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John Marshall
Who established the principle of judical review?
100
Whiskey Rebellion
What was the tax rebellion fought in Pennsylvania?
100
Republican Party
What party was a mixture of Whigs, Free-soilers, and Anti-slavery Democrats?
100
Judiciary Act of 1789
What law established the federal courts in the United States?
100
Marbury v. Madison
What established the power of judical review?
200
Harriet Tubman
Who was a famous conductor on the underground railroad?
200
Oregon Trail
What was the roadway to the Pacific Northwest?
200
nationalism
What is national pride?
200
Alien & Sedition Acts
Which laws authorized the President to imprison or expel all aliens dangerous to the peace & safety of the U.S?
200
Gibbons v. Ogden
What established that the Constitution gave control of interstate commerce to the U.S. Congress?
300
Andrew Jackson
Who was "Old Hickory?"
300
District of Columbia
What is the capital of the United States?
300
nativism
What is favoring native-born Americans over foreign-born residents?
300
Indian Removal Act
What law required all Indians living in the eastern U.S. to relocate in Oklahoma?
300
Dred Scott Decision
How was it determined that a slave living in a free state was still a slave with no rights?
400
Dorothea Dix
Who was a famous for helping the mentally ill?
400
South Carolina
What is the first southern state to secede from the union?
400
secede
What does it mean to leave the union?
400
Kansas-Nebraska Act
What legislation in 1854 organized new territories on the basis of popular sovereignity?
400
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
What Treaty ended the Mexican War?
500
Henry Clay
Who was the "Great Compromiser?"
500
Pottawatomie Massacre
What is the slavery rebellion led by John Brown?
500
Bill of Rights
What are the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution?
500
Fugitive Slave Act
What law required all run away slaves to be returned to their owners?
500
Mexican Cession
What is the name of the land given to the United States by Mexico after the Mexican War?