First Democratic Republican president. Believed that the best type of citizen was educated farmers.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
100
In this war the Presidential Mansion was burned down and the Americans won a heroic (if unnecessary) victory at New Orleans.
What is the War of 1812?
100
Prohibited vessels from leaving American ports for foreign ports for the purpose of trade. Harmed the American economy while having little effect on the intended targets of Britain and France.
What is the Embargo Act of 1807?
100
Rebellion that began over the taxation of whiskey.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
200
Emperor of France who sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States in order to fund his European Wars.
British recruitment tactic of forcing civilians into service into the Royal British Navy.
What is Impressment?
200
A series of acts passed by the Federalist controlled government which were intended to suppress Democratic Republican power and limit criticism of the Adams administration.
What are the Alien and Sedition Acts?
200
Emphasized the importance of educating white women in the values of liberty and independence.
What is Republican Motherhood?
300
Vice-President who shot Alexander Hamilton in a duel.
Who is Aaron Burr?
300
This French minister was sent to the United States to mobilize support for the French Republic.
Who is Citizen Genet?
300
First 10 amendments to the US Constitution. Intended to protect the liberty of citizens.
What is the Bill of Rights?
300
Meeting of High Federalists to discuss ways they could regain power.
What is the Hartford Convention?
400
Influential Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. A Federalist who expanded the power of the Supreme Court by solidifying the concept of judicial review in American law.
Who is John Marshall?
400
Attempted to halt fraudulent land transaction between private American citizens and Native American tribes.
What is the Indian Intercourse Act (Nonintercourse Act)?
400
Admitted Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state. Intended to maintain balance between the number of free and slave states.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
400
Era in American politics that saw the end to the bitter rivalry between the Federalist and Democratic Republican Parties after the death of the Federalist Party.
What is the Era of Good Feelings?
500
Important Democratic Republican from Kentucky whose American System proposed that the US should become free from economic dependence on Europe.
Who is Henry Clay?
500
Diplomatic episode that caused tension between the Americans and the French. The French refused to meet diplomatically with the Americans until they were given bribes and loans.
What is the XYZ Affair?
500
Declared that the American Continents were closed to future colonization by European powers.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
500
Invention that transformed cotton into a tremendously profitable business.