Important People
Vocabulary I
Vocabulary II
Important Events/Documents
Miscellaneous
100
This was the name of the nation's first president's wife.
Who is Martha Washington?
100
This is a body of electors who represent each state's vote in choosing the president.
What is an electoral college?
100
This is the term for people who buy items at low prices int he hope that the value will rise.
What are speculators?
100
On August 20, 1794, Native Americans fought Wayne's troops in this battle.
What is the Battle of Fallen Timbers?
100
This Treaty gave the United States claim to most Indian lands in the Northwest Territory.
What is the Treaty of Greenville?
200
This man disagreed vehemently with Hamilton on most issues but eventually became President of the United States.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
200
This is an action or decision that later serves as an example.
What is a precedent?
200
This term means that the federal government cant ake reasonable actions that the constitution does not specifically forbid.
What is loose construction?
200
This uprising was a result of a tax being placed on whiskey.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
200
Groups that help elect people and shape policies are known as this.
What are political parties?
300
This man was the Native American chief during the conflict in the Northwest.
Who is Chief Little Turtle?
300
This act created three levels of federal courts and defined their powers and relationshipt ot he state courts.
What is the Judiciary Act of 1789?
300
The country's first national bank was called this.
What is the Bank of the United States?
300
This treaty settled the disputes that had arisen between the United State and Great Britain in the early 1790s.
What is Jay's Treat?
300
The French demand for a bribe became known as this.
What is the XYZ affair?
400
This man presented the Neutrality Proclomation to Congress.
Who is George Washington?
400
This is the term given to money owed by the United States to other nations.
What is the national debt?
400
This is the term for private ships that were hired by a country to attack its enemies.
What are privateers?
400
This document stated that the United States would not take sides with any european countries that were at war.
What is the Neutrality Proclomation?
400
In 1798, the Federalist-controlled Congress passed four laws known together as this.
What are the Alien and Sedition Acts?
500
The conflict in the Northwest was eventually won by the Americans under the lead of this General.
Who is General Anthony Wayne?
500
These are certificates of debt that carry a promise to buy back bonds at a higher place.
What is a bond?
500
This treaty settled the border and trade disputes with Spain.
What is Pinckney's Treaty?
500
This was the name given to a rebellion of French people against their king in 1789.
What is the French Revolution?
500
The documents that argued that the Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional.
What are the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions?
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