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U.S. History
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| French foreign minister who demanded a bribe from the U.S. Ambassadors to Paris | Talleyrand |
| Name given to the demand for money by Talleyrand to three U.S. Ambassadors | XYZ Affair |
| Famous U.S. Frigate launched in 1797 | USS Constitution |
| Nickname for USS Constitutin | Old Ironsides |
| After a split in the federalists party, Hamilton and his supporters were called | High Federalists |
| French-American agreement in which France agreed to stop seizing American Ships | Convention of 1800 |
| French leader who signed the convention of 1800 | Napolean Bonaparte |
| Several strict laws passed in 1798, passed by High Federalists in Congress meant to protect in U.S. in case of war with France | Alien and Sedition Acts |
| The ALien act changed the length of time an alien has to live in the U.S. before he/she could become a citizen from 5 to ___ years | 14 |
| Stirring up a rebellion against a government | sedition |
| Law which said citizends could be fined and jailed if they critized the goverment | Sedition Act |
| To cancel a law | nullify |
| Stated that each state has an equal right to judge for itself whether a law is constitutional | Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions |
| D.Republican canidates for president and vice president in 1800 | Jefferson and Aaron Burr |
| Federalists canidates for president and vic epresident in 1800 | John Adams and Charles Pinckney |
| In the case of a tie vote for president who decides the election | House of Reps |
| Passed in 1804 it required the electoral college to vote separatly for the president and vice president | Twelfth Amendment |
| WHats the Eleventh Amendment? (1794) | A private citizon from one state cannot sue the government of another state in federal court ( can sue the state court) |
| Whats the 13th Amendment? | Abolition of Slavery |
| Last Federalist Presidetn? | John Adams |
| When and how did the High Federalist leader Alex Hamilton die? | Killed in a duel with Aaron Burr in 1804 |
| Invention of Eli Whitney | Cotton Gin |
| What did the cotton Gin do? | Separated cotton fibers from Seeds |
| What term means ensuring that all people have the same rights | Democratic |
| Jefferson's Sec retary of State | James Madison |
| Secretary of treasury for Jefferson | Albert Gallatin |
| The belief that government should not interfere in peoples lives | Laissez-faire ( let alone) |
| Cheif Justice appointed by Adams in 1801 | John Marshall |
| 1803 Supreme Court case which was one off the most important in U.S.History | Marbury vs. Madison |
| The rights of the supreme court to review laws and delcare them unconstitutional | judicial review |
| 1803 deal which doubled the size of the US | Louisana Purchase |
| Adventurers who explored Louisiana Territory | Lewis and Clark |
| A mountain ridge that seperates river systems | continental divide |
| Explored the upper mississippi River , the kansas and Arkansas rivers and parts of the colorado and New mexico from 1805-1807 | Zebulon Pike |