Test Washington-Madison Flashcards
Who doesn’t want us to trade with French
England
Who is inciting the Indians against us?
England
Jay, Pickney, and Grenville treaty did what?
Inspired western movement.
Who won the election of 1796?
President: John Adams
VP: Thomas Jefferson
XYZ Affair
Limited how much we could trade with French.
Alien acts
Made it more difficult for immigrants to become citizens
Sedition Acts
Made it a crime to criticize the government. Limited free speech.
Election of 1800
Tie: Jefferson and Aaron Burr
Jefferson becomes president.
Sent to House of Representatives
What did Burr do?
Killed Hamilton in a duel.
Charged with Treason.
What did John Adams do in his lame duck period?
Put federalist a I’m the judicial branch. (John Marshall)
Who did we send to purchase the Louisiana territory?
James Monroe and Robert Livingston.
They were given 10,000,000 dollars BUY NEW ORLEANS
Who did they meet with to buy Louisiana purchase?
Foreign Minister- Tallyrand
What does Napoleon say about the deal?
ALL OR NOTHING.
15,000,000$ for it all
3¢ an acre.
Who was the only fatality of the Lewis and Clark expedition?
Sgt. Charles Floyd
Ruptured appendix
What was John Nuemaans punishment for malingering? (Being lazy)
75 lashes. Then sent home.
What did Sacajawea do during the expedition?
She was a symbol of peace for other Indians. She is a gatherer. Helps with their diets.
Formerly from Shoshone tribe.
When they reached the Pacific what did it do?
Made a valid claim to Oregon Territory.
Who was John Colter and what happened to him?
Captured two times by Blackfeet Indians. Ran for his life in a race.
Who said “if God will only forgive me this time and let me off I will leave this country day after tomorrow and be damned if I ever come back again.”?
John Colter
What happened to Lewis on October 11,1809?
Killed himself.
Shot himself in head. Then chest. Servants caught him cutting himself.
Who is the Zebulan Pike?
Explored the southern part of Louisiana Territory
First to see pikes peak.
Jedidiah Smirh
Mountain Man, Trapper, Explorer, Spy, well educated, kept a journal.
1st to cross Sierra Nevada
1st to cross Mojara desert
1st to use and discover Oregon trail.
Stephen Long (explorer)
Great Plains
Said not inhabitable. WRONG.
What does George say about French Revolution? Britain and France
Stay neutral. Not enough money. Even though we are allied with French.
Tariff
Hidden tax on imports
Excise Tax
Tax on whiskey. Aimed at the frontier.
The Bank of the United States
National bank that Hamilton argued for. Jefferson did not agree.
The whiskey rebellion
Tarring and feathering revenue tax officers.
Impressment
The act of taking men into a navy force with or without notice.
Treaty of Grenville
The confederacy gave up the old northwest
Jays treaty
Tried to get the British to abandon the forts. Jeffersonians did not like it. At all.
3rd president
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson foreign
Policy
December 1806
Asked congress to prohibit slave trade.
Passed in 1807
Takes effect 1808
Who did we have undeclared war with under Jefferson?
Pirates
The Leopard (British war ship) came in our territorial waters, killed 4 people, impressed 3, and attacked what ship of ours?
The Chesapeake
Jefferson convinced congress to pass the ______ act.
Embargo
What was the embargo act?
No American ship can leave port.
An attempt to avoid war
Who was the 4th president?
James Madison
What are Warhawks? When did they come into power in congress?
People who favored and wanted war.
1810
Who were immortal trio? (Warhawks)
Henry Clay from Kentucky
John C Calhoun from SC
Daniel Webster from Mass.
Who was Tecumseh?
A Shawnee born Indian who attempts to form an Indian confederacy. Unite them.
What were 3 things Tecumseh said?
UNITE
Do not sell land to any whites.
Do not use alcohol.
Who was The Prophet? (Tenskwatawa)
Tecumsehs half brother.
Attacked William Henry Harrison’s army. And lost. (the battle of tippecanoe)
On June 18 1812 the US declared war with _______.
England
Reasons for war with England:
- Impressing our sailors.
- Inciting the Indians
- Violated territorial waters
- Seizing our ships and goods
- We want Canada.*** reasons not given
- Democratic republicans are in power***
War of 1812:
Oliver Hazard Perry
Hero of Lake Erie
“We have met the enemy and they are ours”
Built a fleet and captured the British fleet.
War of 1812:
Thomas Macdonough
Lake Champlain
Turned his wounded ships around with cables.
“Greatest comeback ever.”
War of 1812:
Fort McHenry
Francis Scott Key
Star spangled banner
Flag stood
We survived.
War of 1812:
Old Ironsides “the constitution”
12 inches of oak.
44 guns.
Fast because of copper sheath.
War of 1812:
British Burns the White House
Dolly Madison runs to White House saves portrait of George Washington and dinnerware
War of 1812:
Captain James Lawrence
Captain of the Chesapeake
Last words “don’t give up the ship, fight her till she sinks”
War of 1812:
Battle of New Orleans
British sends 8000 of fine troops.
Andrew Jackson a militia general sends 7,000 volunteers
2,000 Brit dead
8 Americans killed.
Summer of 1812:
______________ surrendered because he lost at Waterloo. And England wants peace.
Napoleon
Treaty of Ghent
Treaty did nothing
No terms.
Ended war.
What were the results of the war of 1812?
Americas prestige increased in the world. We have a limit. We have a navy. Andrew Jackson defeated British. The Indians lost. (Tecumseh killed) Boost in industry. Federalist Party disappeared.
What did the federalist try to do about the war of 1812?
Held Hartford Convention. Proposed 7 amendments to constitution. All amendments benefited their party.
Who is the last federalist nominee?
Rufus King
What did we do after war of 1812 during our hayday of nationalism?
Rechartered national bank.
High protective tariff.
We are building a national road that’s paid for by national government.
1st secretary of treasury
Hamilton
Only African American on Lewis and Clark expedition
York
Slave Jefferson had several children with
Sally herrings
Significance of battle of tippecanoe
Indians had British weapons and goods
Showed that Indians would side with the British
1st American soldier to die west of Mississippi
Sgt Charles Floyd
What was Hamilton and Jeffersons deal about assumption and capital
If Hamilton moved capital to the Potomac then Jefferson would agree with assumption.
John Adams Vice President
Thomas Jefferson
A midnight judge
William marbur
Greatest chief of justice
John Marshall.
Only federal judge to be impeached and removed
John Pickering
“Don’t give up the ship fight her till she sinks”
Captain James Lawrence
What does the whiskey rebellion show?
Power of the national government
What election went to the House of Representatives
Election of 1800
What did they do so that there wouldn’t be another tie in the future
12th amendment
What does Jay’s treaty lead to?
Pickney treaty
Who did the treaty of Grenville deal with?
The Miami confederation
Leader of the Miamis
Little Turtle
Tribe that killed jedidiah smith
Comanches
Hitler
Mussolini
KKK
Reactionaries
Brought death to the Federalist Party
Hartford Convention
Wrote a biography of George Washington including many myths
Parson Weems
Convention of 1800
Terminates French alliance and brought peace for undeclared war under John Adams as president
Dolly Madison
Saved portrait of George Washington in burning White House
“We met the enemy and they are ours”
Oliver Hazard Perry
Compact Theory
Written by Thomas Jefferson
Virginia and Kentucky
Written in protest to the alien and sedition acts
Where is the Miami River
Ohio
“Kentucky militia can take Canada”
Henry Clay
Had 3 brothers killed by Indians
Felix Grundy
Member of House of Representatives that goes to jail for violating sedition act. Aka spitting lion
Matthew Lyon
1st white man to see Pikes Peak
Zebulan Pike
Who did jedidiah smith say we’re the poorest people?
Piuutes
Main route west prior to the Oregon trail
Missouri River
Where did the whiskey rebellion take place?
South western Pennsylvania
“We have beaten the enemy twice under different commanders… The Americans are now led by a chief who never sleeps.. We have never been able to surprise him.. It would be prudent to listen to his offers of peace”
Little turtle
“Here lies John Adams, who took it upon himself the responsibility of peace with France in the year of 1800.”
John Adams
“There is no act of my life, (the appointment of John Marshall) in which I can reflect on with more pleasure.”
John Adams
“If American Law were to be represented by a single figure, skeptic and worshipper alike would agree without dispute that the figure could be one alone, and that one John Marshall.”
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes
“When we speak of the Great Chief Justice we mean Marshall.”
Chief Justice Warren E Burger
