Unit 3: Important Events

Question 1

Missouri Compromise

Answer 1

Missouri Comprimise was what created Maine to appease the slave states, make the numbers even.

Question 2

Treaty of Ghent

Answer 2

Peace treaty of the War of 1812, DIDN’T MEAN JACK, they took our ships regardless.

Question 3

“Revolution of 1800”

Answer 3

The election of 1800. It was a revolution because the party change and a bunch of stuff. Pretty much a bunch of swag yo.

Question 4

Battle of Horseshoe Bend

Answer 4

Decisice battle against the indians lead by Andrew Jackson, caused the remaining fighting indians to go more West.

Question 5

Florida Purchase Treaty

Answer 5

Because Spain was a bunch of bitches at the time, they sold Florida for like, not taking over Texas, which we did anyways. #suchscam #soamerica

Question 6

2nd Bank of the United States

Answer 6

Bank lead by Nicholas Biddle, helped stabalize the economy and was alright until he tried to exploit it to convince people he wasn’t obsolete. What a bitch.

Question 7

McCulloch v. Maryland

Answer 7

Landmark case, said that people couldn’t undermine the bank, because it was a national institution.

Question 8

Tariff of 1816

Answer 8

First tariff, supported by the South, and based entirely on helping the economy. #4DaMoney

Question 9

Cohens v. Virginia

Answer 9

Dudes tried to sell lottery tickets in a different state, and the court ruled for the state, because you know, their godamned laws.

Question 10

American System

Answer 10

Tariffs, a national bank, and roads and transportation, made so that we could be self sustaining and prosperious without those European hoez. #Merica4Days

Question 11

Commonwealth v. Hunt

Answer 11

Ruling that labor parties were important. I’m not sure about the details. Umm, yeah.

Question 12

South Carolina Exposition

Answer 12

Crazy fuckers yelling about how they would godamned ceceed if they though stuff was unconstitutional, lead by the southern dude who’se name started with a C.

Question 13

South Carolina Exposition

Answer 13

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Question 14

Specie Circular

Answer 14

No paper money. Only gold and not worthless stuff was taken, which made it VERY hard to pay for stuff, actually impossible #SUCHFORCLOSURE #MUCHSAD #WOW #GETFUCKEDOBAMA

Question 15

“Trail of Tears”

Answer 15

Cheroquie [sic] mostly, all marching in a forced march, thousands upon thousands died, and erryone cried. #trailofcry

Question 16

Marbury v. Madison

Answer 16

They can’t give the title of judgeship because it’s outside of the juristiction and is constitutional, because yolo.

Question 17

War of 1812

Answer 17

We wanted Canadia, lots of tension, tension about X Y Z, we wanted British OUT, but then they sent all the military here, battle of new orleans turned it around, and war ended and swag.

Question 18

Judiciary Act of 1801

Answer 18

Midnight Judges. Nuff said. (John Marshal was cool)

Question 19

Embargo Act

Answer 19

Ships done didn’t leave. Jefferson wuz a ho. Erryone poor.

Question 20

Treaty of 1818

Answer 20

Set the borders of what was British and what was American in the new world, important because, you know, that land shit. Kinda a lot of monay. #PoliticalConfusiuonSolved #wow

Question 21

Fletcher v. Peck

Answer 21

the frst case in which the supreme court ruled a state law unconstitutional. also hinted that natives didnt own their lands and supported the sanctity of contracts.

Question 22

Bonus Bill of 1817

Answer 22

the idea that profits from the bank of the US would be earmarked for internal improvement funds. didnt pan out.

Question 23

Tallmadge Amendment

Answer 23

a proposed amendment to the charter of misouri that would force slavery out of the state within a generation. pissed off slave states, didnt pass.

Question 24

Gibbons v. Ogden

Answer 24

ogden owned a ferry service in the area around new york. ogden tried to push gibbons out of buisness, gibbons sued. new york supported the monopoly, supreme court shot it down. set up a framework that the supreme court decides issues of interstate commerce.

Question 25

Era of Good Feelings

Answer 25

a desire for unity in the US, saw the destruction fo the federalist party, closely associated with monroes presidency.

Question 26

“Revolution of 1828”

Answer 26

formed the 2 party system that we maintain till today and shaped politics.

Question 27

Clermont

Answer 27

lots a shit, who knows.

Question 28

Peggy Eaton Affair

Answer 28

all the wives of the cabinet members where bitches and peggy was a slut. the enitre cabinet except for martin van buren resigned for no god damn reason.

Question 29

Tariff of 1833

Answer 29

a gradual reduction of the terrif of abominations, meant to hold the union between the north and the south together.

Question 30

Lone Star Republic

Answer 30

texas when texas was a country. broke off from spain/mexico, was independant for 10 years.

Question 31

Non-Intercourse Act

Answer 31

a whole bunch of laws preventing interaction with the natives.

Question 32

Battle of New Orleans

Answer 32

the british attack on new orleans, british got owned and was a huge victory for the US. the battle happened after the treaty ending the war had been signed.

Question 33

Chesapeake Incident

Answer 33

a ship was boarded by the british, except they didnt like that, so they decided to attack. however, there ship sucked, so after one cannon shot, they gave up and the british were pissed and hung a guy. pissed off america.

Question 34

Louisiana Purchase

Answer 34

the purchase of a massive chunk of territory from the french after their defeat in the haitian rebellion. doubled the size of the country and left only us, spain, and britain in north america.

Question 35

Hartford Convention

Answer 35

convention disucssing a whole bunch of stuff, like getting rid of the 3/5ths law and requiring a 2/3rds majority in congress to declare war.

Question 36

Land Act of 1820

Answer 36

a system for buying government owned land in the west so that farmers could pay it off over 4 years.

Question 37

Monroe Doctrine

Answer 37

the doctrine essentially says any colonization of the americas would be treates as an act of war by the US.

Question 38

Missouri Compromise

Answer 38

prevents slavery above a certain latitude line across the US, except for missouri, they got slavery.

Question 39

Panic of 1819

Answer 39

more economic collapse, woo hoo.essentially the napoleonic wars stomped economics.

Question 40

Election of 1824

Answer 40

was “ the corrupt bargain” because the election was decided by the house of representatives because of a tie.

Question 41

Twelfth Amendment

Answer 41

if no president canidates get the majority of the electoral votes, then the vote goes to the house of reps.

Question 42

Tariff of Abominations

Answer 42

a tarrif to protect northern industry, hurt the south a lot. south carolina resisted the terrif, which prompted the force bill.

Question 43

Force Bill

Answer 43

a bill that allowed the president to deploy the US army against a state. enacted when south carolina resisted the terrifs.

Question 44

Maysville Road Veto

Answer 44

Andrew Jackson’s veto of a bill that would allow the federal government to buy stock in roads/railroads.

Question 45

Panic 1837

Answer 45

economic panic in 1837 was just your run of the mill recession. less money, less employment, life sucked