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Constitution
Washington and Friends
Jefferson and his friends and enemies
Jackson and his friends and enemies
Random Surprises
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It was called because of economic crises of the 1780s, the inability of the Federal government to directly tax the states, and the continuing national debt resulting from the Revolution
What is the Constitutional Congress?
100
George Washington warned of its dangers in his "Farewell Address" to the nation
What is political factionalism?
100
The notion that individualism, self-sufficiency, lack of self-interest, and westward expansion would provide the strongest foundation for the New Nation
What were some of the main components of Thomas Jefferson's notion of the yeoman farmer?
100
1. The hero of of the battle of New Orleans 2. The war within which it was fought 3. Why it might be considered ironic. Your answer should have 3 parts
Andrew Jackson, the war of 1812, and the fact that it was fought after the treaty of Ghent had been signed.
100
They were the main components of the Missouri Compromise
What are the prohibition of slavery north of the 36°30′parallel except within the boundaries of the state of Missouri and requirement that Maine be admitted to the Union as a Free State to balance the admission of Missouri as a Slave State?
200
The date the Constitution was ratified and the name of the state that sealed the ratification?
What are June 21, 1788 and New Hampshire?
200
The actions Alexander Hamilton proposed as a solution to the nation’s financial problems in the wake of the War for Independence
What were that The federal government should assume the individual state’s debts from the Revolutionary War and should issue a series of Federal public bonds to finance the paying off of the nation’s Revolutionary War debts, and approve a charter for a privately held bank into which national funds would be deposited and which would be responsible for the printing and distribution of a national currency.
200
He was John Adams' adversary and Vice President
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
200
He was the author of Exposition and Protest and while once an ally of Andrew Jackson later became an enemy
Who was John C. Calhoun?
200
It was a response to the Cheasapeake-Leopard Incident
What was the Embargo Act?
300
It was an act of violence prompted by the nationwide economic distress of the 1780s and committed as the delegates were gathering for the Constitutional Congress.
What was Shay's Rebellion?
300
DAILY DOUBLE The French ambassador whose provocative actions prompted Washington to issue a Proclamation of Neutrality
Who was Edmond Genêt.
300
DAILY DOUBLE They were some of the ways in which the Napoleonic Wars ultimately benefited the U.S. econnomy
What are, American seaports grew substantially, American ships carried more European goods, The American shipbuilding trade grew, Americans were spurred to develop their own manufacturing
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It was the tariff over which he negotiated a reconciliation of sorts between the two men thus avoiding the use full use of the "Force Bill" in south Carolina Note your answer should have three parts 1. the name of the person 2. the name of the tariff and the year the tariff was instituted (also sometimes considered part of its name) 3. the names of the two men for whom the person named in answer to #1 negotiated the reconcilliation
What is the Tariff of Abominations or the Tariff of 1828, over which Henry Clay negotiated a return to the rates of the Tariff of 1816, satisfying both John C. Calhoun and Andrew Jackson and eliminating Jackson's need to use the powers granted by the "Force Bill?"
300
DAILY DOUBLE: It was the event that Thomas Jefferson referred to as "A firebell in the Night"
What is the Missouri Compromise?
400
The principle Jefferson violated in making the Louisiana Purchase but which he had previously upheld in arguing against the First Bank of the United States
What is strict constructionism?
400
It was the specific rather than general (loose constructionism) means by which Hamilton defended his creation of the First Bank of the United States
What specifically is the "necessary and proper clause" of the U.S. Constitution?
400
They were the group of Americans most significantly affected by Jefferson's embargo Act
Who are New England businessmen and merchants?
400
DAILY DOUBLE It included: 1. Support for a high tariff to protect American industries and generate revenue for the federal government 2. Maintenance of high public land prices to generate federal revenue 3. Preservation of the Bank of the United States to stabilize the currency and rein in risky state and local banks 4. Development of a system of internal improvements (such as roads and canals) which would knit the nation together and be financed by the tariff and land sales revenues.
What is the American system of Economics proposed by Henry Clay?
400
The controversial legislative Act related to currency enacted during Jackson's administration, what it required, who carried it out and some of its consequences? Your answer should have 4 parts 1. the name of the Act 2. what it required 3. who carried it out 4. what were some of its consequences
What was the Specie Circular, what it required, who carried it out and some of its consequences? What was the Species Circular issued during Jackson’s presidency and announced that the government would accept hard currency only in payment for public lands. The Act was actually carried out by Martin van Buren a longtime Jackson supporter and his successor. It caused economic inflation, rising prices, and possibly the Panic of 1837.
500
DOUBLE JEOPARDY 1. The appointer of "midnight judges" 2. the lawsuit brought against the sitting president when he refused to honor the appointments 3. the principle that was affirmed as a result of the courts decision. Your answer should contain 3 parts
Who are John Adams, and what were Marbury versus Madison and the principle of judicial review?
500
After war between England and France broke out in 1793, among the founders and members of Washington's government he most strongly preferred closer relations with France
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
500
He succeeded Thomas Jefferson as president
Who is James Madison?
500
The reasons for democratic expansion leading up to the election of Andrew Jackson
What were: National Expansion Expansion of Suffrage elimination of property requirements Printed ballots Political conventions party caucuses Candidates with popular appeal Campaigns Partisan Newspapers
500
It can be termed "Negative Activism" in that Jackson declined to agree to those things Congresses approved by the action
What is Jackson's use of the veto?