Westward Movement and Rising Tensions

This "deal" in 1820 added Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, allowing no slavery north of the latitude 36 degrees 30 minutes North.

• 3/5 Compromise

• Missouri Compromise

• Connecticut Compromise

• Slave Compromise

This is the idea that states can determine the constitutionality of a law and reject it if found to be unconstitutional.

• Nullification

• Rejection

• Great Compromise

• Ex post facto law

This trade practice of taxing imports was the root of the Nullification Crisis and the first threat of Southern Secession.

• Income Tax

• Trade Quota

• Tariffs

• Isolationism

This famous battle took place during the Texas Revolution, famous men like Davey Crockett fought to the death against the Mexicans in a small mission. The battle cry for independence became, "Remember the _______!"

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Battle of New Orleans

• Battle of Trenton

• Battle of the Alamo

This man won the Presidency in 1836, and took the blame for the Panic of 1837 - making him a very unpopular president?

• Andrew Jackson

• Martin Van Buren

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt

• Thomas Jefferson

Winning the presidency in 1840, this man became the shortest serving president of all time, dying of pneumonia after only 31 days in office?

• Martin Van Buren

• James Monroe

• William Henry Harrison

• Andrew Jackson

This particular type of boat was used on the rivers during the westward expansion of the United States, primarily because they could navigate shallow waters?

• Flat Boat

• John Boat

• Bass Boat

• Yacht

This type of roadway used a wooden pole or gate called a "pike" to control access to the road. Only those who paid tolls could use the improved roadway.

• Limited Access Highway

• Interstate

• Single Track

• Turnpike road

This technology revolutionized water transport, making it cheaper and faster to transport goods long distances, both upstream and downstream on the rivers.

• 300 hp V8 Mercury outboard

• Electric motors

• Steam power

• Switching from oxen to horses to pull the boat upstream.

Why is Robert Fulton an important figure in US history?

• He perfected the steamboat for riverine travel in 1807.

• He founded West Point

• He was one of those presidents, IDK

• He led the American tank companies against the French in the Mexican American War.