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Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, James Madison, Zachary Taylor, George Washington.  One thing these four presidents share is war.  Each one either faced a war in office or got into office because of victorious leadership in combat.

What was the class system of the Old South?

According to the lectures, this individual was one of the most successful presidents in American history. Who was this person, when was he president, and what did he do that was so incredible?

What crops have played particularly significant cultural and economic roles in the period of history covered by this class?

This is Sutter’s Mill, near Sacramento, California.  Why is this place of significance to US history?

When it comes to British colonization and colonies in North America, lectures noted

So if the 1830s was the “Decade of Discovery,” what was the decade of expansion – the decade when the United States acquired and began to settle vast amounts of new territory?

What was the last successful compromise before the Civil War, and which of the following is NOT one of its provisions?

When Alexander Hamilton said “I sincerely esteem it a system which without the finger of God never could have been suggested and agreed upon” he was writing in reference to

Lower South states include Virginia, North Carolina, and Kentucky.