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100
True or False: Whigs were Americans who stayed loyal to the British Crown.
False ***
100
This "treaty" forced 12 Native American tribes to cede most of the Ohio Territory to the United States for a very small annual payment.
Treaty of Greenville ***
100
What was the main effect of the War of 1812 on the United States?
It inspired a sense of national pride and prompted other countries to recognize the emergence of the United States as a country.
100
Name the first internal tax the British impressed upon the colonies.
Stamp Act
100
Fill in the blank with the correct word: Federalists lobbied to __________ the Articles of Confederation because they favored a strong central government. abscond adroit abrogate
Federalists lobbied to abrogate the Articles of Confederation because they favored a strong central government.
200
True or False: Revolutionary principles of liberty and equality and evangelical notions of human fellowship convinced many whites for the first time to challenge slavery.
True
200
During the Second Continental Congress, delegates tried one last time to preserve their ties with Britain by appealing to King George III with the ____________ __________ Petition.
Olive Branch Petition
200
Name the victimless rebellion that occurred after Hamilton concentrated an imposition of extra taxes on whiskey in Pennsylvania.
Whiskey Rebellion
200
The New Jersey Plan and the Virginia Plan resolved differences with a proposal by Connecticut Representative Roger Sherman called the _________ __________.
Great Compromise ***
200
True or False: Does this statement use the word abashed correctly? Baron Von Steuben was abashed by his attempts to save the Continental Army at Valley Forge.
FALSE! Abashed is a past tense transitive verb that means to destroy one's self-confidence. As we know, Von Steuben was incredibly successful at Valley Forge and may have saved the Revolution! ***
300
True or False: Washington was a Democratic-Republican.
False ***
300
Name at least 2 provisions written into the treaty that ended the American Revolution.
-Great Britain accepted that the United States was "free, sovereign and independent." -Northern boundary of the U.S. set from St. Croix River (above what is today Maine), passed the Great Lakes to the supposed headwaters of the Mississippi. -Set the Western border at the Mississippi, ending just north of New Orleans (not port access for Americans). -Spain acquired Florida and Southern parts of what is today Louisianna, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia. -american fisherman could still fish off Eastern coast of Canada. -British forces leaving the United States had to leave behind American-owned property including slaves. -Existing debts between Americans and British would be honored. -U.S. government would recommend states restore loyalist property taken during the war. ***
300
1786 rebellion in Massachusettes inspired by the crushing debt many farmers experienced after the Revolution and the new government's failure to respond to their pleas for assistance.
Shays's Rebellion
300
As opposed to the Articles of Confederation's unanimous consent of all states, the Constitution only requires what percentage of Congress to approve an amendment?
3/4 or 75%
300
True or False-The following statement uses the word abstruse correctly: Despite being an abstruse case, Marbury v. Madison is one of the most important Supreme Court cases in United States History.
TRUE! Abstruse is an adjective that means difficult to comprehend. As we all know, various factors including the Judiciary Act of 1789 made Marbury v. Madison a very complicated case. ***
400
At the request of Washington, he negotiated a treaty with the British that required the British to abandon 6 North American forts but forced Americans stop discriminating against British shipping and merchandise and give British merchants "most favored nation," status.
Chief Justice John Jay
400
As the self-appointed gaurdians of New World Liberties, President James Monroe delivered an address that declared the Americas were no longer to be considered for what?
"further colonization by any European power." ***
400
Name the battle in the American Revolution that inspired the French to join the Americans.
The Battle of Saratoga
400
The British name for a series of acts that were designed to punish colonists for the Boston Tea Party.
Coervcive Acts
400
Fill in the blank with the word that makes the most sense: The ____________ of government is a key component of Locke's Contract Theory of Government. aberration abasement abrogate acrimonious
The abasement of government is a key component of Locke's Contract Theory of Government. Abasement is a noun referring to a lowered rank, office or level of prestige. As we all know, Locke suggested government worked for the people instead of the other way around. Society is only bound to obey the government if it protects their best interests. ***
500
This "Affair" ignited tensions between France and the United States when the French foreign minister demanded large bribes from 3 American commissioners referred to by President Adams as:
X, Y and Z ***
500
Name the 1785 ordinance that stipulated public lands be surveyed and measured in a rectangular grid pattern of 640 acres each.
Land Ordinance of 1785 ***
500
This conflict between Native Americans and the British/colonists started when a group of Indian warriors supposedly stole horses from Virginia colonists and ended with a treaty that forced the Native Americans to surrender land in the Carolinas and Virginia to the colonists.
Cherokee War
500
In Marbury v. Madison, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court delivered a decision that denied Marbury his commission based on the court's review of the ________ ___ __ _____, which was found unconstitutional.
Judiciary Act of 1789 ***
500
Name the adjective that means caustic, biting or negative especially in feeling, language or manner.
acrimonoius