People
Vocabulary
Events
Foreign Affairs
Political
100

1st Vice President of the United States

2nd President of the United States

John Adams

100

1794 protest against the government's tax on whiskey by backcountry farmers

Whiskey Rebellion

100

Speech that was given by George Washington in which he warned against political parties and staying neutral.

Farewell Address

100

A war (1812-1814) between the United States and England which was trying to interfere with American trade with France.

The War of 1812

100

The names of the first 2 political parties

Federalist & Democratic-Republicans

200

3rd President - purchased the Louisiana Territory

Thomas Jefferson

200

A group of advisors to the President of the United States

Presidential Cabinet

200

The purchase of land from Napoleon for 15 million Dollars

The Louisiana Purchase

200

A tax on imported goods that raises the price of imports so people will buy domestic goods

Protective Tarrif

200

Compromise that decided Missouri entered as a slave state and Maine entered as a free state and all states North of the 36th parallel were free states and all South were slave states.

Missouri Compromise

300

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court appointed by John Adams

John Marshall

300

organized groups that attempt to influence the government by electing their members to important government offices

Political Parties

300

This case establishes the Supreme Court's power of Judicial Review

Marbury v. Madison 

300

1807 act which ended all of America's importation and exportation

The Embargo Act 

300

A period of strong nationalism, economic growth, and territorial expansion. Since the Federalist party dissolved after the War of 1812, there was only one political party and no partisan conflicts.

Era of Good Feelings

400

Known as the "Father of the Factory System" 

Samuel Slater

400

Developed in the textile mills of Massachusetts, in the 1820s, in these factories as much machinery as possible was used, so that few skilled workers were needed in the process, and the workers were almost all single young farm women

The Lowell System 

400

John Adams sent a group to negotiate with France later being known as this 3 letter affair.

"XYZ" affair

400

A revolution that began in 1789 and overthrew a monarchy.

The French Revolution

400

A statement of foreign policy which proclaimed that Europe should not interfere in affairs within the United States or in the development of other countries in the Western Hemisphere.

Monroe Doctrine

500

American inventor who designed the first commercially successful steamboat and the first steam warship (1765-1815)

Robert Fulton


500

A series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods.

Industrial Revolution

500

The year the George Washington was elected President of the United States of America

1789

500

The leaders in France that were portrayed as the 5-headed monster.

The Directory (5 member council)

500

A plan where the government would take the debt of the nations and the states debt, make a national bank, and tax higher

Hamilton's Financial Plan