Early US History Unit 2 Review Fall 2026 | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

English 55 Public

This game reviews the content from Unit 2 in Early U.S. History

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This concept is defined as the effort to eliminate slavery and the movement was born in the Jacksonian Era of reform.

abolition

10

This territory pictured here became part of the United States by an agreement with France and Napoleon.

Lousiana Purchase

10

Pictured here this is the name given to the trans-Atlantic voyage of enslaved persons to the Western Hemisphere.

Middle Passage

10

This individual became president and considered himself representative of the "common man" and revolutionized the presidency by using executive powers like no president had before him.

Andrew Jackson

10

This diplomatic event which occurred during John Adams's presidency involved French diplomats attempting to bribe American officials and led to an unofficial (quasi) war between the two countries.

XYZ Affair

15

This individual initiated the tradition of presidents limiting their time in office to two four-year terms.

George Washington

10

This Supreme Court case is significant because it claimed the power of judicial review, which states that the Supreme Court has the power to declare laws passed by Congress unconstitutional.

Marbury v. Madison

15

This concept is pictured here.

Triangular Trade

5

This is one of the Jacksonian Era reforms and is the reason for the existence of Westside High School.

public education

10

This presidential power was used by President Jackson more than all of the other six presidents before him combined.

veto power

10

American authors like Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau created a unique style of literature largely tied to nature. This literary movement is better known as _________.

Transdendentalism

15

This law made it illegal to criticize a national government official and it was passed as a means of crushing any dissent to Federalist politicians. Jeffersonians argued that it violated the 1st Amendment.

Sedition Act

15

This famous event is pictured here.

Trail of Tears

10

This political party, formed in the early years of the nation, and led by Alexander Hamilton, sought to create a stronger national government and believed that the future of the American economy was going to be based on manufacturing.

Federalist Party

10

President Jackson sought to destroy this institution prior to leaving office because he thought it only benefitted wealthy businessmen.

2nd Bank of the United States (or the National Bank)

10

Routes and the journey taken by runaway slaves to northern states or Canada in an effort to gain freedom are better known by THIS term.

underground railroad

10