Early Presidents
This leader set the precedent of serving only two terms and warned against political parties.
Who is George Washington?
This 1803 purchase from France dramatically expanded U.S. territory westward.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
An early uprising in colonial Virginia led by frontier settlers against the government.
What is Bacon's Rebellion?
This war was fought against Britain over trade restrictions and impressment.
What is the War of 1812?
This agreement counted enslaved people as three-fifths of a person for representation and taxation.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
He doubled the size of the United States with a major land deal in 1803.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This agreement gave the U.S. control of Florida from Spain.
What is the Adams-Onís Treaty?
Debt-ridden farmers protested taxes in Massachusetts after the American Revolution.
What is Shays' Rebellion?
A dispute over tariffs led one state to threaten leaving the Union.
What is the Nullification Crisis?
This 1820 agreement banned slavery north of 36°30′ latitude in the Louisiana Territory.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
This president faced a controversial war with Britain during his time in office.
Who is James Madison?
This independent republic joined the United States in 1845.
What is the Annexation of Texas?
This protest tested the strength of the new federal government over a whiskey tax.
What is Whiskey Rebellion?
This policy and series of events forced Native Americans off their land in the 1830s.
What is Indian Removal?
This law allowed territories to decide slavery by popular vote, effectively undoing the Missouri Compromise line.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Known for expanding democracy but also for controversial policies toward Native Americans.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
This treaty with Britain set the U.S.-Canada border at the 49th parallel.
What is the Oregon Treaty?
A violent slave uprising in Virginia that led to harsher slave laws.
What is Nat Turner's Rebellion?
This war with Mexico resulted in major territorial gains for the U.S.
What is the Mexican-American War?
This issue repeatedly forced the U.S. to compromise because it divided the North and South more than anything else.
What is slavery?
This president announced a policy warning Europe to stay out of the Western Hemisphere.
Who is James Monroe?
This agreement ended a war and gave the U.S. large amounts of land in the Southwest.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
A movement in Rhode Island pushed to expand voting rights beyond property owners.
What is Dorr Rebellion?
Violence in this territory showed how divided the nation had become over slavery.
What is Bleeding Kansas?
This meeting in Philadelphia produced the framework of the U.S. government through multiple compromises.
What is the Constitutional Convention?