He was the secretary of Treasury under Washington and proposed a plan to establish a national bank (Bank of the United States).
Who is Alexander Hamilton
100
Called for representation in both houses to be based solely on population or proportional representation.
What is the Virginia Plan
100
This time period included what to do with the emancipated slaves and how to reconcile the North and South.
What is Reconstruction
100
Political doctrine that allowed the settlers of U.S. federal territories to decide whether to enter the Union as free or slave states.
What is Popular Sovereignty
100
Promoted the social and cultural uplift of the workingman, rejected Socialism and radicalism, demanded the eight-hour day, and promoted the producers ethic of republicanism.
Who are the Knights of Labor
200
His court opinions helped lay the basis for American constitutional law and made the Supreme Court of the United States a coequal branch of government along with the legislative and executive branches.
Who is John Marshall
200
Passed by congress establishing a supreme court, district, and circuit courts.
What is the Judiciary Act of 1789
200
This was the first major financial crisis in the United States, and occurred during the political calm of the Era of Good Feelings
What is the Panic of 1819
200
The mutually beneficial deal between Clay and Adams that allowed Adams to win the 1824 election when there was a four way tie between Clay, Adams, Crawford, and Jackson
What is the Corrupt Bargain
200
Men such as Jay Gould earned this nickname as they artificially inflated the value of their company’s stock, sold the stock to the public and pocketed the profits.
Who are the Robber Barons
300
This man successfully defended New Orleans from the British in 1815; and expanded the power of the presidency to great extents.
Who is Andrew Jackson
300
Attempted to settle the issue of British seizure or impressment of American sailors but failed
What is the Jay Treaty
300
The forced relocation and movement of Native American nations from southeastern parts of the United States following the Indian Removal Act of 1830.
What is the Trail of Tears
300
Relating to land, land tenure, or the division of landed property.
What is agrarian
300
This party strove to curb immigration and naturalization, though its efforts met with little success. Membership was limited to Protestant males of British American lineage.
Who are the Know-Nothing Party
400
Republican who ran in the 1876 election and became president after the Compromise of 1877 which provided the removal of the last remaining federal troops stationed in South Carolina, Florida, and Louisiana.
Who is Rutherford B. Hayes
400
Law that prohibited American merchants from trading with other countries and hurt the American economy.
What is the Embargo Act of 1807
400
Federalist’s met at this to discuss their grievances concerning the ongoing War of 1812 and the political problems arising from the federal government's increasing power. It was the final nail in the Federalist Party
What is the Hartford Convention
400
A process by which voters can propose legislation and place that law on a ballot in a popular election
What is Initiative
400
The United States of Americas first Calvary that fought in the Spanish-American war lead by Theodore Roosevelt himself.
Who are the Rough Riders
500
Best known for his intense and original defense of slavery as something positive and pointing the south toward secession from the union. Also Vice-President to Andrew Jackson
Who is John C. Calhoun
500
It was designed to protect industry in the northern United States. It was criticized by its southern detractors because of the effects it had on the antebellum Southern economy.
What is the Tariff of 1828
500
Term coined by Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) to describe the period of realism in art and literature.
What is the Gilded Age
500
Extreme nationalism that encourages a very aggressive foreign policy stance
What is Jingoism
500
An organization of preachers to spread anti-alcoholism and the importance of sobriety.