US History Vocab

Question 1

Tarif

Answer 1

A tax on imported goods

Question 2

Loose construction

Answer 2

A belief that the government has any power not forbidden by the Constitution

Question 3

Strict Construction

Answer 3

– A belief that the government is limited to powers clearly stated in Constitution

Question 4

Whiskey Rebellion

Answer 4

An 1794 uprising in western Pennsylvania that opposed the federal exercise tax on whisky

Question 5

Democratic Republicans

Answer 5

One of the first political parties lead by Jefferson and Madison
Federalists – The ones who favored ratification of the Constitution

Question 6

Alien Act

Answer 6

A law in 1798 that allowed the government to imprison non-citizen immigrants

Question 7

Louisiana Purchase

Answer 7

The 1803 purchase from France by the United States of the territory

Question 8

Barbary War

Answer 8

war between the Barbary states and the United States

Question 9

Market Revolution

Answer 9

Modernized the US economy by using money to buy and sell between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains

Question 10

Lewis and Clark

Answer 10

The 1804 expedition to explore the newly gained Louisiana Territory