Washington
Washington set the presidential example of stepping down after serving this many terms.
What are two terms?
John Adams belonged to this political party, which favored a strong national government.
What are the Federalists
Thomas Jefferson was a founder of this political party.
What is the Democratic-Republican Party?
Madison is credited with writing these first 10 amendments that protect individual freedoms.
What is the Bill of Rights?
The famous name of the period during James Monroe's presidency.
What is the "Era of Good Feelings"?
The group of advisors that helps the president make major decisions, first created by George Washington.
What is the cabinet?
Known as the first example of a peaceful transfer of power in the U.S., Adam's lost his re-election campaign in this famous event.
What is the Election of 1800?
In 1803, Thomas Jefferson doubled the size of the United States by making this massive land deal with France.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This conflict, fought against Great Britain during Madison’s presidency, sparked a major wave of American nationalism.
What is the War of 1812?
Strong feelings of support and pride for one's country.
What is Nationalism?
As Treasury Secretary under Washington, he created an economic plan that included taking on state debts and establishing a National Bank.
Who is Alexander Hamilton
Federalist employees appointed by Adams in the final moments of his presidency to keep control of the courts.
Who are the Midnight Judges?
This major Supreme Court case during Jefferson's presidency established the power of judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
This secret meeting of New England Federalists protesting the War of 1812 ruined their party's reputation.
What is the Hartford Convention?
This policy warned European powers to stay out of the Western Hemisphere and stop starting new colonies.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
Washington issued this policy in 1793, declaring that the U.S. would not take sides in the war between Britain and France.
What is Neutrality
These controversial laws passed under Adams made it easier to deport immigrants and restricted free speech.
What are the Alien & Sedition Acts?
Unlike the Federalists, Jefferson favored this idea of reading the Constitution as it was written to guide his decision-making.
What is strict construction?
The British practice of kidnapping American sailors and forcing them into naval service.
What is Impressment?
To keep the balance of free and slave states, this agreement outlawed the practice of slavery in the North and allowed it in the South.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
This tax protest on alcohol tested the power of the new government under Washington.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion
This foreign policy scandal involved French agents demanding a bribe from American diplomats.
What is the XYZ Affair?
This controversial 1807 law banned all foreign trade to avoid war, accidentally crushing the U.S. economy.
What is the Embargo Act?
This 1814 peace treaty officially ended the War of 1812.
What is the Treaty of Ghent?
This event was the first major economic crash in the U.S.
What is the Panic of 1819?