George Washington
An action or decision that sets an example for future presidents to follow, such as setting up a cabinet or stepping down after two terms.
What is a precedent?
John Adams represented this political party, which favored a strong central government, manufacturing, and a loose interpretation of the Constitution.
What was the Federalist Party?
Thomas Jefferson led this political party, which favored strong state governments, strict interpretation of the Constitution, and an agrarian (farming) economy.
What was the Democratic-Republican Party?
The U.S. purchased the Louisiana Territory from this European nation and its Emperor, Napoleon Bonaparte.
What was France?
Following the Louisiana Purchase in 1804, Congress divided the land into two regions: the District of Louisiana to the north, and this southern territory that would later become the state of Louisiana.
What was the Territory of Orleans?
Washington personally led 13,000 troops to suppress this 1794 Pennsylvania uprising, proving the federal government under the U.S. Constitution finally had the power to enforce its laws.
What was the Whiskey Rebellion
This 1797 foreign affair occurred when French agents demanded a bribe from American diplomats before negotiating, leading to the slogan "Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute!"
What was the XYZ Affair?
The two leaders were commissioned by president Jefferson in 1804 to explore and map the newly acquired Louisiana Purchase Territory to the Pacific Ocean.
Who were Meriwether Lewis and William Clark?
The total price the U.S. paid to purchase the Louisiana Territory in 1803, doubling the geographical size of the nation.
What was $15 million?
Appointed by Thomas Jefferson, he served as the first and only Territorial Governor of the Territory of Orleans (and later Louisiana's first state governor).
Who was William C. C. Claiborne?
Negotiated with Spain in 1795, this treaty granted Americans free navigation of the Mississippi River and the "right of deposit" in New Orleans.
What was Pickney's Treaty?
Passed by Federalists during Adams' presidency, these controversial acts restricted freedom of speech/press and allowed the government to deport non-citizens.
What were the Alien and Sedition Acts?
Jefferson hesitated to buy the Louisiana Territory because he believed in this philosophy. This did not explicitly state that a president could buy foreign land.
What is a strict interpretation of the Constitution?
This primary geographic feature served as the vital commercial trade route for western American farmers to send goods down.
What was the Mississippi River?
The uprising in the Territory of Orleans, led by Charles Deslondes, stands as the largest slave revolt in United States history.
What was the 1811 German Coast Uprising?
In his Farewell Address, Washington urged Americans to steer clear of those two specific political dangers.
What are political parties and permanent foreign alliances?
Written by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in response to Adams' policy, these state documents argued that states had the right to nullify unconstitutional federal laws.
What were the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions?
Passed in 1807 to avoid war with Great Britain and France, this disastrous law banned all foreign American trade, crippling New Orleans and Atlantic shipping ports.
What was the Embargo Act of 1807?
In 1806, President Jefferson dispatched this "Grand Expedition" led by a scientist and surveyor to explore the Red River, but it was intercepted and turned back by Spanish troops in present-day Texas/Oklahoma.
What was the Freeman-Custis Expedition (or Red River Expedition of 1806)?
Before the Adams-Onís Treaty fixed boundaries, western Louisiana had a lawless buffer zone known as the Neutral Ground, while settlers in Spanish territory east of the Mississippi rebelled in 1810 to form this short-lived independent republic.
What was the Republic of West Florida (or West Florida)?
Signed in 1789, this landmark act of Congress created the 3-tiered federal court system, including district courts, circuit courts, and the Supreme Court.
What was the Judiciary Act of 1789?
The undeclared naval war fought between the United States and France from 1798 to 1800 over shipping rights during Adams' presidency.
What was the Quasi-War?
The landmark 1803 Supreme Court case decided during Jefferson's term established the principle of Judicial Review.
What was Marbury vs Madison?
In 1804, President Jefferson commissioned this Natchez scientist and his partner to lead an expedition up the Ouachita River to explore southern Louisiana and study the Hot Springs in present-day Arkansas.
Who was William Dunbar? (or What was the Dunbar-Hunter Expedition?)
On April 30, 1812, the Territory of Orleans officially achieved statehood, entering the Union as this numerical state.
What was the 18th State?