Wars & Battles
Who the US fought in the War of 1812.
Who is Britain?
The invention which increased the rate at which grain could be harvested.
What is the reaping machine?
Who is France?
The name of the American foreign policy that called for Europe to no longer involve itself in the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
The nickname given by Andrew Jackson for the Election of 1824.
What is the corrupt bargain?
The battle in which William Henry Harrison led US troops to victory against Native Americans in Illinois.
What is the Battle of Tippecanoe?
The first official federal highway.
What is the National Road?
The native American tribe forcefully removed via the Trail of Tears.
Who are the Cherokee?
The president who served the shortest administration in history.
Who is William Henry Harrison?
The party all 4 candidates were affiliated with in the Election of 1824.
What is Democratic-Republican?
The term for the wars the US fought with the Muslim kingdoms of North Africa.
What are the Barbary Wars?
The manufacturing process created by Eli Whitney that allowed for identical parts that were easily replaceable.
What are interchangeable parts?
The fort established by the Lewis & Clark expedition.
What is Fort Clatsop?
The name for the 4 acts passed collectively due to paranoia about France.
What are the Alien & Sedition Acts?
The party that formed in opposition to Andrew Jackson's administration.
What is the Whig Party?
The native American tribe in Florida that Andrew Jackson led US troops against.
Who are the Seminoles?
What Robert Fulton invented.
What is the Clermont steamboat?
The 3 components of the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
1- MO admitted as a slave state
2- ME admitted as a free state
3- slavery outlawed above the 36'30 parallel in the LA territory
The 3 new executive departments created by Washington.
1- War
2- Treasury
3- State
The nickname for Andrew Jackson's system of replacing officeholders.
What is the Spoils System?
2 of the 3 causes for the War of 1812.
1- Britain was issuing blockades
2- Britain was seizing American ships
3- Britain was impressing our soldiers
The 4 kinds of new roads created and used during the Transportation Revolution.
1- cobblestone
2- plank
3- corduroy
4- macadam
The purpose of the Specie Circular.
What is requiring land sales to be conducted in gold or silver instead of paper money?
The 4 components of Hamilton's Financial Plan.
1- repay state debts
2- repay war debts
3- raise money through taxes
4- establish a national bank
The 2 political parties that were formed from the splitting of the Democratic-Republicans.
What are the National Republicans and the Democratic Party?