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This era in the early 1930s was known for being against alcoholic beverages
What is prohibition
100
This document was the first attempt at writing a constitution?
What is the Articles of Confederation
100
This practice of the British to seize American sailors and force them into the service of the Royal Navy is a major cause of the War of 1812?
What is impressment
100
These two men were sent by Jefferson to learn about and survey the newly acquired Louisiana territory and also discover its plant and animal life?
Who is Lewis and Clark
100
This founding father believed in keeping himself clean using "air baths"
Who is Benjamin Franklin
200
The three branches of the United States government...
What is the Judicial, Executive, and Legislative branch
200
As opposed to a bi-cameral legislature, this is what the framers of the Constitution first considered?
What is a unicameral legislature
200
This election year saw Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr tie for the presidency causing the election to be decided by the U.S. House of Representatives?
What is the Election of 1800
200
This man was appointed first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?
Who is John Jay
200
America's first ginger president.
Who is Thomas Jefferson
300
This president was impeached for sexual affairs with a White House intern
Who is Bill Clinton
300
This law, signed into law by Jefferson, forbid American ships to leave their home port until Britain and France repealed their restrictions on American trade?
What is the Embargo Act of 1807
300
This treaty of 1795 between Britain and the United States was viewed with disfavor because it required U.S. government to make full compensation to British merchants for all pre-Revolutionary War debts?
What is Jay's Treaty
300
This American vice-president( who once tied for the presidency) killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel believing the former Sec. of the Treasury has destroyed his reputation?
Who is Aaron Burr
300
This hot-head president was involved in over 100 duels, scuffles, and bar fights. Most of which were to defend the honor of his wife Rachel.
Who is Andrew Jackson
400
The eleventh president...
Who is James K. Polk
400
Political supporters of Thomas Jefferson who viewed the states as the essential foundation of the U.S. government and believed the states should have the right to veto federal legislation?
Who were the Republicans
400
This event was considered an insult to the United States when the French foreign minister Talleyrand solicited a bribe from American diplomats before they would stop the illegal search and seizures of American ships?
What is the XYZ Affair
400
This famous Shawnee chief revived the Western Confederacy and wanted to unite all tribes to prevent white settlers from moving into the Western territories?
Who is Tecumseh
400
The first United States President to be born in a hospital.
Who is Jimmy Carter
500
This decade was ruled by the popular song "Yes, We Have No Bananas."
What is the 1920s
500
This Indian alliance contested the U.S. government's claim of the land that formed the trans-Appalachian West and fought to keep it in 1790, 1791, and 1794?
What is the Western Confederacy
500
This 1794 battle followed President Washington's decision to lead a military expedition against the Western Confederacy ( Shawnee, Miami, and Potawatomi tribes) in fear that the Indians were allying with the British in Canada?
What is the Battle of Fallen Timbers
500
This president and son of a former president was an important diplomat serving as Secretary of State for President James Monroe ( 1817—1825)?
Who is John Quincy Adams
500
This US president had a pet billy goat in the White House
Who is John Quincy Adams