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The Courts
Jefferson
M & M
(Madison and Monroe)
War of 1812
Miscellaneous
100
This is the branch of the government that involved the court system, culminating with the Supreme Court.
What is the Judicial Branch?
100
The purchase of land by the United States is dealt with in this part of the Constitution
What is no part. It is not in the Constitution.
100
This was the reason the Monroe Doctrine was created.
What were European efforts to colonize South America?
100
This group of Americans strongly opposed the War of 1812
Who are New England merchants?
100
This law was passed during John Adams' time in office and limited the right of an individual to print anything negative about the government.
What is the Sedition Act?
200
This is the name given to the power of the Supreme Court to judge the constitutionality of a law.
What is judicial review?
200
The most important thing about the Louisiana Purchase was that it gave America control of this river
What is the Mississippi River?
200
Monroe was elected during this happy sounding time period in American politics
What is the Era of Good Feelings?
200
A gathering of people opposed to the War of 1812 took place in what capital city?
What is Hartford?
200
A tariff is a tax placed on this
What are imports?
300
In the case McCulloch v. Maryland, the Court decided that no state could do this to the federal government
What is tax? ("The power to tax is the power to destroy")
300
Jefferson pushed for this act to deal with the impressment of sailors and seizure of ships by Britain and France.
What is the Embargo Act?
300
According to the Missouri Compromise, this state would enter the union as a slave state while this state would enter as a free state.
What are Missouri and Maine (in that order)
300
The treaty that ended the War of 1812 used this Latin phrase to describe the outcome
What is status quo antebellum?
300
According to this treaty which was not well accepted by many people in the United States at its time, the British were to leave the Northwest by June 1, 1796.
What is Jay's Treaty?
400
This court case gave the federal government the right to control interstate trade
What is Gibbons v. Ogden?
400
Jefferson dealt with this group of states by refusing to pay bribes and sending in the military...to the shores of Tripoli...
What are the Barbary States?
400
This line of latitude was a dividing point for future slave and free states according to the Missouri compromise of 1820.
What is 36 degrees, 30 minutes (36,30)
400
These two Native Americans are credited with trying to create a union of the tribes to stand up to the Americans.
Who are Tecumseh and the Prophet? (Tenskwatawa)
400
This document, created by James Madison, declared that each state had the right to declare a law passed by Congress unconstitutional
What is the Virginia Resolution?
500
This term was used to describe the judges appointed at the last minute by John Quincy Adams. Name one of them. (2 responses needed)
What is midnight judges? Who is William Marbury?
500
Jefferson was troubled by the purchase of the LA territory for this reason
What is it went against his view of a strict interpretation of the Constitution.
500
These are three ways America displayed its nationalism after its "victory" in the War of 1812 and the times shortly afterward.
Must include 3: -displaying the flag -displaying the Constitution -displaying the bald eagle -using the words "Freedom, liberty, and union" -worshiping the heroes of the Revolution (especially Washington) -creation of an American dictionary
500
These two figures are referred to as the leaders of the War Hawks
Who are John Calhoun and Henry Clay?
500
This was the final score between the New England Patriots and the New York Jets in the 2010/2011 AFC Divisional game
What is 28-21...J-E-T-S, Jets, Jets, Jets!!! For the record, the Dolphins are 0-3 in their last three playoff games as well...just like the Pats...