Chapters 4 & 5 (8th Grade)

Question 1

Who was the first President of the United States?

Answer 1

George Washington

Question 2

The ceremony in which a President is put into office is known as a(n)..

Answer 2

inauguration

Question 3

What was the first capital of the United States?

Answer 3

New York City

Question 4

The President’s advisers are known as the…

Answer 4

Cabinet

Question 5

The President, Vice President and the cabinet together make up the…

Answer 5

Administration

Question 6

Who was named Washington’s Secretary of the Treasury?

Answer 6

Alexander Hamilton

Question 7

What did Hamilton propose to make money for the US government?

Answer 7

Three-step plan; tariffs, a national bank, and the government would pay their debts

Question 8

What is another term for a tax on imported goods?

Answer 8

Tariff

Question 9

What law created the national court system?

Answer 9

Judiciary Act of 1789

Question 10

In his farewell address, Washington warned against political parties and US involvement in..

Answer 10

Europe/foreign affairs

Question 11

What type of people rebelled during the Whiskey Rebellion?

Answer 11

Farmers

Question 12

Who was the leader of the Federalists?

Answer 12

Alexander Hamilton

Question 13

Who was the leader of the Republicans?

Answer 13

Thomas Jefferson

Question 14

Which political party OPPOSED the French Revolution?

Answer 14

Federalists

Question 15

Which political party believed in an agricultural society?

Answer 15

Republicans

Question 16

Which political party favored an industrial society?

Answer 16

Federalists

Question 17

What political party believed in a strict constitutional interpretation?

Answer 17

Republicans

Question 18

What political party believed in a loose constitutional interpretation?

Answer 18

Federalists

Question 19

Who won the presidential election of 1796?

Answer 19

John Adams

Question 20

Native Americans gave up most of present-day Ohio under the…

Answer 20

Treaty of Greenville

Question 21

Sailors being seized by the British on the high seas was known as…

Answer 21

impressment

Question 22

Criticizing the US government became illegal under what law?

Answer 22

Sedition Act

Question 23

The Alien Act increased citizenship requirements to __ years.

Answer 23

14

Question 24

What political party was targeted by the Sedition Act?

Answer 24

Republicans

Question 25

Who won the Election of 1800?

Answer 25

Thomas Jefferson

Question 26

Where did the national capital move to in 1800?

Answer 26

Washington D.C.

Question 27

What river runs through the national capital?

Answer 27

Potomac River

Question 28

Who was the architect of the national capital?

Answer 28

Pierre L'Enfant

Question 29

In case of a tie in electoral votes in a presidential election, who breaks that tie?

Answer 29

House of Representatives

Question 30

What does "laissez faire" mean?

Answer 30

The government should not interfere in the economy.

Question 31

What is judicial review?

Answer 31

Authority of the Supreme Court to strike down unconstitutional laws.

Question 32

What court case established the judicial branch in the US government?

Answer 32

Madison v. Marbury

Question 33

What rivers intersect just north of St. Louis, Missouri?

Answer 33

Mississippi River

Question 34

In 1803, what country secretly gave France the Louisiana Territory?

Answer 34

Spain

Question 35

Who was the leader of France?

Answer 35

Napolean Bonaparte

Question 36

How much did the Louisiana Territory cost the United States?

Answer 36

$15 million/4 cents per acre

Question 37

What did the Louisiana Purchase do to the size of the United States?

Answer 37

Doubled the size

Question 38

What is an expedition?

Answer 38

A long and carefully organized journey

Question 39

Who led a US expedition into the Louisiana Territory?

Answer 39

Meriwether Lewis & William Clark

Question 40

What were the strengths of Lewis?

Answer 40

Outdoors; knew about flora & fauna

Question 41

What were the strengths of Clark?

Answer 41

Drew maps (cartographer) & took photos

Question 42

What was the missions given to Lewis and Clark by President Jefferson?

Answer 42

To report back on the geography, flora, fauna, and other natural features of the region; make contact with Native Americans west of the Mississippi; find out if a waterway existed between the Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean

Question 43

What Native American (Shoshone) assisted Lewis and Clark on their journey?

Answer 43

Sacagawea

Question 44

What is the continental divide?

Answer 44

The place on a continent that separates river systems flowing in opposite directions

Question 45

What is tribute?

Answer 45

A forced payment from one country to another

Question 46

Where did the US Marines go to in the early 1800s to stop piracy in the Mediterranean Sea area?

Answer 46

Tripoli

Question 47

What does neutrality mean?

Answer 47

Not favoring either side in a dispute

Question 48

What is an embargo?

Answer 48

A government order that forbids foreign trade

Question 49

What did the Embargo Act do?

Answer 49

American exports fell from $109 million to & $25 million. Prices of American crops declined, hurting farmers and planters. Tens of thousands of Americans lost their jobs.

Question 50

Who urged the Native American resistance in the western areas?

Answer 50

Tecumseh & the Prophet (Tenskwatawa)

Question 51

Who led an army into the Indiana Territory to defeat the Native Americans?

Answer 51

William Henry Harrison, governor of the Indiana Territory

Question 52

What is nationalism?

Answer 52

Pride in one's country

Question 53

What were War Hawks?

Answer 53

Those who were eager for war with Britain

Question 54

Name two famous War Hawks.

Answer 54

John C. Calhoun & Henry Clay

Question 55

What is a blockade?

Answer 55

The action of shutting a port or road to prevent people or supplies from coming into an area or leaving it.

Question 56

What battleship won a major sea battle during the War of 1812?

Answer 56

Constitution (US) beat the Guerriere (Britain)

Question 57

When the British attacked Washington D.C., what did they do?

Answer 57

They set fire to the White House and government buildings.

Question 58

While the White House was on fire, who ran out of the building with a portrait of George Washington?

Answer 58

Dolley Madison

Question 59

What outpost did the British attack in Baltimore, Maryland?

Answer 59

Fort McHenry

Question 60

During the Battle of Baltimore, the Star Spangled Banner was written by...

Answer 60

Francis Scott Key

Question 61

Where did the final battle of the War of 1812 take place?

Answer 61

New Orleans

Question 62

Who led the Americans in that battle?

Answer 62

Andrew Jackson

Question 63

What were the results of that battle?

Answer 63

The British lost & the Americans won

Question 64

Who met at the Hartford Convention and why were these people upset?

Answer 64

A group of Federalists; they didn't want war with England

Question 65

What does the term secede mean?

Answer 65

Withdraw