Presidents
In his Farewell Address, he warned against foreign alliances and political parties
George Washington
The first woman's rights convention in U.S. history was held here in 1848
Seneca Falls
The first Constitution of the United States that was was proven weak by Shay's Rebellion because it created a weak National government that couldn't trade or collect tax.
Articles of Confederation
The formal withdrawal of a state from the Union
secession
The term for loyalty to the interests of your own region of the country and name the regions of the United States during the Civil War.
He is responsible for authoring the Declaration of Independence and organizing the Louisiana Purchase to expand the U.S.
Thomas Jefferson
Land purchased from Mexico in 1853 during the period of westward expansion
Gadsen Purchase
If a federal official commits a crime or acts improperly, the House of Representatives may formally charge that official. Name the process.
Impeachment
About 4,000 members of which Native American tribe died of cold, hunger or disease on the Trail of Tears
Cherokee
The policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants.
nativism
Which two signers of the Declaration of Independence went on to serve as president of the United States?
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
The Statue of Liberty was a gift from which country?
France
This is a legislative body with an upper and lower house.
Bicamerial Legislature
Support for the nation above regional interests
nationalism
This "real estate deal" from Napoleon doubled the size of the U.S.
Lousiana Purchase
A doctrine named after and proclaimed by the 5th President, which stated the United States would not tolerate European intervention in the Americas
Monroe Doctrine
The Wilmot Proviso proposed that slavery should be banned from here
Territories won from Mexico
How many sections were there in the originally ratified Constitution?
seven
This political party was anti-immigration and anti-Catholic and often relied on secret handshakes to confirm their legitimacy
Know-Nothing Party
This encouraged small landowners to settle in the Northwest Territories
Land Ordinance of 1785
Who was the shortest-serving United States president? He got sick and died 31 days into his term after being elected in 1841.
William Henry Harrison
DAILY DOUBLE
With the Proclamation Line of 1763, the British forbid American colonists from settling west of which natural barrier?
Appalachian Mountains
The amendment that lowered the voting age to 18.
26th Amendment
This branch is represented directly after the Preamble in the Constitution
This period came from the Latin phrase meaning "before the war"
Antebellum