The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, added in 1791 and consisting of a formal list of citizens' rights and freedoms
What is Bill of Rights?
100
This document is the supreme law of the United States and help established the basis for the American government
What is Constitution?
100
Commander of the French army and emperor of France.
What is the Jay Treaty?
100
1803 purchase of the territory from France. Made by Jefferson, this doubled the size of the US.
What is Louisiana Purchase?
100
A belief held by a nineteenth-century Americans that the United States was destined to take over all of the land between the East and West coast.
What is Manifest Destiny?
200
Consists of the President, Vice President, and Cabinet. It carries out and enforces the law.
What is Executive Branch?
200
Consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate. Main job is to make laws.
What is Legislative Branch?
200
Actions and stands that a nation takes in relation to other nations.
What is Foreign Policy?
200
2 candidates from the same party tie in electoral votes. Led to the passage of the 12th Amendment.
What is Election of 1800?
200
Texas declares themselves independent of Mexico.
What is 1836?
300
A belief that ultimate power resides in the people.
What is Popular Sovereignty?
300
A body of people representing the states of the US, who formally cast votes for the election of the president and vice president.
What is Electoral College?
300
Commander of the French army and emperor of France.
What is Napoleon?
300
An insult to the American delegation when they were supposed to be meeting French foreign minister, Talleyrand, but instead they were sent 3 officials
What is XYZ affair?
300
A congressional act that authorized the removal of Native Americans who lived east of the Mississippi River
What is Indian Removal Act?
400
A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power
What is Checks & Balances?
400
Under the Articles of Confederation each state received
What is one vote each?
400
Man that watched the all-night battle at Fort McHenry and showed his pride by writing the Star Spangled Banner what became the national Anthem.
What is Francis Scott Key?
400
Treaty that ended the war of 1812. Signed in Ghent, Belgium.
What is Treaty of Ghent?
400
People who went to California looking for Gold
What is Forty-Niners?
500
The Constitution is divided into 3 parts
What is Preamble, Articles, and Amendments?
500
Proposing an amendement involves
What is 2/3 vote in Congress?
500
Removed people from office in DC because he believed in rotation in office. Jackson saw rotation as more democratic.
What is Spoils System?
500
Made it a crime for anyone to speak out or write negatively about the President of the United States, members of Congress the federal government or federal laws.
What is Sedition Act?
500
In the 1860's travel along the Oregon Trail greatly decreased because of this