Famous Figures
This president was responsible for the Louisiana Purchase.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This is the practice that allows federal courts to decide if laws are constitutional.
What is judicial review?
This land acquisition doubled the size of the United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This event led to British troops setting fire to Washington D.C.
What is the War of 1812?
This was the political party of Alexander Hamilton and John Adams.
What is the Federalist party?
This person saved Gilbert Stuart's iconic painting of George Washington from being destroyed in the White House fire.
Who is Dolley Madison?
This Supreme Court decision established judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
This was the French secret agents' attempted bribery of American diplomats.
What is the XYZ Affair?
This was an uprising by Pennsylvania farmers protesting a tax they thought was unfair.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
This political party supported France during their revolution.
What are the Republicans?
This Native American leader called for military action against U.S. expansion.
Who is Tecumseh?
This legislation gave the President the power to deport citizens of other countries and gave the government the right to imprison its critics.
What is the Alien and Sedition Act?
This practice involved forcing people into military service.
What is impressment?
These were resolutions stating that the states had the right to judge whether a federal law agreed with the Constitution.
What are the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions?
This is a general term for a restriction on trade.
What is an embargo?
This individual was the first Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Who is John Jay?
The Alien and Sedition Acts were passed under this president.
Who is John Adams?
This treaty temporarily prevented war with Britain and upset Democratic Republicans.
What is Jay's Treaty?
This term means states could declare a federal law unconstitutional, declaring it "null and void."
What is nullification?
In this address, Washington warned about a two political party system.
What is the Farewell Address?
Their mission was to gather information about natural resources west of the Mississippi.
Who are Lewis and Clark?
This was Jefferson's unpopular and unsuccessful response to the war between Britain and France.
What is the Embargo Act of 1807?
This agreement ended the war with the British in 1814.
What is the Treaty of Ghent?
He was the commander of American troops at the Battle of New Orleans.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
This is an area in which Native Americans were forced to live after losing their homeland.
What is a reservation?