 1840 with his Log
Cabin and Hard Cider
campaign.

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d

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r

$400

Who is William
Henry Harrison?

Round 2

History
Double

Place a bet
between $200 to
$2000 (or higher
if you have more
Questi
on
money)

$600

Before the Whigs

adopted their name in
1834 they were
known by this name
between 1828 and
1834.
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d

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What is the
National
Republican
party?
Round 2

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The Whigs were fiercely

opposed to this banking
system, first signed by
President Van Buren in
1840.
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d

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r

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What is the
Independent
Treasury
System?
Round 2

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The Whigs were the

descendents of this
defunct political
party.
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d

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r

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What is the
Federalist
party?
Round 2

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This state nullified

the tariff of 1832,
claiming it wasnt
low enough.
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d

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r

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What is South
Carolina?
Round 2

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This was the first

truly protective
tariff in American
history.
Scoreboar
d

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r

$400

What is the
Tariff of 1816?

Round 2

$600

The first federal tariff

in U.S. history was
the brain child of
this Founding Father.
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d

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r

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Who is
Alexander
Hamilton?
Round 2

$800

This 1828 tariff was so

high that southerners
gave it this pejorative
name.

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d

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r

$800

What is the
Tariff of
Abominations
(or the Black
Tariff)

Round 2

$1000

The tariff of 1833, which

ended the nullification
crisis was the
brainchild of this
Kentucky senator.
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d

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r

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Who is Henry
Clay?

Round 2

$200

This was the

greatest land
deal in American
history.
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d

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r

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What is the
Louisiana
Purchase?
Round 2

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As a general, Andrew
Jackson invaded this
territory in 1819,
resulting in its acquisition
by the Adams-Onis Treaty.
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d

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r

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What is Florida?

Round 2

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The U.S. gained the

worlds longest
unfortified border with
Canada as a result of
this treaty with Britain
in 1817.
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d

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r

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What is the
Rush-Bagot
Treaty?
Round 2

$800

The U.S. removed the

Shawnee Confederation
from the Ohio Valley as a
result of this battle in 1811
(where Tecumseh was
defeated).
Scoreboar
d

Answe
r

$800

What is
Tippecanoe?

Round 2

History
Double

Place a bet
between $200 to
$2000 (or higher
if you have more
Questi
on
money)

$1000

This treaty with Britain set

the U.S.-Canadian border at
the 49th parallel and
established joint occupation
of the Oregon Territory.

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d

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r

$1000

What is the
Convention of
1818 (Treaty of
1818)?
Round 2

$200

This 1819 proposed

law demonstrated
the emerging
sectionalism over the
issue of slavery.
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d

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r

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What is the
Tallmadge
Amendment?
Round 2

$400

This party, particularly

strong in New England,
reflected the mounting
sectionalism resulting
from the Embargo Act and
the War of 1812.
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d

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r

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What is the
Federalist
party?
Round 2

$600

This South Carolinian

anonymously wrote
the South Carolina
Exposition supporting
the idea of
nullification.
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d

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r

$600

Who is John C.
Calhoun?
Round 2

$800

This 1830 debate in the

Senate over the issue of
nullification was one of the
most famous in the history
of Congress.

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d

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r

$800

What is the
WebsterHayne
Debate?
Round 2

$1000

This toast in 1830

demonstrated the
mounting conflict
between Jackson and
Calhoun.
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d

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r

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What is the
Jefferson Day
Toast?
Round 2

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This was the first

third party in U.S.
history, running a
candidate in 1832.
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d

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r

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What is the
Anti-Masonic
party?
Round 2

$400

This vice president

killed Alexander
Hamilton in a duel
in 1804.
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d

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r

$400

Who is Aaron
Burr?

Round 2

$600

Jeffersonians were
unsuccessful in removing
this Federalist judge from
the Supreme Court,
although they did impeach
him.
Scoreboar
d

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r

$600

Who is Samuel
Chase?

Round 2

$800

President Jefferson
kept all of Hamiltons
financial plan intact,
except for this.

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d

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r

$800

What is the
excise tax on
whiskey?
Round 2

$1000

As President
Jeffersons secretary
of the treasury, this
Frenchman lowered
the national debt.
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d

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r

$1000

Who is Albert
Gallatin?
Round 2

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This new election

practice replaced the
caucus system and was
first used by the
National Republicans
and Anti-Masons in
1832.
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What is the
national
nominating
convention?

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