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War of 1812
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What is the term used to describe a particularly unsound bank chartered under state law?
"Wildcat" banks
100
What is the peace treaty that ended the War of 1812?
Treaty of Ghent
100
Who wrote The Legend of Sleepy Hollow?
Washington Irving
100
What is the nickname for the USS Constitution?
"Old Ironsides"
100
What is the 1819 case that gave Congress power under the elastic clause?
McCulloch v Maryland
200
What was the name of the first major highway in the United States?
Cumberland Road
200
What is the event where New England secession was discussed relating to the War of 1812?
The Hartford Convention
200
Who wrote the Last of the Mohicans?
James Fenimore Cooper
200
Who was the "Hero of Lake Erie"?
Admiral Oliver Hazard Perry
200
What is the court case that gave Congress the power to regulate commerce?
Gibbons v. Ogden
300
What is the Compromise that allowed Maine to become a state?
Missouri Compromise
300
What is the economic plan put forward by Henry Clay?
The "American System"
300
Who was the foremost proponent of the American System?
Henry Clay
300
What year did the British burn Washington?
1814
300
What is the first court case where the Supreme Court declared a law unconstitutional?
Fletcher v. Peck
400
What treaty settled the northern boundary of Oregon?
The Treaty of 1818
400
What was the first literary magazine in the United States?
The North American Review
400
Who captured the H.M.S. Macedonian during the War of 1812?
Stephen Decatur
400
Who won the Battle of New Orleans?
Andrew Jackson
400
What is the Supreme Court case that deals with the contract clause of the Constitution?
Dartmouth College v. Woodward
500
What British proposal led to the Monroe Doctrine?
The Canning proposal
500
What is the derogatory term given to those accused of giving help to the British during the War of 1812?
"Blue-Light" Federalists
500
Who popularized the nickname "Gotham" for New York City?
Washington Irving
500
What Fort was being bombarded when Francis Scott Key wrote the Star Spangled Banner?
Fort McHenry
500
What is the Supreme Court case that allowed the Supreme Court to review state supreme court rulings?
Cohens v. Virginia