This prohibited colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains and marked the end of Salutary Neglect
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
100
The main purpose of this piece of Federalist legislation under John Adams was to silence and punish critics of the Federalist party
What are the Alien & Sedition Acts?
100
This system under Andrew Jackson resulted in the appointment of many corrupt and incompetent officials to federal jobs
What is the Spoils System?
100
The first and only president of the Confederacy(South).
Who is Jefferson Davis?
200
Unlike Separatists, Puritans remained
Members of this
What is the Church of England?
200
John Adams successfully defended the perpetrators of this horrific event and Patriot leaders used it as propaganda against the British Crown
What is the Boston Massacre?
200
The Federalist use of the "elastic clause" symbolized this view of the Constitution
What is a loose interpretation of the Constitution?
200
The Nullification Crisis over which Tarriff was instigated by this state.
What is the state of South Carolina & the Tarriff of Abominations or the Tarriff of 1828?
200
This event in 1861 marked the beginning of hostilities (war) between the North and South AND which other event was the first major battle of the Civil War in 1861?
What is Fort Sumter and the First Battle of Bull Run?
300
This was England’s prevailing economic philosophy of the 1600s that held that colonies existed to serve the mother country.
What is mercantilism?
300
These two Pre-Revolutionary movements shared a message of questioning established authority. Name at least one of them
What is the 1st Great Awakening or the Enlightenment?
300
His economic program included a national bank, assumption of state debts, and a tariff
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
300
This was the “glue” that held the Whig Party together in its formative days.
This issue caused the Whig Party to disintegrate
What is their hatred of Andrew Jackson?
What is slavery?
300
-advanced weaponry
-disease from unhealthy living conditions
-infection from poor medical practices
What are the reasons for high casualties in the Civil War?
400
The first representative assembly in Virginia that contained many of the First Families of Virginia
What is the House of Burgesses?
400
The British Parliament passed this act in order to raise money to support new military forces needed for colonial defense
What is the Stamp Act?
400
President Washington realized that permanent alliances would endanger the future of the United States and warned against them in his Farewell Address. He also warned about the dangers of these...
What are political parties?
400
His close relationship with Henry Clay contributed to Andrew Jackson’s hatred of the Bank of the United States.
Who is Nicholas Biddle?
400
Document issued by Abraham Lincoln declaring all slaves in the confederate states to be free which also changed the purpose of the war
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
500
This practice admitted to baptism, but not full membership, the unconverted children of existing members of the Church.
What is the Halfway Covenant?
500
Before 1763, this set of British
legislation was only loosely
enforced in the American colonies
What are the Navigation Acts or Navigation Laws?
500
This insurrection, which dealt with the foreclosures on the farms of backcountry farmers in Massachusetts, convinced many Americans of the need for a stronger central government.
What is Shays’ Rebellion?
500
John Quincy Adams was charged by his political opponents with having struck a “corrupt bargain” when he appointed which man as Secretary of State following which election.
Who is Henry Clay in the election of 1824
500
3 day battle in Pennsylvania in which 1/3 of Lee's army was defeated, turning the war in favor of the North.