The Early Republic
This period of heightened American patriotism and unity followed the War of 1812.
What is the Era of Good Feelings?
In 1794, Washington led a militia to put down an uprising by frontier farmers over a tax on this product.
What is whiskey?
This political party was led by Alexander Hamilton and John Adams.
What is the Federalist Party?
This 1807 act prohibited Americans from trading with foreign nations to avoid entering the Napoleonic War.
What is the Embargo Act?
This 1803 Supreme Court case set the precedent of judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
In his Farewell Address, Washington urged the nation to steer clear of these types of alliances.
What are permanent alliances (or entangling alliances)?
The size of the republic was doubled in 1803 with this vast acquisition.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
Alexander Hamilton proposed this institution to provide a legitimate currency and foster trade.
What is a National Bank?
The Federalists generally favored this type of interpretation of the Constitution.
What is a loose interpretation?
X, Y, and Z were anonymous agents from this country who demanded a $10 million loan and a bribe.
What is France?
This 1789 law designed the state and federal court system.
What is the Federal Judiciary Act?
This 1823 declaration stated the American continents were no longer subjects for future colonization by European powers.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
The era of the Early Republic spanned the presidencies from George Washington through this fifth president.
Who is James Monroe?
Opponents felt these laws, which targeted immigrants and punished disloyal or harmful speech, were a federal overreach.
What are the Alien & Sedition Acts?
Led by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, the Democratic-Republicans promoted this industry.
What is agriculture?
Negotiated with Spain in 1795, this treaty resolved territorial disputes and allowed free navigation of the Mississippi.
What is Pinckney's Treaty?
The U.S. Navy was created in 1794 in response to shipping threats by pirates from this African coast.
What is the Barbary Coast?
Washington's 1793 proclamation intended to keep the U.S. strictly neutral in the war between these two nations.
What are Great Britain and France?
American independence was solidified with the winning of this conflict.
What is the War of 1812?
The debate over this concept originated when Madison and Jefferson argued states could nullify unconstitutional federal laws.
What are states' rights?
The Federalists found much of their support among merchants and manufacturers in this region of the U.S.
What is the North?
This 1817 agreement between the United States and Britain removed military fleets from the Great Lakes.
What is the Rush-Bagot Pact?
The Continental Army and Marines were disbanded after the signing of this treaty ending the Revolutionary War.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
The Monroe Doctrine provided justification for future U.S. involvement in the international affairs of this specific region.
What is Latin America?
Political parties first emerged during this period with the Federalists and this opposing political party.
What is the Democratic-Republican Party?
Hamilton proposed that the national government assume the debt of the state governments from this conflict.
What is the Revolutionary War?
The First Party System spanned from this year, when the parties first emerged, through 1824.
What is 1792?
In 1801, the U.S. Marine Corps defeated forces in Tripoli in the first of these conflicts over naval piracy.
What are the Barbary Wars?
The precedent of judicial review gave the Supreme Court the power to declare laws as this.
What is unconstitutional?
Washington's Farewell Address warned that attacks by these specific factions could weaken the nation.
What are political parties?