Women
What name do historians give to the women who helped found our nation?
Founding Mothers
What machine caused slavery to grow much more quickly and increased the speed of cotton production?
The Cotton Gin
Name 1 of the 2 things George Washington said the US should stay out of/not do.
(Daily Double if you can name both)
Interfere/Get involved with Europe and/or Political Parties/Factions
What is it called when a country avoids alliances or wars?
Neutral/Neutrality
What was the name of the rebellion that had to be suppressed in response to a new tax under George Washington?
Hint: Named after a popular alcohol/liquor
Whiskey Rebellion
What is one job women might do in the Early Republic?
Textiles/Mills, Sell goods at markets, Manage Servants/Enslaved workers
What type of work did most enslaved people do in the South?
Field Labor/Farming
The __________ Affair, involved our 2nd President, John Addams, dealing with French spies who were bribing US politicians.
(Hint: Three sequential letters in the alphabet)
The XYZ Affair
What was the issue of Britain and France "stealing" US sailors and forcing them to join their navy's called?
This was a major foreign policy issue for all early presidents
Impressment
Who created the National Bank system/plan?
Alexander Hamilton
What was the name of the female, African American poet who argued strongly for America's fight for independence, and against the stereotypes of women and African Americans compared to and made by white men?
Hint: We analyzed her poem in class
Phillis Wheatley
What was the name of the movement or a person who argued for the ending of slavery and the slave trade?
Abolitionist
Who was our 3rd US president and was in office for the War of 1812?
James Madison
What major US landmark was destroyed during the War of 1812?
Daily Double: How was it destroyed?
The White House
What kind of labor did Thomas Jefferson want the economy based on: farming or industry?
Farming
Finish the following quote from Abigail Adams to her husband (and future president) John Adams while he was contributing to the Continental Congress before the war: "Remember the _______________."
Double Points if you can explain what she meant by this
Remember the ladies.
Double Points: Don't forget about women's needs and efforts for our future country while making it's rules/structures
What medium/style of writing did Phillis Wheatley use for her activism in challenging stereotypes?
Poetry
Our 3rd president purchased the territory of Louisiana for cheap and doubled the size of the United States, who was this?
Thomas Jefferson
Which country was sending agents/spies to bribe US officials during the XYZ affair?
France
At first, what power did Congress not have?
(Hint: Has to do with collecting money)
The Power to Tax
___________________ Motherhood was the idea that women should have kids, specifically sons, and raise them to be __________________ (loyal to and proud of the USA).
(Half points for 1 correct answer)
Republican; patriots/patriotic
Which compromise/agreement was made to keep the South happy about their political power (based on populations) and counted African Americans as a fraction of a person?
3/5's Compromise
Who was our 5th president? He created the foreign policy that the US would use into the 1900s.
James Monroe
The Monroe Doctrine would define US foreign policy well into the 1900's. What was the basic idea?
Europe stays out of/doesn't interfere with the Americas, America stays out of/doesn't interfere with Europe
What was the main debate over the National Bank really about— federal or state power?
Federal power