National Period

Question 1

Tariff

Answer 1

Tax on imported goods

Question 2

Strict constructionist

Answer 2

A narrow interpretation of constitution provisions, particular Those granting powers to the federal government

Question 3

Loose constructionist

Answer 3

Liberal interpretation of the US constitution to give broader powers to the federal government

Question 4

Political party

Answer 4

A group of people that tries to promote its own ideas and influence the government

Question 5

Alien and sedation acts

Answer 5

Made it harder to become a US citizen and to criticize Adam’s presidency

Question 6

Va and Kentucky resolutions

Answer 6

Jefferson and Madison believed Alien and sedition acts were a misuse of power
They organize opposition in Virginia and Kentucky legislature

Question 7

James K Polk

Answer 7

President during Manifest Destiny
Acquired Oregon territory and Mexican cession from Mexico

Question 8

John Marshall

Answer 8

Chief Justice that presided over Marbury vs Madison, McCullough vs Maryland, and Gibbons vs Ogden

Question 9

Marbury vs Madison

Answer 9

Established concept of judicial review and the power of the Supreme Court to declare something unconstitutional

Question 10

McCullough vs Maryland

Answer 10

Established that states could not tax the national government

Question 11

Gibbons vs Ogden

Answer 11

Established that the national government would regulate interstate commerce

Question 12

Judicial review

Answer 12

The authority of the Supreme Court to determine unconstitutional laws

Question 13

Louisiana purchase

Answer 13

The 1803 purchase of territory from France
Made by Jefferson, doubling the size of the US

Question 14

Lewis and Clark expedition

Answer 14

The journey made by meriwether Lewis and William Clark during Jefferson’s presidency to explore the Louisiana Purchase

Question 15

Manifest Destiny

Answer 15

The 1800s belief that Americans had the right to spread across the continent, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean

Question 16

Embargo

Answer 16

A government order that forbids foreign trade

Question 17

Democratic Republicans

Answer 17

Political party formed by Jefferson in Opposition to the Federalist party

They believe in more power to the states and local governments

Question 18

War of 1812

Answer 18

A war between the United States and Great Britain caused by American outrage over the impressment of American sailors by the British, The British seizure of American ships and British aid to the Indians attacking the Americans on the western frontier

Question 19

Spoils System

Answer 19

A system of awarding followers political positions

Question 20

Impressment

Answer 20

British practice of taking American sailors and forcing them into military service

Question 21

Treaty of Ghent

Answer 21

Ended the war of 1812 and maintained prewar conditions

Question 22

Andrew Jackson

Answer 22

The seventh president of the United States 1829-1837
General in the war of 1812, defeats the British at New Orleans 1815
President of the Common Man

Question 23

Monroe Doctrine

Answer 23

A declaration by the president in 1823 that warned European powers to keep out of the Americans and pledge that the United States would not intervene in the affairs of Europe

Question 24

Trail of Tears

Answer 24

The forced relocation and movement of Native American nations in the USA in the 1830s by Andrew Jackson

Question 25

Suffrage

Answer 25

The right to vote