Deck

Question 1

1824 Election

Answer 1

Marked the end of Party leader nomination (caucus system). Ushered in modern elections.

Question 2

Reason for Andrew Johnson’s impeachment

Answer 2

Disagreement with a largely Northern Republican Congress, he supported lenient approach to South. Violated the Tenure office act.

Question 3

McCullough v. Maryland

Answer 3

Era: 1801-1835 (early 19 hundreds)
Marshall Court upholding that the Constitutionality of the Second National Bank. No state may impede the federal government of the lawful exercise of power.

Question 4

Gibbons vs. Ogden

Answer 4

Era: 1824

Established that scope of federal authority under constitution allowed for the regulation of the interstate commerce.

Question 5

Types of Cash crops in Chesapeake Colonies

Answer 5

Era: 17th Century

Rice, indigo, tobacco, and cotton.

Question 6

Interstate Highway System

Answer 6

Era: Years after WWII (Eisenhower)
Created interstates to assist in troop mobilization. Sped up commerce for individuals, allowed for city workers to to live in suburbs.

Question 7

`Roger Williams

Answer 7

Era: 17th Century
Believed that church and state should be separate. Also supported all religions and wanted to prohibit slavery and treat natives well.

Question 8

Popular Sovereignty

Answer 8

Era: Pre- Civil War
Allowed states, by state, to vote and decide on whether to allow slavery within its borders. Reinforced by compromise of 1850.

Question 9

Only President to resign from office

Answer 9

Era: Vietnamish

Richard Nixon

Question 10

Addition of the Oregon Territory

Answer 10

Negotiation with Great Britain

Question 11

Gideon vs Wainwright

Answer 11

Era: 1963

An attorney must be provided to defendants even if they cannot afford one.

Question 12

19th Century Senator Deciders

Answer 12

Era: 19th Century
Chosen by legislators of home states.
Changed by 17th Amendment in 1913

Question 13

Reform in the 1830s

Answer 13

Era: Jacksonian
Largely middle and upper class women fighting for the idea that society is responsible for the less fortunate. Targeted drinking and gambling.

Question 14

Treaty of Versailles

Answer 14

Era: Post WWI
Accepted as treaty of end of WWI by Britain and France, but the US congress did not sign it. This despite Woodrow Wilson’s support of the treaty for the creation of the League of Nations. Unfairly hurt Germans and would result in WWII

Question 15

Franklin Roosevelt’s Party

Answer 15

Era: Mid- Great Depression
Democrat: switched African Americans, the poor, union members because of New Deal

Question 16

Response to Court order for Arkansas to integrate Little Rock schools in 1957

Answer 16

Era: Post WWII, Pre- Civil rights

Shut down public schools for two years.

Question 17

War Powers Resolution

Answer 17

Era: Nixon and Vietnam (early 1970s)
Periodical approval for any military commitment by Congress. This was because Vietnam was not technically a war (no declaration) and was highly unpopular

Question 18

Year and President of the End of Vietnam War

Answer 18

Richard Nixon 1973

Question 19

Monroe Doctrine

Answer 19

Era: 1823
Created to assert that US was the central power in Western hemisphere (though we were not) and required Europe to stay out of colonizing area. Worked because of backing by British Navy.

Question 20

Nullification Crisis

Answer 20

Era: Jacksonian
Based on Jefferson and Madison’s Virginia and Kentucky resolutions. South Carolina refused to follow the tariff of aboniations and Jackson ( seeing it as a threat to the union) threatened with troops. Jackson was a supporter of states rights otherwise

Question 21

Results of War of 1812

Answer 21

Era: War of 1812
Embargo of 1807 through the end of the war resulted in the spurring of the american manufacturing sector. Less dependent on imports

Question 22

Taft falling out of Favor

Answer 22

Over Payne - Aldritch Tariff during presidency angered progressives because tariff was too high.

Question 23

Years of War of Independence

Answer 23

1775-1783