People
War of 1812
Acts and Laws
Jefferson
Miscellaneous
100
Won the presidential election of 1800 after 36 votes in the House of Representatives.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
100
The last major conflict of the War of 1812.
What is the battle of New Orleans?
100
The legislation that hurt the U.S. economy during Jefferson's presidency.
What is the Embargo Act of 1807?
100
The year Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory from France.
When was 1803?
100
This power makes the judicial branch a stronger part of the national government.
What is judicial review?
200
The Chief Justice who wrote the Supreme Court's opinion that gave the Court the ability to check the power of the other branches of government.
Who is John Marshall?
200
Signed in Belgium on December 24, 1814 and ended the War of 1812.
What is the Treaty of Ghent?
200
John Adams used this act as a way to pack the courts with Federalist Judges.
What is the Judiciary Act of 1801?
200
The river that Lewis and Clark were instructed by Jefferson to explore.
What is the Missouri River?
200
He wrote the National Anthem.
Who is Francis Scott Key?
300
His southern expedition into Spanish Territory resulted in his arrest.
Who is Zebulon Pike?
300
The groups that encouraged Congress to declare war against Britain.
Who are War Hawks?
300
Americans were angered by this British practice of forcing people to serve in their army or navy.
What is impressment?
300
The port Jefferson offered to buy from Napoleon.
What is the port of New Orleans?
300
She guided explorers and acted as a translator on the Lewis and Clark expedition.
Who is Sacagawea?
400
Shawnee chief who hoped to unite American Indians in the Northwest Territory against the United States.
Who is Tecumseh?
400
Three important effects of the War of 1812.
What are the war encouraged the growth of U.S. manufacturing, weakened Native American resistance in the NW, and increased American pride?
400
An important Supreme Court case, because it confirmed the Court's power to declare acts of Congress illegal (unconstitutional.)
What is Marbury vs. Madison?
400
The reason that Jefferson was torn over his decision to purchase Louisiana.
What is because the Constitution did not give the president the power to buy land?
400
The reason Jefferson only served two terms as President of the United States.
What is because he was following the precedent set by George Washington?
500
The two leaders of the Corps of Discovery.
Who are Meriwether Lewis and William Clark?
500
During this attack, Dolley Madison saved valuable artifacts.
What is the British attack on Washington, D.C.?
500
The act that Marshall deemed unconstitutional while reviewing the Marbury vs. Madison case.
What is the Judiciary Act of 1789?
500
The natural boundaries to the east and west of the Louisiana Territory.
What are the Mississippi River to the east and the Rocky Mountains to the west?
500
A naval victory that was led by Oliver Perry during the War of 1812.
What is the Battle of Lake Erie?
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