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He was a leading Federalist, Washington's Secretary of Treasury, and killed by Aaron Burr
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
Agreement that ended the War of 1812
What is the Treaty of Ghent?
Site of the Continental Army's camp during the winter of 1777
What is Valley Forge?
Development of two parties, warned about in Washington's farewell address, and established before Washington left office
What is the Two-party System?
Government principle in which power is divided among different branches
What is Separation of Powers?
An opponent of the Constitution
What is an Antifederalist?
First ten amendments of the US Constitution, consisting of a formal list of citizens' rights & freedoms
What is the Bill of Rights?
Place of surrender by the British under General Cornwallis ending the American Revolution
What was Yorktown?
System in which each branch of government has the ability to limit the power of the other branches to prevent any from becoming too powerful
What is Checks & Balances?
Idea to end slavery immediately
What is Abolition?
Inventor of the cotton gin
Who is Eli Whitney?
Plan for a loose union of states under the authority of Congress
What were the Articles of Confederation?
Place of an astounding American victory and a turning point in the Revolutionary War
What is Saratoga?
What was the American System?
Religious movement in which individual responsibility for seeking salvation was emphasized
What was the 2nd Great Awakening?
Supporter of the Constitution
What is a Federalist?
Legislation sponsored by President Andrew Jackson which provided money for relocating Native Americans
What was the Indian Removal Act?
Land the United States bought from France that gave it control of the Mississippi River
What was the Louisiana Purchase?
A policy of US opposition to any European interference in the affairs of the western hemisphere
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
Treaty which gave control of the territory west of the Appalachian Mountains to the US
What was the Jay's Treaty?
President of the 2nd Continental Congress, first to sign the Declaration of Independence, and prominent Antifederalist
Who is John Hancock?
Series of agreements passed by Congress to maintain the balance of slave and free states
What was the Missouri Compromise?
Spain ceded all of Florida to the United States in this agreement
What is Federalism?
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court appointed by President Adams
Who was John Marshall?