Chapter 5
What battle was the last battle of the American Revolution, when the Continental Army defeated the British in Virginia?
Battle of Yorktown
What person became Washington's first Secretary of the Treasury?
Alexander Hamilton
What group of congressmen argued for going to war with Great Britain to regain American honor?
Warhawks
Erie Canal
What political party was created to oppose the Democrats? They named themselves after the founding fathers.
Whigs
Valley Forge
What Supreme Court Case established the process of Judicial Review?
Marbury v. Madison
The Star Spangled Banner, a poem written by Francis Scott Key, was written in remembrance of the Battle of Fort McHenry, which occurred in what city?
Baltimore
Cyrus McCormick invented a farming device that helped improve farming out west?
Mechanical Reaper
What was considered the first battle of the American Revolution when minutemen and the British army fought in a town outside Boston?
Lexington
What group, led by Samuel Adams, carried out the Boston Tea Party?
Sons of Liberty
What treaty made the U.S. and Britain main trade partners in exchange for Britain leaving their forts in the Northwest Territories?
Jay's Treaty
William Henry Harrison defeated Tecumseh's brother and his forces at what battle in Indiana?
Battle of Tippecanoe
What was the name of the U.S. Law that forced Native Americans out west to specified territories, away from the American Southeast?
Indian Removal Act
What was the process in which British ships would take American sailors off their ships and force them to work on the British ones?
Impressment
What battle was considered the turning point in the American Revolution, a victory which brought France into the war on the colonies' side?
Battle of Saratoga
Shay's Rebellion, an armed uprising by former soldiers against debt collectors, occurred in what state?
Massachusetts
What Treaty ended the War of 1812?
Treaty of Ghent
What treaty gave Florida to the United States from Spain?
Adams-Onis Treaty
What was the name of the conflict in North Africa where the U.S. fought against the Regency of Tripoli?
Barbary Wars
What pamphlet, authored by Thomas Paine, argued that the United States needed to be independent from Britain?
Common Sense
What three people helped to write the Federalist Papers, which argued for the ratification of the new U.S. Constitution?
Jon Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison
The Lewis and Clark Expedition, which explored the Louisiana Purchase territory after it was bought, was officially called what? What was the official name of the mission?
Corps of Discovery
What U.S. state, in opposition to the Tariff of 1828, declared nullification, deeming the law unconstitutional?
South Carolina
What was the name of the document that Congress originally sent to King George, asking for peace, but was denied by the King?
Olive Branch Petition