CONSTITUTION
America's first national government
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This president issued the Farewell Address and the Proclamation of Neutrality
Who is George Washington?
This expansion of voting rights allowed most white men to vote regardless of property ownership.
What is expanding suffrage?
This Kentucky politician proposed the American System.
Who is Henry Clay?
The "Father of the Constitution."
Who is James Madison?
This rebellion showed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
What is Shays' Rebellion?
This rebellion tested the authority of the new federal government under Washington.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
This political movement supported the "common man" and expanded voting rights.
What is Jacksonian Democracy?
This tax on imported goods helped American businesses compete with foreign products.
What is a tariff?
This ordinance established a process for admitting new states into the Union.
What is the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
This compromise created a House of Representatives based on population and a Senate with equal representation.
What is the Great Compromise?
These acts passed during John Adams' presidency limited free speech and targeted immigrants.
What are the Alien and Sedition Acts?
This law forced Native Americans from their lands to make room for white settlers.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
This part of the American System promoted one national currency.
What is a National Bank?
This war during James Madison's presidency increased American nationalism.
What is the War of 1812?
This compromise counted enslaved people as three-fifths of a person for representation.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
This purchase doubled the size of the United States during Thomas Jefferson's presidency.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
The forced relocation of the Cherokee became known by this tragic name.
What is the Trail of Tears?
Roads and canals were designed to improve this activity among regions.
What is trade (transportation of goods)?
This doctrine claimed states could reject federal laws they believed unconstitutional.
What is nullification?
These essays written by Alexander Hamilton and James Madison supported ratification of the Constitution.
What are the Federalist Papers?
This foreign policy warned European nations to stay out of the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
This crisis involved South Carolina claiming it could reject federal laws it considered unconstitutional.
What is the Nullification Crisis?
The American System linked these three regions economically.
What are the North, South, and West?
This compromise ended the Nullification Crisis. Answer: What is Henry Clay's compromise tariff?
What is Henry Clay's compromise tariff?