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1
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What are the first three presidents in order?

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George Washington, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson

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What was the crisis in the electoral college in 1800-1801 and how was it resolved?

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Both Thomas Jefferson and his vice-presidential candidate Aaron Burr had the same number of electoral votes. The House of Representatives, after the influence of Hamilton, voted Jefferson as the new president

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What did Thomas Jefferson call his being elected President?

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The Revolution of 1800

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What major acquisition of land did Jefferson oversee?

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The Louisiana Purchase

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What two men led the Corps of Discovery?

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Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

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Up what river did the Corps of Discovery go from St. Louis?

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The Missouri River

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What was the name of the Native American woman who was a translator for the Corps of Discovery?

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Sacajawea

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What was outlawed during Jefferson’s term in office?

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The importation of slaves

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What chief justice led the expansion of the power of the Supreme Court and what was his native land?

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John Marshall. Virginia

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What new era did Marshall lead the Supreme Court?

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The era of Activism

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What was an issue in Marbury v. Madison?

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Madison refused to give Marbury his commission that President Adams had signed. Marbury sued for it in the Supreme Court according to the Judiciary Act of 1801

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What was the effect of the ruling in McCulloch v. Maryland?

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The Bank is beneficial and the tax on the branch of the Bank of the United States was unconstitutional because the Federal government had certain areas of sovereignty that the states could not violate

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What is on trial in a Supreme Court case?

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The law

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What is the potential problem with judicial review?

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The fact that justices can be biased towards their own view rather than just what the Constitution says

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In the early 1800s, U.S. shipping was affected by the conflict between what two European countries?

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France and Britain

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What was Jefferson’s response to Britain’s interference, and what was the effect of this action?

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To boycott trading with Britain. The passing of the Embargo Act, which forbade American ships leaving port without putting up a sizable bond. It primarily hurt the U.S.

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What other area of the country was affected by conflict with the British?

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The Northwest Territories through Indians attacks

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What was the irony of events in 1812?

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The fact that America declared war while Britain was about to ease off of America and negotiate on other matters of concern

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The people in what area of the country strongly oppose the War of 1812?

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New England

20
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What city did the British invade and burn?

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Washington D.C.

21
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Ft. McHenry was located in what city?

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Baltimore

22
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Who led American military efforts in the South during the war?

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Andrew Jackson

23
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What was the last battle of the war and what was its irony?

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The Battle of New Orleans. The fact that the war was already over before this battle started

24
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What were the major results of the war for the United States?

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The increase of the United States’ national pride and self-conscience and also the establishment of them being a strong and independent nation

25
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What did Jefferson say composed the natural aristocracy?

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Virtue and talent

26
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What did Jefferson say composed the artificial aristocracy?

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Wealth and birth

27
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How much had the United States grown twenty years after the end of the Revolutionary War?

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They doubled in size through the Louisiana Purchase and stretched two-thirds across the continent

28
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From what state did the three Presidents who served from 1801 to 1825 come?

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Virginia

29
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What phrase did a newspaper use to describe Monroe’s presidency?

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The “Era of Good Feelings”

30
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What factors contributed to a weak U.S. economy during this period?

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Debt from the war of 1812 and the unregulated activity of state banks

31
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What three major steps were taken by Congress to help the nation?

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A tariff was enacted in 1816 to protect American industries from cheaper foreign competition, they created the Second Bank of the United States, and they developed a program of improving transportation through the building of roads, canals and later railroads

32
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What factors increased western population during this period?

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The desire to settle new land, cheaper land prices, and immigration

33
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What were the beginning and ending points of the National Road?

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Cumberland, Maryland, to Vandalia, Illinois

34
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What canal in New York connected Buffalo to New York City?

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The Erie Canal

35
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What major transportation innovation revolutionized water travel?

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The development of the steamboat

36
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Where is Cane Ridge, Kentucky?

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Lexington, Kentucky

37
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How many people attended the Cane Ridge Meeting in August 1801?

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At least ten thousand

38
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What unusual physical actions occurred at Cane Ridge?

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Falling, jerks, dancing, barking, laughing, and singing exercises

39
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How did the Second Great Awakening change religious practice in America?

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Churches grew, believers became more socially helpful, and people began to see faith as a matter of personal decision, not something predestined

40
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What did the Scottish Common Sense Philosophy say about understanding the Bible?

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That everyone is capable of understanding it

41
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What two religious groups began in America during the early 1800s?

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The Cumberland Presbyterian Church and the Churches of Christ (also know as Disciples and the Christian Churches)

42
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With the events and trends taking place in America, what did many believe might take place soon?

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The millennium

43
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The presbytery wanted its power of making laws for the governing of the church to cease and for people to have free recourse to what?

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The Bible

44
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The presbytery wanted candidates for the ministry to be licensed by whom?

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God

45
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How did the presbytery want churches to get preachers?

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By the church choosing who they want and supporting him

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