Exploration & Colonization
American Revolution
Constitution
Early Republic
Age of Jackson
100

True or False: the majority rules in self-government (representative government)

True

100

What foreign force helped the colonists in the Battle of Yorktown?

France

100

The English Bill of Rights and the Bill of Rights gives the individual rights so that WHAT does not become too powerful?

the government

100

Adding new states to the U.S. is known as what....

Northwest Ordinance

100

What political party emerged during the Election of 1828? and who ran for president under that party?

Democrat/Andrew Jackson

200

What religious movement caused the people to question authority?

The First Great Awakening

200

John LOCKE's ideas of politics and natural rights were life, liberty, and.....

property

200

Did the Federalists or Anti-Federalists support individual rights in the Constitution?

Anti-Federalists

200

If Alexander Hamilton was FOR having a national bank, who was AGAINST having a national bank?

Thomas Jefferson

200

What court case did Jackson go against in removing the Native Americans?

Worcester v. Georgia

300

Why did many people settle in the English colonies of Pennsylvania and Maryland?

To escape religious persecution

300

Name two things about the Battle of Yorktown in the American Revolution

last battle

Americans captured British General Cornwallis

France helped ambush the British

300

Which compromise demonstrated that enslaved people were not equal to free people?

Three Fifths Compromise

300

Why was Thomas Jefferson hesitant to purchase the Louisiana Territory?

he didn't know if that was inside his realm of presidential powers according to the Constitution

300

Jackson got his supporters to work for him.  What was this system called?

Spoils system

400

What colonial form of government was known for representative government and establishing a checks and balances

Virginia House of Burgesses

400

Who is the founder of the U.S. Navy?

John Paul Jones

400

Before the Great Compromise, which plan did people oppose because they thought those states could easily take control of the government?

Virginia Plan

400

What did Alexander Hamilton do to get rid of national debt and replace state banks?

create a national bank

400

Why did the South call the 1828 tariff the "Tariff of Abominations"?

A. it lowered taxes on foreign goods

B.  it made imported good more expensive and hurt the Southern economy

C.  it helped Southern farmers sell more cotton

D.  it increased trade with Europe

hurt the Southern economy

500

Which region of colonies had a more diverse economy? (several different ways of making money)

Middle colonies

500

Who wrote Common Sense during the American Revolution Era?

Thomas Paine

500

Colonists being treated unfairly in British courts led to the creation of what amendment in Bill of Rights?

6th amendment

500

In the Monroe Doctrine, what hemisphere was the U.S. trying to protect from Europe?

Western

500

How did Jackson feel about the national bank?

He wanted to destroy it