Economic
Foreign Affairs
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Miscellaneous
100
This act, under Jefferson, prohibited American merchant ships from sailing to any foreign port, hoping to hurt Britain, but backfiring
What is The Embargo Act?
100
We were able to purchase this territory from Napoleon because he turned his attention to his battles in Europe.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
100
This man said "That government is best which governs least."
Who is Thomas Paine?
100
Who was the first president of the U.S.?
Who is George Washington?
100
This president was the first to visit all fifty states
Who is Nixon?
200
The Tariff of 1828, or Tariff of Abominations, led to John C. Calhoun to propose this theory
What is the Nullification theory?
200
In this treaty Britain agreed to evacuate its posts on the US western frontier, but it still didn’t accomplish its intended goal.
What is The Jay Treaty?
200
"And so my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you- ask what you can do for your country" was said by this president
Who is John F. Kennedy?
200
Before he was president, he was an actor and governor of California, kind of like Arnold Schwatzeneger
Who is Ronald Reagan?
200
This number of states has a law against dancing to the "Star Spangled Banner"
What is seven?
300
Paper money not backed by specie issued during war by the federal government was called this
What are Greenbacks?
300
In this affair, in order to negotiate, French officials wanted to bribe American delegates
What is the XYZ Affair?
300
In his first Inaugural Address, FDR said this famous quote
What is "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself"?
300
This president won in a "corrupt bargain"
Who is John Quincy Adams?
300
Who averaged one patent for every three weeks of his life?
Who is Thomas Edison?
400
In the 1980s, the type of economics that argued that tax cuts reduced government spending and would increase investment by the private sector and lead to increased production, jobs, and prosperity was called this.
What is supply-side economics or "Reaganomics"?
400
Americans promised not to invade Cuba if the Soviet Union promised to remove its nuclear weapons in this affair.
What is The Cuban Missile Crisis?
400
Who shouted "Give me Liberty, or give me Death!"
Who is Patrick Henry?
400
Andrew Jackson’s nickname was what?
What is Old Hickory?
400
"When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow," is the first line of what great American novel?
What is To Kill A Mockingbird?
500
In June 1930, President Hoover passed this tariff, which set tax increases ranging from 31% to 49% on foreign imports
What is the Hawley-Smoot Tariff?
500
This man, McKinley’s Secretary of State, sent the notes for the Open Door Policy in China
Who is John Hay?
500
This man said "Never leave that till to-morrow which you can do to-day"
Who is Ben Franklin?
500
He was the first unelected president of the United States
Who is Gerald Ford?
500
This man designed President Washington's false teeth
Who is Paul Revere?
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