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- 2. 7th president of the United States and war hero from the War of 1812
- 5. Both Jackson and Adams were part of this political party
- 9. the forced relocation and removal of 60,000 Native Americans
- 10. to withdraw formally from an alliance; to leave the United States
- 11. This state entered the Union as a free state under the Compromise of 1850
- 13. The Mexican-American War was about the annexation of this US state
- 14. Lincoln became a household name after debating Stephen ________ for the senate seat of Illinois
- 17. Abolitionist John Brown incited a slave revolt at this location
- 26. a 19th-century political philosophy in the United States that expanded suffrage to most white men
- 29. a nativist political movement in the United States in the 1850s
- 30. set free from legal, social, or political restrictions; to free from slavery
- 31. Washington, D.C. was home to the largest ________ ________ in North America at the time
- 33. Speaker of the House of Representatives who supported John Q Adams for president in the special election of 1824
- 34. an enslaved Black carpenter who led a four-day rebellion
- 36. This law allowed for the capture and return of runaway slaves to the South
- 37. a law that allowed President Jackson to relocate Native American tribes
- 39. an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe
- 43. a legal theory that the states in the US have a right to declare a federal law invalid
- 45. a political party formed in 1834 by opponents of President Andrew Jackson
- 46. a practice in which a political party, after winning an election, gives government jobs to its supporters, friends, and relatives as a reward
- 47. South Carolina seceded from the Union _______ ______ after the election of Lincoln
- 48. a network of secret routes and safe houses that helped enslaved African Americans escape
- 49. political opponent of Andrew Jackson
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- 1. The convention for women's rights was held at this location in 1848
- 3. the right to vote
- 4. This "party" got stranded in the Sierra Nevada on their journey west and was forced to resort to cannabalism
- 6. Andrew Jackson killed two bills supporting a national bank through his ______ powers
- 7. The Kansas-Nebraska Act led to what historians call "____________ _________" - it was the most significant event leading up to the Civil War
- 8. This enslaved person was at the center of a major supreme court case that ruled African Americans are not citizens
- 12. Southern states who seceded from the Union created the _______________ States of America
- 15. 1 in 20 Americans moved west on this route
- 16. a type of cloth or woven fabric
- 18. This principle was used in territorial disputes over slavery, allowing the people living in each state to decide if they wanted slavery or not
- 19. Elizabeth Cady _________ and Susan B Anthony were the leading suffragettes during the 19th century
- 20. Harriet Tubman earned this nickname through helping enslaved people escape the South
- 21. state where Andrew Jackson is from
- 22. an American abolitionist, journalist, and social reformer. He is best known for his widely read anti-slavery newspaper The Liberato
- 23. a selection of electors from each state who vote for president
- 24. Lincoln was from this rural state
- 25. The newly founded Republican party nominated this man to run for president in 1860
- 27. The Whig party will split over the issue of __________ in 1854
- 28. Andrew Jackson supported strengthening this branch of government
- 32. the state of the US involved in the nullification crisis against the federal government
- 35. the idea that the region of a country has unique values and characteristics
- 38. the period of American history before the Civil War (1812-1861)
- 40. the political and social reform movement to end slavery
- 41. Name for the inauguration of Jackson in 1828 where his supporters trashed the White House lawn and DC
- 42. This compromise in 1820 temporarily settled the issue of slavery in new states
- 44. a blacksmith in Richmond, Virginia who planned a slave rebellion in the summer of 1800