Political Parties
Which political party favored a strong federal government, banking, manufacturing, and a loose interpretation of the Constitution?
Federalist Party
What enormous territory did Jefferson purchase from France in 1803 for approximately $15 million?
Louisiana Territory
Which president's administration became associated with the Era of Good Feelings?
James Monroe
Who served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and strengthened federal authority during the early 1800s?
John Marshall
What British practice involved forcibly taking sailors and placing them into the Royal Navy?
Impressment
What presidential election marked the first peaceful transfer of power between rival political parties?
Election of 1800
Which French leader authorized the sale of Louisiana to the United States?
Napoleon Bonaparte
What economic crisis in 1819 caused bank failures, foreclosures, and widespread financial hardship?
Panic of 1819
Which 1803 Supreme Court decision established judicial review?
Marbury v. Madison
Which 1807 law attempted to pressure Britain and France by largely prohibiting American overseas trade?
Embargo Act of 1807
Which constitutional amendment required separate electoral votes for president and vice president?
12th Amendment
Which two explorers led the Corps of Discovery between 1804 and 1806?
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
What agreement admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state?
Missouri Compromise
Which 1819 Supreme Court decision confirmed implied congressional powers and ruled that Maryland could not tax the national bank?
McCulloch v. Maryland
Which treaty, signed in 1814, ended the War of 1812 and largely restored prewar conditions?
Treaty of Ghent
Whose financial program, including a national bank and federal assumption of state debts, helped produce America's first party system?
Alexander Hamilton
What constitutional philosophy did Jefferson compromise when he purchased Louisiana?
Strict construction
What geographic latitude established the boundary restricting slavery in most of the remaining Louisiana Purchase territory?
36°30′ North
Which 1824 Supreme Court decision strengthened federal authority over interstate commerce involving steamboat operations?
Gibbons v. Ogden
Which 1819 treaty transferred Florida from Spain to the United States?
Adams–Onís Treaty
Which political leader feared that a powerful federal government could eventually destroy the republic's liberty?
Thomas Jefferson
Which major river made Louisiana strategically important to western farmers and Jefferson's agricultural republic?
Mississippi River
When Jefferson described the Missouri controversy as a "fire bell in the night," what growing national problem was he warning about?
Sectionalism over slavery, threatening the Union
Which political party's constitutional philosophy survived through Marshall Court decisions even after the party's political decline?
Federalist Party
What 1823 foreign-policy declaration warned European nations against establishing new colonies or intervening in independent nations of the Western Hemisphere?
Monroe Doctrine