Vocabulary 1
What term describes the economic theory that emphasizes government regulation of the economy to increase state power?
Answer: What is mercantilism?
100: What was the first battle of the American Revolutionary War?
Answer: What is Lexington and Concord?
What was the primary purpose of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803?
Answer: What is to expand U.S. territory?
What Supreme Court case established the principle of judicial review?
Answer: What is Marbury v. Madison?
He was involved in the XYZ affair and the sedition act
Who is John Adams
What is the term for a formal statement of the rights of the people, often seen in the context of the American Revolution?
Answer: What is a declaration?
Who wrote the pamphlet "Common Sense" advocating for independence from Britain?
Answer: Who is Thomas Paine?
Which policy warned European nations against further colonization in the Americas?
Answer: What is the Monroe Doctrine?
In which case did the Supreme Court rule that states could not tax federal institutions?
Answer: What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
Which President is associated with the New Deal?
Answer: Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
What word describes the period of time when the British colonies were largely self-governed before stricter control?
Answer: What is salutary neglect?
What treaty ended the Revolutionary War?
Answer: What is the Treaty of Paris (1783)?
What was the main outcome of the War of 1812 for the United States?
Answer: What is increased nationalism?
What case determined that slaves were not citizens and could not sue in federal court?
Answer: What is Dred Scott v. Sandford?
Which President authorized the Louisiana Purchase?
Answer: Who is Thomas Jefferson?
What term refers to the movement that advocated for the abolition of slavery?
Answer: What is abolitionism?
What act imposed taxes on paper goods and was one of the first direct taxes on the colonies?
Answer: What is the Stamp Act?
What was the economic policy that favored the interests of Northern manufacturers over Southern agriculture?
Answer: What is the American System?
Which case upheld the legality of "separate but equal" public facilities?
Answer: What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
Who was the President during the War of 1812?
Answer: Who is James Madison?
What term refers to the belief in the expansion of the United States across the American continents?
Answer: What is Manifest Destiny?
What was the name of the secret organization formed to oppose British policies?
Answer: What is the Sons of Liberty?
What legislation was passed to relocate Native Americans to lands west of the Mississippi River?
Answer: What is the Indian Removal Act?
What Supreme Court case reinforced the federal government's authority over interstate commerce?
Answer: What is Gibbons v. Ogden?
Which President issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
Answer: Who is Abraham Lincoln?