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What was America’s first constitution AND The purpose of the Constitutional Convention, 1787 was to revise what $document?
Articles of Confederation.
What is the Bill of Rights?
First 10 amendments
What was the importance of the Whiskey Rebellion?
Showed federal government had power.
Who wrote the Star-Spangled Banner during the War of 1812?
Francis Scott Key
What was the Three-Fifths compromise?
Counted enslaved people as 3/5.
What was the name of the first two political parties and who were their leaders?
Federalists: Alexander Hamilton,
Democratic and Republicans:Thomas Jefferson.
What was Alexander Hamilton’s economic program?
National bank and strong economy.
What was the Monroe Doctrine?
Europe stay out of the Americas.
What are the names of the 7 Articles of the U.S. Constitution?
Legislative, Executive, Judicial, States, Amendments, Supremacy, Ratification.
Why was the Alien and Sedition Acts?
Limited speech and targeted immigrants.
Why was the Lewis and Clark Expedition undertaken?
Explore western territory.
Why did John Quincy Adams lose popular support following the election of 1824?
“Corrupt bargain.”
.In Marbury v. Madison, Chief Justice Marshall established this principle of Judicial Review. What is Judicial Review?
Courts can declare laws unconstitutional
Which territorial addition to the United States almost doubled the size of the country?
Louisiana Purchase.
What practice led to the United States to declare war against Britain in 1812?
Impressment of sailors.
What was the Missouri Compromise?
Missouri slave, Maine free.
.What is federalism?
Shared power between state and national governments.
What did George Washington warn against in his “Farewell Address?”
Political parties and foreign alliances.
Who retrieved the portrait of George Washington in the White House during the War of 1812?
Dolley Madison