The Rules No talking when it is the other teams turn-points will be deducted No Notes or any kind of cheating!!-this will result in disqualification “Daily Double” means that the next question your team picks will be worth double the points if you get it right. If wrong your team loses double the points Ex: section for 200 would now be +400 (if right) and -400 if wrong

Topic 1: 200 Question: These two states were added to the Union as a result of the Missouri Compromise. Name the states and label whether each state was a free state or a slave state. Answer: Missouri (Slave)and Maine (Free)

Topic 1: 400 Question: In the election of 1824, supporters of Andrew Jackson claimed that John Quincy Adams won by giving Henry Clay a ________ position. Answer: Cabinet

Topic 1: 600 Question: What does a cotton gin do? Answer: it removes cotton seeds

Topic 1: 800 Question: In the election of 1824 what was two things each of the four candidates had in common? Answer: They all were favorite sons and they all were Democratic-Republicans prior to the election

Topic 2: 200 Question: Who won the election of 1824? Answer: John Quincy Adams

Topic 2: 400 Question: Missouri’s territorial government requested admission into the union as a _________ ___________ Answer: Slave State

Topic 2: 600 Question: The national bank, the protective tariff, and nationwide internal improvements favored by Henry Clay are part of the ______ _______. Answer: American System

Topic 2: 800 Question: Who said “I take it for granted, that the present question is a mere preamble- a title page to a great tragic volume” and what is meant by the quote? Answer: John Quincy Adams, the compromise simply postponed the debate and fighting over slavery

Topic 3: 200 Question: Who won the election of 1828? Answer: Andrew Jackson

Topic 3: 400 Question: An amendment to the Missouri Compromise determined that slavery could expand to Arkansas territory but not the rest of the ________ ________. Answer: Louisiana territory

Topic 3: 600 Question: How did the invention of the cotton gin affect the South? Answer: it strengthened the institution of slavery (created a demand for more slaves)

Topic 3: 800 Question: Why did southerners willingly allow the northern part of the Louisiana territory to be free states? Answer: At the time, they did not think that this area would be good for farming

Topic 4: 200 Question: What were the two new political parties that formed after a split in the Democratic-Republican party ? Answer: Jackson’s supporters called themselves the Democrats, while Clay’s supporters called themselves the National Republicans

Topic 4: 400 Question: How was the winner of the 1824 election determined? Answer: The House of Representatives voted after there was no clear winner in the electoral college.

Topic 4: 600 Question: _____ ____ are men who enjoyed the support of leaders from their own state & region. Answer: “favorite sons”

Topic 4: 800 Question: Pro-slavery members of the Missouri Constitutional Convention added a controversial clause that threatened Missouri’s admission to the union. What did this clause prevent that would anger many northerners and African Americans? Answer: It prohibited free African Americans from entering the new state

Topic 5: 200 Question: In the election of 1828 the two main candidates engaged in ________ ; or when both candidates criticized each other’s personalities and morals. Answer: Mudslinging (between Adams and Jackson)

Topic 5: 400 Question: When Adams became president, Jackson’s supporters accused Adams and Clay of striking a _______ _______. Answer: corrupt bargain

Topic 5: 600 Question: What state was Maine part of prior to applying for admission into the union? Answer: Massachusetts

Topic 5: 800 Question: What part of Congress had a majority of northerners? Answer: House of Representatives