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This 1794 uprising in western Pennsylvania began when farmers protested a federal tax on whiskey, arguing it unfairly targeted small farmers who distilled their grain.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
These 1798–1799 resolutions argued that states could declare federal laws unconstitutional, challenging the power of the national government.
What are the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions?
These 1798 laws allowed the government to deport immigrants considered dangerous and jail people who spoke or wrote criticism against the government.
What are the Alien and Sedition Acts?
This U.S. president approved the Louisiana Purchase, even though he had previously believed the Constitution gave limited powers to the federal government.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Signed in 1795, this treaty ended hostilities between the United States and several Native American tribes following conflicts in the Northwest Territory.
What is the Treaty of Greenville?
This U.S. president personally led federal troops to stop the Whiskey Rebellion, proving that the new national government had the power to enforce its laws.
Who is George Washington?
This U.S. president threatened to send the army—and even hang his own vice president—to force South Carolina to obey federal tariff laws during the Nullification Crisis.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
This 1832–1833 conflict occurred when South Carolina refused to follow a federal tariff they called the “Tariff of Abominations” and threatened to secede from the Union.
What is the Nullification Crisis?
This war, fought between the United States and Britain from 1812 to 1815, was caused in part by British impressment of American sailors and interference with trade.
What is the War of 1812?
To enforce federal laws and put down the Whiskey Rebellion, Washington took the unprecedented step of calling forth this group of citizen-soldiers.
What is the militia?
During the War of 1812, this young lawyer and future president became a national hero after leading American forces to victory at the Battle of New Orleans.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
This 1820 agreement admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state to maintain the balance of power in Congress.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
The Missouri Compromise of 1820 dealt with this controversial issue, admitting Missouri as a slave state while limiting slavery in the rest of the Louisiana Territory north of 36°30′.
What is slavery?
As part of the Treaty of Greenville, Native American tribes agreed to give up specific lands in what is now mostly this region of the United States.
What is the Northwest Territory?
The Treaty of Greenville established this, separating Native American lands from lands open to American settlers after the conflicts in the 1790s.
What is a boundary line?
He was the "job-less" judge who sued after his judicial appointment papers were withheld, leading to the landmark Supreme Court case in 1803.
Who is William Marbury?
During the Whiskey Rebellion, these officials were targeted by angry western Pennsylvania farmers who tarred, feathered, and threatened them for collecting a federal tax.
Who are tax collectors?
This U.S. president supported the Alien and Sedition Acts during a time when Federalists feared a revolution influenced by France.
Who is John Adams?
After his battle against the Second Bank of the United States, critics of Andrew Jackson mockingly called him this nickname, suggesting he acted like a king.
Who is “King Andrew I”?
In order to gain Southern support for his financial plan, Hamilton promised to move the nation’s capital to this area along the Potomac River.
What is the District of Columbia?
This 1803 Supreme Court case established the principle of judicial review, giving the Court the power to declare laws unconstitutional.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
These two future U.S. presidents secretly wrote the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions to protest the Alien and Sedition Acts.
Who are Thomas Jefferson and James Madison?
As part of the Missouri Compromise, slavery was prohibited in the rest of the Louisiana Territory north of this parallel (except for Missouri).
What is the 36°30′ line of latitude?
This 1803 land deal doubled the size of the United States after the country purchased a massive territory from France for about $15 million.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
As part of Alexander Hamilton’s financial plan, Congress established this institution in 1791 with a 20-year charter, which was central to debates about federal power.
What is the Bank of the United States?