Washington
Adams/Misc.
Jefferson
Madison/Monroe
Misc.
100
Hamilton's Plan to Improve U.S. Economy
- Assume and pay debts
- ???
- Tax on Whiskey
- Protective Tariffs
What action best completes the list?
establish a national bank
100
Why would today's Supreme Court be likely to strike down the Sedition Act as unconstitutional?
It violates the 1st Amendment; freedom of press and speech
100
- Purchased in 1803 by President Thomas Jefferson
- Acquired from France by the United States
- Doubled the size of the United States territory
What land acquisition is being described above?
Louisiana Purchase
100
What action completes this graphic organizer?
British Impressment of U.S. Sailors
100
List some domestic issues faced by the leaders of the new republic...
Whiskey Rebellion,
Formation of the Bank
Alien and Sedition Acts
Marbury v. Madison
Louisiana Purchase
War of 1812
200
1794 Protest in Western Pennsylvania against a federal tax...
What DOMESTIC event is being described above?
Whiskey Rebellion
200
"A diplomatic conflict in 1797-1798, where three French diplomats demanded bribes from American diplomats to begin peace talks..."
What FOREIGN event is being described above?
XYZ Affair
200
An 1807 law that banned American ships from trading with foreign countries to avoid conflict during European wars...
What DOMESTIC event is being described above?
Embargo Act of 1807
200
"The American continents ...are henceforth not be considered as subjects for future colonization by any Europeans powers."
The speech was announcing the...
Monroe Doctrine
200
Why did many farmers, artisans and former Anti-Federalists support the Democratic-Republican Party?
-Favored states' rights, rights of the common man
300
Disagreements between Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson and Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton led to...
the establishment of the of the first U.S. political parties
300
Laws passed in 1798 that increased the power to deport foreigners and made it illegal to criticize the government...
What DOMESTIC event is being described above?
Alien and Sedition Acts
300
Judicial Review means that that courts can...
strike down any law that the courts deem unconsitutional
300
How did the War of 1812 most affect the U.S. economy?
Disruption in trade led to domestic industrial growth
300
A military conflict between the United States and Great Britain sparked by trade restrictions, the forced enlistment of American sailors into the British navy, and British support for Native American resistance.
War of 1812
400
"In regard to foreign nations is in extending our commercial relations to have with them as little political connection as possible..."
What is the source for the direct quote above?
George Washington's Farewell Address
400
What is a major problem that George Washington encountered when he became president?
The United States had large debts from the American Revolution.
400
The decision of Marbury v Madison was significant in U.S. History because it...
established the practice of Judicial Review by the Supreme Court
400
The U.S. foreign policy illustrated in this cartoon was intended to...
to prevent further European colonization in the western hemisphere
400
The organization of the first U.S. political parties resulted in large part from disagreements over which issue?
The formation of the National Bank
500
Why did Alexander Hamilton think a national bank would strengthen the central government?
The bank would help provide stability for the U.S. economy.
500
- In the New England region, A decline in foreign trade damaged the commercial shipping industry.
- In the West, Wheat and corn prices dropped as supplies flooded the domestic market.
- In the South, Planters suffered financial losses because surplus tobacco and cotton could not be exported.
What FOREIGN policy could be having the effects described above on the American economy?
Embargo Act of 1807
500
- Plessy v. Ferguson required racial separation in public facilities in 1896.
- In 1955, Brown v. Board of Education overturned Plessy vs. Ferguson by ruling racial separation to be unconstitutional.
Which legal principle below is described by the events above?
Judicial Review
500
- Renewed sense of nationalism
- Economic prosperity
- Expansion westward
- Political harmony
What is the era of history being described above?
The Era of Good Feelings
500
What event is the best example of an early U.S. struggle to define the domestic authority of the central government?
Whiskey Rebellion