Political Parties
Vocabulary
Supreme Court
Foreign Relations
Miscellaneous
100
These were the first two political parties in the United States.
What are Federalist and Democratic-Republican parties?
100
Westward expansion was an example of this term because it put U.S. interests over those of Natives and Mexico.
What is nationalism?
100
This case was a result of Jefferson's refusal to deliver appointments to Adam's midnight judges.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
100
This was issued by George Washington when the U.S. was asked to get involved in the French Revolution.
What is the Proclamation of Neutrality?
100
This was the name for the series of laws passed by Congress to help unify the northern and southern economies.
What is the American System?
200
This was the time period during James Monroe's presidency when the Federalist Party died out.
What is the Era of Good Feelings?
200
This is the term used to describe Jackson's practice of giving government jobs to friends and supporters.
What is the spoils system?
200
This case is significant because it overturned the Missouri Compromise.
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford?
200
This policy was intended to keep European nations from intervening in the Western hemisphere.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
200
This was the name of Lincoln's lenient plan for Reconstruction.
What is the Ten Percent Plan?
300
This party was formed by Democrats who opposed Andrew Jackson's and supported the American System.
What is the Whig Party?
300
Westward expansion caused this to increase when there was disagreement over allowing slavery in the new territories gained from Mexico.
What is sectionalism?
300
Who was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court during the Federalist Era?
Who is John Marshall?
300
This was the state that was gained in the Adams-Onis Treaty.
What is Florida?
300
This man served in Congress after he was president, and repeatedly broke the gag rule to support abolition.
Who is John Quincy Adams?
400
This party was also known as the American Party because of its anti-immigrant platform.
What is the Know-Nothing Party?
400
This term refers to the early movement to support the prohibition of alcohol.
What is temperance?
400
Andrew Jackson refused to enforce the Court's decision in the case to allow the Cherokee to remain on their land.
What is Worcester v. Georgia?
400
This treaty ended the war with Mexico and resulted in the acquisition of many western states like New Mexico and California.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo?
400
This was the group of Native American tribes who sought the assistance of Great Britain in fighting against U.S. settlement.
What is Tecumseh's Confederacy?
500
Led by Thaddeus Stevens and Charles Sumner, this faction fought for giving voting rights to African Americans.
Who are the Radical Republicans?
500
What term completes this sentence: "Thomas Jefferson went against his Democratic-Republican belief in ______ when he negotiated the Louisiana Purchase."
What is strict interpretation or strict construction?
500
In this case, the Court decided that "the power to tax is the power to destroy," so states could not use taxation to nullify the National Bank.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
500
Complete the sentence: Jay's Treaty helped cause the ____ with Great Britain, and the Treaty of Ghent ended it.
What is the War of 1812?
500
This school of art developed during the same time period as the Second Great Awakening and the Transcendentalist movement.
What is the Hudson River School?