Articles of Confederation
This type of government held the most power under the Articles of Confederation.
What is state government?
This is the number of branches of government established by the U.S. Constitution.
What is three?
This man was the first President of the United States.
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson purchased this territory from France, doubling the nation's size.
What is the Louisiana Territory?
This British practice of forcing Americans into military service was a major cause of the War of 1812.
What is impressment?
This rebellion in Massachusetts demonstrated the weakness of the national government under the Articles of Confederation.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
This plan proposed representation in the legislature based on each state's population.
What is the Virginia Plan?
These were the names of the first two political parties in the United States.
What are the Federalists and Democratic-Republicans?
Jefferson allowed these controversial acts passed during the Adams presidency to expire.
What are the Alien and Sedition Acts?
This treaty officially ended the War of 1812.
What is the Treaty of Ghent?
Under the Articles of Confederation, there was no strong one of these branches of government.
What is the executive branch?
The Great Compromise created a two-house legislature with one house based on population and one with equal representation—name either house.
What is the House of Representatives (or the Senate)?
lexander Hamilton held this position in George Washington's cabinet.
What is Secretary of the Treasury?
The Lewis and Clark Expedition gathered information about natural resources west of this river.
What is the Mississippi River?
James Monroe won the presidential election in this year.
What is 1816?
The Articles of Confederation gave Congress this power, making it difficult to pay war debts or support the military.
What is the inability to tax?
This plan proposed that each state have equal representation in the legislature.
What is the New Jersey Plan?
This act empowered the President to deport aliens considered dangerous to the nation.
What is the Alien Act?
Jefferson used tariffs and the sale of Western lands for this purpose
What is reducing the national debt?
This doctrine warned European nations that the United States would not tolerate further colonization in the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
This weakness of the Articles of Confederation required unanimous consent from all states to pass most legislation.
What is the lack of a central authority/inability to enforce laws?
This system allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches.
What are checks and balances?
This act criminalized making false statements critical of the government and was passed during the Adams presidency.
What is the Sedition Act?
This expedition was commissioned by President Jefferson to explore and map the newly acquired Louisiana Territory.
What is the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
This compromise was designed to maintain the balance between these two types of states.
What are free and slave states? (Missouri Compromise)