Early American History
The United States of America won its independence from this country in 1783
Who is Great Britain?
Mrs. Zampier hates when students say this common, and extremely irritating, phrase
What is "Shut up?"
The acronym TWIN stands for this
What is trade restrictions, war hawks, impressment, and native american relationships
These types of policies takes place in the home country; laws passed and implemented that affect the people of that country
What are domestic policies?
A stop or ban on trade.
What is an embargo?
What is adding a Bill of Rights?
Mrs. Zampier was born in what year?
What is 1987?
Who are the War Hawks?
The system of rewarding friends/supporters with government jobs after winning an election
What is the spoils system?
Media that uses carefully crafted messages to manipulate people's actions and beliefs
What is propaganda?
This Compromise created a bicameral legislature, with one house based on representation and the other based on equality
What is the Great Compromise?
Mrs. Zampier says 'this' is the key to getting a good grade when writing an argumentative response/essay.
What is citing textual evidence?
The British action that forced Americans to end their neutrality, impose embargos, and eventually declare war on Great Britain.
What is impressment?
This state sought to nullify the "Tariff of Abominations" and threatened to leave the United States, creating the "Nullification Crisis"
What is South Carolina?
Doing away with a system or practice such as slavery.
What is Abolition?
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
These are the names, and ages, of Mrs. Zampier's children.
Leslie (15), Karl (11), Reagan (6)
The aftermath of this battle cemented (permanently causes) the alliance between the Native Americans and the British of the War of 1812.
What is the Battle of Tippecanoe?
This president beat out Andrew Jackson during the election of 1824.
Who is John Quincy Adams?
Formal separation from an alliance or federation
The 7 principles of democracy
What are limited government, popular sovereignty, republicanism, federalism, separation of powers, checks and balances, and individual rights?
Mrs. Zampier has one phobia - what is it?
The Star Spangled Banner, penned by Francis Scott Key, was composed after witnessing a British attack on what Maryland fort?
What is Fort McHenry?
Social, political, and economic causes of the Trail of Tears (describe one of each).
Social - what is hatred toward native americans, viewing them as less or savages?
Political - what is Jackson wanting frontier votes, passing the Indian Removal Act?
Economic - what is discovering gold, access to rivers, building railroads?
Excessive partiality for a specific place, province, or region
What is sectionalism?