AUS History

Presidential

100

The Louisiana Purchase was made under this president

Thomas Jefferson

200

This President offered major warnings in his farewell address

George Washington

300

This President is attributed for being responsible for a "political revolution", largely because of his expansion of voting rights to include all white men aged over 21

Andrew Jackson

400

Jefferson went all-in on the Non-Importation Act and Embargo Act of 1807 in order to coerce these nations

France & Britain

500

These four citizens held the original four cabinet positions created by George Washington

Secretary of State: Thomas Jefferson

Secretary of the Treasury: Alexander Hamilton

Secretary of War: Henry Knox

Attorney General: Edmund Randolph

Tariffs & Trade

100

This canal helped reduce the cost of transporting goods, as well as people, westward in upstate New York

Erie Canal

200

This war was the result of British restrictions on U.S. trading & imprisonment of U.S. sailors

War of 1812

300

These legislative pieces, passed in 1789, attempted to pay back debt accrued by the United States after the Revolutionary War

The Tariff & Tonnage Acts

400

These three goals were the main purpose of the First National Bank of the United States

Collect Taxes & Pay Bills

Short Term Loans

Manage monetary policy by only accepting solid banknotes

500

These three steps were part of the "American System of 1824" plan outlined by the Whig party in order to keep the United States in a strong position domestically

Protective Tariffs, National Banking, Internal/Infrastructure Improvements

A Versus B

100

These two major political parties were represented in the second presidential election

Democrat-Republicans & Federalists

200

This amendment changed the voting system to allow for each ballot to be casted independently for President and Vice President

12th Amendment

300

This legislation created a line in the U.S. border preventing slave states from being created above a particular latitudinal line

Missouri Compromise

400

These two fundamental philosophical differences separated Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton

Loose vs. Strict Constructivism

Implicit vs. Explicit Powers

500

The 1824 election was determined by this secret deal, constructed to deliver the presidency to John Quincy Adams when no single candidate won a majority of electoral votes

The Corrupt Bargain

Terrible Synergy

100

This crop, grown in the South, was the primary material for textiles and a major part of Southern economy

Cotton

200

This inventor created the Cotton Gin

Eli Whitney

300

Andrew Jackson called this man "Father of American Manifacturers" for bringing over designs that turned cotton into textiles

Samuel Slater

400

These four components make up the Terrible Synergy

Invention, Economics, Expansion, & Legislation

500

This tariff, first introduced in 1816, incentivized domestic production heavily over foreign purchasing by pushing the cost of the tariff onto the consumer, rather than foreign country

Protective Tariff

Misc.

100

This religious phenomenon marked a period of significant change within members of the United States to disavow slavery and expand voting rights

The Second Great Awakening

200

These three acts gave the power to the president to imprison foreigners, deport them, detain them in times of war, and criminalized false/malicious statements made about the government

Alien, Alien Enemies Act, Sedition Act

300

These two states, in support of Jefferson, aimed to nullify the Alien, Alien Enemies, and Sedition Acts

Kentucky and Virginia

400

With the dissolving of this institution, multiplicative spending and speculative landowners both dramatically increase

The Second National Bank of the United States

500

This candidate only received a single vote in the 1800 election from Rhode Island

John Jay