Congress had no power to enforce its laws, no executive branch, states had more sovereignty
What are the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
100
What is the main foreign policy advised by George Washington in his farewell address?
Stay clear of foreign alliances
100
This end of this war brought about the Proclamation Line of 1763
What was the French and Indian War?
100
Name the movement that fought for the rights of African American slaves
What was the Abolitionist Movement?
100
admitted Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state
What is the Missouri compromise of 1820?
200
What agreements were made during the Constitutional Convention?
The Great Compromise, The Three-Fifths Compromise, The constitution, The Bill of Rights
200
Who was the president during the Louisiana Purchase and how much did he pay?
Thomas Jefferson paid 15 million
200
1) Impressment 2) Blockade 3) Quest for Canada
What were the causes of the War of 1812?
200
What are the two primary causes that led to the Civil War?
Preserve the Union & Slavery
200
As secretary of treasury, Alexander Hamilton was most noted for ?
the creation of the national bank
300
Based on the relationship between Great Britain and the thirteen colonies, what was mercantilism?
a trade system whereby Americans provided raw goods to Britain, and Britain used the raw goods to produce manufactured goods that were sold in European markets and back to the colonies.
300
United States policy of opposing European Colonialism in the Americas beginning in 1823
What was the Monroe doctrine?
300
Name 3 causes of the American Revolutionary War.
The following are the causes of the American Revolutionary War: a) Proclamation of 1763 b)No Taxation w/o Representation c) Sugar Act d) Stamp Act e) Boston Massacre d) Boston Tea Party e) Boston Massacre f) Tea Act g) Intolerable Acts
300
Name 5 Abolitionists
Frederick Douglas, David Walker, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Harriet Tubman, William Lloyd Garrison
300
What is suffrage?
The right to vote
400
Disagreement on the division of power among different levels of government
What was the difference between Anti-Federalist and Federalist?
400
This president signs a law which grants lands west of the Mississippi River to the Native Americans in exchange for their homelands.
Who was Andrew Jackson and What was the Indian Removal Act?
400
What was the driving force behind the Mexican-American War?
Manifest Destiny
400
This lady wrote a novel which created the groundwork for the Civil War and helped fuel the abolitionist cause in the 1850's.
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe? What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
400
once captured, runaway slaves would have to return to the state they escaped from
What is Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
500
The Supreme Court decision in Marbury v. Madison (1803) increased the power of the federal courts by...
establishing the principal of judicial review
500
What is the Alien Act? What is the Sedition Act?
Alien Act-The power to the president to deport foreigners based on his judgement
Sedition Act-It is considered a crime to criticize the government and you can be fined/imprisoned.
500
An agreement to extend United States territory including the land that makes up present day Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
500
The largest and deadliest slave rebellion in US history
What was Nat Turner's Rebellion?
500
In order, what are the 4 wars we have covered so far?
French and Indian War, American Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Mexican-American War.