Lesson 11
What state let women vote prior to the year 1808?
New Jersey.
What was Washigton’s policy of avoiding alliances with other countries called?
Isolationism.
Who wrote a poem about the defense of Fort McHenry and a certain flag that withstood the battle?
Francis Scott Key.
Who was the first president for the people?
Andrew Jackson
What British General led a group of British soldiers through the harsh terrain of America on accident during the American Revolution?
General John Burgoyne.
What amendment, passed in 1804, made so the Electoral College had to separate ballots for the president and vice president?
The Twelfth Amendment.
What was the name of the Treaty that was signed with Great Britain because they wouldn’t leave the Ohio valley? It was named after the man who signed it.
The Jay Treaty.
What was the popular nickname given to the federal government after the War of 1812?
Uncle Sam
What state threatened to leave the US over tariff laws?
South Carolina
At what city did General Gage and British soldiers destroy a small group of minutemen before heading to Concord?
Lexington
Who was president when the construction of the White House began?
John Adams
What country declared war on the United States because the United States weren’t paying the demanded tribute?
Tripoli.
What was the name of the time when James Monroe was president?
The Era of Good Feelings.
What was the name of the removal of Cherokee from Georgia to Indian Territory in 1838 and 1839?
The Trail of Tears.
What Amendment respects the privacy of people’s homes?
The Third Amendment
What were laws that federalists passed in Congress that made it harder for republicans to vote?
The Alien and Sedition Acts.
What country’s colonies rebelled against them and declared independence, and the group of colonies were known as Latin America?
Spain
Who proposed a new national bank to standardize currency and provide credit?
Henry Clay.
What was the name of the law that made it so Americans could relocate Indians to a different location?
The Indian Removal Act.
What was the name given to the first English colony?
Jamestown
What was it called when farmers revolted against tax collectors because of excessive taxes on transported goods, especially whiskey?
The Whiskey Rebellion.
What was the name of the battle with the US and Native Americans where the US discovered that Great Britain was supplying the Natives with weapons?
The battle of Tippecanoe Creek.
Who was the frontiersman that said tall tales about his life as a hunter, soldier, and explorer?
Davy Crockett.
What was the name given to a group of American Indians who started to adopt many American ways of life and government?
The Five Civilized Tribes.
What was the name given to the killing of innocent colonists in Massachusetts?
The Boston Massacre