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1
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Which president sets a precedent for future presidents

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George Washington

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What political ideal did Washington hold?

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neutrality

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Which president put down the Whiskey rebellion

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George Washington

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Which president was not afraid to put down rebellions

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George Washington

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Which president voluntarily served 2 terms to live on the farm with his family

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George Washington

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Judiciary Act

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Established a 3 tier system for courts

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Which Supreme Court case allowed the Supreme Court to nullify laws

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Marbury vs. Madison

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Who wrote the bill of rights

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James Madison

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What was the 10th amendment

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Power goes to states, not nations

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Who had a loose interpretation of the constitution: Hamilton or Jefferson?

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Hamilton

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Who was a federalist: Hamilton or Jefferson?

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Hamilton

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Who believed in a strong government: Hamilton or Jefferson?

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Hamilton

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13
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Who developed the central bank?

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Hamilton

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Who believed in a manufacturing based economy: Hamilton or Jefferson?

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Hamilton

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Who had a strict interpretation of the constitution?

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Jefferson

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Who was a republican: Hamilton or Jefferson?

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Jefferson

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Who believed in state’s rights: Hamilton or Jefferson?

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Jefferson

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Who believed in an agricultural based economy: Hamilton or Jefferson?

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Jefferson

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What 2 things did many people not like about the National Bank?

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Too much federal power; only benefited the rich

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20
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What did the National bank help with

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National debt

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What was the compromise Hamilton made in order to make a national bank?

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Nation’s capital in the South

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What did the proclamation of neutrality allow the US citizens to do

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Trade with all belligerent nations

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23
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How was the Vice President elected?

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The 2nd most votes

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24
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Which party supported a strong central government?

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Federalist

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Which party was for state sovereignty?
Democratic Republicans
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What was the XYZ Affair?
US refused bribe of 3 French spies
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What was the result of the XYZ Affair?
US and French trade curtailed
28
Which party supported the sedition act?
Federalists
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What did the Sedition Act do?
prohibited publication of insults on the president or members of congress
30
What was unique about the 1800 election?
A Tie
31
What was shocking about Hamilton's actions in the 1800 election?
Voted for Jefferson
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What was the name of the treaty that ceded a lot of Ohio to Native Americans?
Greenville Treaty
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How did Americans try to get Native Americans to assimilate?
Forced camps and schools
34
What replaced tobacco as the new cash crop?
Cotton
35
Who was the Louisiana purchase brought from?
France
36
who were lewis and clark?
Went out to explore new territory
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why is the embargo act important today?
shows how free trade is better than regulation
38
What was the embargo act?
Prohibited American ships from leaving ports until Britain and France stopped restricting US trade
39
What was the battle of tippecanoe?
Governor of Indiana destroyed Native American lands
40
Who organized the Western Confederacy and promoted resistance to white people?
Tecumseh
41
What was the "pointless" war?
The war of 1812
42
What treaty ended the war of 1812?
Treaty of Ghent
43
what was the first major economic crisis in the US
Panic of 1819
44
What policies did the government adapt
neo-mercentilist
45
Do we live in a purely capitalist society?
No
46
Why was the Erie Canal important
brought prosperity to the Great Lake regions
47
why were steamboats so revolutionary?
halved the cost
48
What did the Post Office Act of 1792 do?
Establish 8000 post offices
49
What invention created more effective communication?
The telegraph
50
What class created a larger consumer base?
The middle class
51
Lowell System
Exploitation of Female Labor
52
T/F: America was one of the first to abolish slabery
False
53
What system used in slavery is still used in American prisons today?
Gang Labor
54
What was the domestic slave trade labeled as
Inland System
55
What did the patent good law state?
Protect your innovation
56
What did Remington invent?
Guns
57
What did Whitney invent?
Cotton Gin
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What did Singer invent?
Sewing Machine
59
What 2 things did morse invent?
Telegraph/Morse code
60
What did McCormick invent?
Mechanical Reaper
61
What is disenfranchisement?
Prevents people from voting rights
62
What new state is Jackson from?
Tenessee
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What is the name for political parties that efficiently wove together the interests of diverse social and economic groups
Political machines
64
Which principle wanted women to stay home and educate the next generation?
Republican motherhood
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What was the Missouri compromise
Drew a line between slave owning and non-slave owning states
66
Which president used corrupt bargain
Jackson
67
Who won the 1824 Election?
Adams
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What election saw the nickname of presidents and what were the two nicknames?
1824: Old Hickory and Tippecanoe
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What happened at the inauguration of Jackson
Jackson had to sneak out of a window because people were so excited
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What was the spoils system?
the practice of a successful political party giving public office to its supporters
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What party was all about states rights, and what party is now?
Democrats/Republicans
72
What happened to the second bank of America
It was destroyed by Jackson
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What caused the Panic of 1837
Bank of England wanted to cut flow of money to US
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What act removed all native Americans from southern united states
Indian Removal Act of 1830
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What massacre killed 850 Native Americans
Bad Axe Massacre
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What was the nickname for the path used to resettle Native Americans
Trail of Tears
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What party allowed women to participate
Whigs
78
Where was the defeat of the Mexican army in San Antonio
Alamo
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What phrase motivated people to join the fight against Mexico
"Remember the Alamo"
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Which general led the end of the war
Samuel Houston
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What party did Samuel Houston lead
The "war party"
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Which was more economic based: North or south?
North
83
Which was more agricultural based, North or South?
South
84
What do some argue the US-Mexico war was an act of?
Imperialism
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What was the slogan used which captured continental ambitions
Manifest Destiny
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Who coined the phrase manifest destiny?
John L. O'Sullivan
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What disease did Americans deliberately use to wipe out native Americans
Small Pox
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Which president started the US-Mexico War
Polk
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Who was elected in 1844
Polk
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Which president, elected in 1844, held expansionist values
Polk
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What was the term coined by Stephen H. Long that describes the grassland of the southern planes
Great American Desert
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Who led the "Peace Party"
Austin
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What did the peace party want
A negotiation with the central government in Mexico
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Who was a major frontiersman who died at Alamo
Davy Crocket
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Who was Mexico's president
Santa Anna
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Who was the Usurper of the South
Santa Anna

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