WHAT powerful Indian leader in
the Northwest Territory (&
his brother, the Prophet) tried
to unite tribes to fight against
the US taking their land? He
died in the Battle of the
Thames in the War of 1812.
After a new law taxed farmers who
made alcohol from their grain,
some farmers in Western Pennsylvania revolted. What was this
called?
The treaty negotiated in Belgium that
ended the War of 1812 and did
almost nothing to address the
causes of the war was the Treaty
of _____________.
Answer:
Tecumseh
Answer:
Whiskey Rebellion
Answer:
Ghent
______________ was the French THESE were proposed by Jefferson &
attempt at bribing U.S. agents
Madison in order to oppose the Althat outraged the American
ien & Sedition Acts by focusing on
public and triggered the Quathe states’ rights to reject federal
si-War with France during
laws they considered unconstituAdams’ presidency.
tional.
Why was President Washington’s
handling of the revolt of armed
farmers known as the Whiskey
Rebellion important?
Answer:
XYZ Affair
Answer:
Virginia & Kentucky Resolutions
Answer:
It demonstrated the power and the
supremacy of the national
(federal) government
A vocabulary term meaning the
right to vote.
Name the first two political
parties (1st party system) in the
U.S.
This early political party, favored
states’ rights, limited federal
government, and the common man
farmers.
Answer:
(Democratic-) Republicans and
Federalists
Answer:
(Democratic-) Republicans
Answer:
suffrage
This early political party, favored
a strong central government
and businesses and manufacturing to stabilize and
strengthen our nation’s economy.
Answer:
Federalists
The principal of _______
______, established in the
case of Marbury v. Madison,
states that the Supreme Court
has the final say in interpreting the Constitution.
Answer:
judicial review
These Acts passed by Federalists durIn his Farewell Address, George
ing Adams’ presidency made it
Washington advised our young nation
more difficult to become a citizen
to stay away from what?
and illegal to slander (or criticize)
the government.
Answer:
Political parties
OR
Answer:
Foreign alliance/affairs
Alien and Sedition
President Jefferson and his diplomats
bought this chunk of land that doubled the size of the U.S. and then
sent the Lewis and Clark expedition to explore the new territory.
Answer:
Louisiana Territory (or Purchase)
British constant interference with
U.S. shipping and the impressment (kidnapping) of around
6,000 sailors, led to WHAT conflict?
Answer:
War of 1812
Name at least 2 effects or results
of the War of 1812.
Answers: increased American
patriotism, weakened Native
American power, and increased U.S. manufacturing.
At the end of the War of 1812,
the American victory at the
Battle of New Orleans made
this man a national hero.
Answer:
Andrew Jackson
The election of Thomas Jefferson
and the defeat of the Federalist party and takeover by Republicans of both the Presidency and a majority in Congress was called WHAT?
Answer: The “Revolution of
1800”
Name 2 defining features of
Jackson’s Democrats.
Answer:
common man, farmers, factory workers, limited federal
govt, anti-national bank,
Expand suffrage, spoils system, manifest destiny
THIS is the Supreme Court’s
power to have the final say in
interpreting the Constitution.
Answer:
Judicial review
WHO was the incredibly popular First
Lady who saved George Washington’s portrait and other important
documents from the White House
before the British burned it?
After the US victory at the Battle of
Fort McHenry, WHO wrote The
Star Spangled Banner, which became our national anthem?
Answer:
Dolly Madison
Answer:
Francis Scott Key
If a state believes Congress has passed
What was George Washington's
a law that goes against the Consti- foreign policy regarding the French
tution, they have the right to deRevolution and the ensuing war
clare it void within the state. This
between France and Great
doctrine by John C. Calhoun was
Britain (and foreign affairs in
called what?
general)?
Answer: Nullification
Answer:
Stay neutral
What court case strengthened the Supreme Court by establishing the
principle of judicial review?
In 1807, President Jefferson
stopped all trade with France
and Great Britain with THIS
ACT, (that ultimately became
an economic and diplomatic
disaster).
Answer:
Marbury v. Madison
What is the difference between strict &
loose (broad) constructionist viewpoints of the Constitution?
Answer:
Strict means the government only has
the powers that are enumerated
(listed) in the Constitution. A loose
(broad) constructionist believes in
implied powers such as the elastic
clause (necessary & proper).
Controversial 1794 treaty between the
US and Britain ensuring US neutrality in the French & English war.
In addition, the British would evacuate their forts in the Northwest
Territory but would not stop attacking US ships at sea.
Answer: Jay’s Treaty
Answer: Embargo Act
The Americans—under the leadership of General William Henry
Harrison, won THIS battle and ended the British threat to the northwestern United States and, through
Tecumseh’s death, broke the power
of Native Americans in the area.
Answer:
(Battle of the) Thames
The first political parties (1st party
system) grew out of disputes in
Washington’s cabinet between
whom?
Answer:
Alexander Hamilton and
Thomas Jefferson
What was the major cause of the
War of 1812?
Answer:
The impressments or kidnapping of
American sailors by the British
& their interference with the
American shipping on the high
seas
The ________ __________
(purchased from Napoleon in 1803)
doubled the size of the U.S. & cost
about 3 cents per acre.
Answer:
Louisiana Territory (Purchase)
Name the 1st 20 presidents of the Name the 2 “leaders” of the Federalist
United States in order (only
Party.
last name is needed—spelling
needs to be close!)
Answer:
Answer:
Alexander Hamilton & John Adams
Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Quincy Adams, Jackson, Van Buren, Harrison, Tyler
At the end of the War of 1812, radical
New England Federalists (called the
Essex Junto) met at the Hartford
Convention & voted to secede from
the US unless their demands for constitutional reform were met. The
simultaneous US victory in WHAT
battle undercut their efforts, bringing
about the end of the Federalist Party.
Answer:
Battle of New Orleans
1795 treaty between the US and
Spain granting the US rights to
navigate the Mississippi River
and use the port of New Orleans.
Gave western farmers an outlet to
ocean trade.
Answer: Pinckney’s Treaty (aka
Treaty of San Lorenzo)
The co-leaders of an expedi- Law that increased the number of fed- One practice that hurt trade, angered
eral courts and judges. President
the U.S., and led to the War of
tion sent by Jefferson &
Adams rushed to fill these positions
1812 was the ____________ of
Congress to explore the
with Federalists before his term
American sailors to work on BritLouisiana Territory
ended, gaining the nickname,
ish ships.
& beyond.
“Midnight Appointments.”
Answer:
Answer: Judiciary Act of 1801
Answer:
(Meriwether) Lewis &
Impressments
OR kidnapping
(William) Clark
Name the 2 leaders of the
Democratic-Republican Party.
Answer:
Thomas Jefferson,
James Madison
The president who led the nation
through the War of 1812 was
__________ ___________.
What battle was a great American
victory in the War of 1812 that
made Andrew Jackson famous,
even though it was fought after
the war was officially over?
Answer:
James Madison
Answer:
New Orleans
Name at least 2 parts of Alexander
Hamilton’s financial plan to get WHO believed that manufacturing was
the key to our nation’s success and
our nation out of the massive
WHO believed the opposite, that
debt from the Revolution.
we
should be a nation of farmers?
Answer:
Create the National Bank, raise
Answer:
money through tariffs &/or exHamilton (manufacturing)
cise taxes, Federal govt. assumes
states’ debts, expand domestic
Jefferson (farming)
manufacturing
WHAT Federalist strengthened the
power of the Supreme Court by
writing the decision that established the principle of judicial
review?
Answer:
John Marshall
What event made large-scale
manufacturing the main form
of work in the northeastern
U.S. instead of farming?
Answer:
Industrial Revolution
Why was New England a good
place for factories?
Answer:
1. fast-moving rivers, OR
2. easy access to ocean and
shipping
Most of the nation’s factories
were built in what region of
the United States?
Answer:
New England, Northeast, or
North
HIS use of interchangeable parts
in gun manufacturing helped
usher in the Industrial Revolution as unskilled workers and
machines began to take the
place of skilled gun makers.
Answer:
Eli Whitney
John _______ developed the
first commercially successful steel plow to replace the wooden plow—
revolutionizing American
agriculture.
Answer:
Deere
Who memorized machinery blueprints Members of Congress from the West
for a spinning engine and then emiand South (elected in 1810) who
grated from Great Britain & built
campaigned for war with Britain
the 1st textile mill in the US
in order to boost the economy.
(Rhode Island) —in effect, sparkLed by Henry Clay, this group
ing the Industrial
called “________ “ wanted to
Revolution in the United States?
invade Canada & make it part of
the U.S.
Answer:
Answer: War Hawks
Samuel Slater
(or National Republicans)
Name BOTH of Eli Whitney’s Parts that are exactly alike are called
_________parts.
two inventions during this
time that had major impact on
American society and subsequent history.
Answer:
Interchangeable parts, cotton gin
THIS was when machines replaced hand tools and manufacturing replaced farming as
the main form of work.
Answer:
Industrial Revolution
Robert Fulton made improvements to the ____________,
helping establish more efficient movement of goods up
and down the Mississippi
River.
Answer:
Steamboat
Name at least one impact of the
transportation revolution (new
roads, canals, steamboats, &
railroads).
Answer:
made it easier and cheaper to ship
goods, encouraged westward
expansion, united the nation
Answer:
Interchangeable
How did the cotton gin affect
the South?
Answer:
Cotton became main crop
AND/OR expanded slavery
The __________, invented by
Samuel B. Morse, helped
unite the nation by making
communication easier.
Answer:
telegraph
What impressive canal between
Buffalo and Albany, New
York, opened up trade and
made New York the largest
city in the U.S.?
Answer:
Erie
Before the Industrial Revolution
came to America, most of our
manufactured goods were
made in ____________.
Answer:
Great Britain
The statement written by John
Quincy Adams that told
European nations to stay
out of the affairs of the
Western Hemisphere was?
Answer:
The Monroe Doctrine
The candidate who was
elected president instead of
Andrew Jackson in 1824 as
a possible result of a corrupt
political deal was
____________.
Answer:
John Quincy Adams
After the loss at the Battle of Fallen
Timbers, Indians ceded most of the
future state of Ohio and significant
portions of what would become the
states of Indiana, Illinois,
and Michigan to the United States
in this agreement.
Answer:
Treaty of Greenville
During Monroe’s presidency
the US had just one dominant political party. What
did we call this time of apparent national unity?
The Missouri Compromise of
1820 made WHAT illegal
above the 36’30 parallel?
The Missouri Compromise of
1820 kept a balance of power in the _______ between
the slave states and the free
states.
Answer:
Slavery
Answer:
The “Era of Good Feelings”
Answer:
Senate
After General Andrew Jackson
Name 2 of the 3 main parts of
Henry Clay’s “American System”
defeated the Red Stick
that would boost the U.S. econoCreeks at THIS battle, the
my without foreign assistance.
Creeks ceded 23 million
Answer:
1. protective tariff,
2. a national bank,
3. Improve US’s transportation
(internal improvements)
acres in current-day Alabama to the United States.
Answer:
(Battle of ) Horseshoe Bend
In the 1800s, sectionalism What were the main interests (focus) of The doctrine of nullification by
each of the 3 regions of the U.S. in
divided the United States
John C. Calhoun says that a
the mid 1800s (North, South,
into what 3 regions?
__________ has the right to
West)?
nullify, or ignore, a federal
Answer: North (or Northlaw that it considers unconAnswer:
east), South, West
stitutional.
North = manufacturing
South = Agriculture
West = transportation (cheaper
&/or improved)
An economic depression during
Monroe’s presidency that resulted from banks making too
many loans to western farmers and then demanding immediate repayment of these
loans when the economy
turned sour.
Answer: Panic of 1819
Answer:
state
THIS Shoshone Indian not only aided
In the Adams-Onis Treaty of
Lewis & Clark in crossing the
1819 (arranged by John
Rocky Mountains, but also
Quincy Adams), Spain ceded
helped develop friendships with
what current state to the
various tribes while serving as an
United States?
interpreter.
Answer:
Florida
Answer:
Sacajawea
Describe 2 characteristics of the
Whig party.
Answer:
Anti-Jackson, wealthy & middle
class businessmen, social reformers, supported
“American System” (tariff,
national bank, transportation
improvements), former National Republicans
Name at least 2 of the main goals of
Lewis & Clark expedition.
Answer:
1. Explore & map the territory
2. Find an all-water route to the
3. Pacific Ocean
4. Establish good relations with tribes
5. Document new plants & animals
In response to the Alien and Sedition
Acts, Jefferson and Madison said
that Congress had passed an unconstitutional law and that when
that happens the states should
have the right to not obey it.
Answer:
Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
The political party that was
Name 1 of the 2 American politicians
formed as an anti-Andrew THIS was what caused the nullification
involved in the alleged “Corrupt
crisis during Jackson’s presidency,
Jackson party was called the
Bargain” of 1824? One became
in which South Carolina threatened
___________.
the President as a result, and the
to secede from the United States if
Answer: Whigs
other became his Secretary of
the issue wasn’t settled.
State.
BONUS Question: Who was
America’s 1st Whig PresiAnswer:
Answer:
dent? (He was the 9th Prez)
Tariff of Abominations
John Quincy Adams (President)
Answer: William Henry Harrison
(or high tariff on imports)
Henry Clay (Sec. of State)
THIS was a depression during
Van Buren’s presidency that
was due (in part) to Andrew
Jackson’s economic policies.
90% of factories shut down
and many lost their jobs.
The “Age of the Common Man” (aka
the Jacksonian era) was when
poor white men exercised more
political power than ever before.
What voting qualification was
lifted during this time?
Established the Supreme Court
(with 6 justices) and set up a
system of lower federal
courts.
Answer:
Panic of 1837
Answer:
Land-ownership (or property)
Answer:
Judiciary Act of 1789
group was a faction of the DemoIn the early 1800s, many Na- This
cratic-Republican Party. It included
tive Americans united un- men, like John Quincy Adams and
der this Shawnee chief to Henry Clay—War Hawks from the
fight for their land.
War of 1812—who wanted to build up
Answer:
Tecumseh
The forced removal of the Cherokee Indians west of the Mississippi River led to the death
of almost 1/4 of them on the
journey that later became
known as WHAT?
Answer:
The Trail of Tears
the nation's resources with a tariff, national bank, and internal improvements
as proposed in the 'American System'.
Answer:
National Republicans
President Andrew Jackson and Congress moved the Cherokee and other Indian nations west of the Mississippi with what Act?
Answer:
Indian Removal Act
Sing (or say) all 44 presidents!
Answer:
You had better know the 44
presidents yourself, huh?!?
:)
The practice of giving government
jobs to friends and political supporters (1st used by Andrew
Jackson) became known as the
WHAT?
Answer:
Spoils System