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US History Chapter 6
Mrs. Hinton's class
Question | Answer |
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What campaign was the first mudslinging campaign? | Jefferson vs. John Adams |
When was the Jefferson and Adams tie finally broken? | the 36th ballot (influenced by Hamilton) |
What amendment did this cause? | the 12th amendment (separated president and vice president elections) |
Jefferson's famous inauguration quote? | "We are all republicans, we are all Federalists" |
What was Jefferson's goal? | to shrink the government and cut costs |
What was Jefferson's first love? | farming |
Who designed Montecello? | Jefferson |
What did the Judiciary act of 1801 do? | created 16 new federal judge positions |
Who appointed the midnight judges? | John Adams |
What court case was the first time judicial review was used? | Marbury vs. Madison |
Another name for Westward expansion? | Manifest Destiny |
Who led the Wilderness Road? | Daniel Boone |
Who did Jefferson send to join Livingston in Paris to ask to buy New Orleans for $10 million? | Monroe |
What countries did Napoleon have an obsession of conquering? | Britain and Russia |
How much did Napoleon want for the entire Louisiana Territory? | $15 million |
What was Louis and Clark's goal? | To leave from St. Louis, make it to the Pacific, and come back |
What was ironic about the start and end of the War of 1812? | The war was started two weeks after what they were fighting about had been settled, and the last battle was two weeks after the war had ended |
How did the origin of Uncle Sam begin? | a man named Sam Wilson who packaged meat and provided it to militaries, had "US" on his barrels |
What is impressment? | confiscating soldiers from a country and making them serve in your own military |
What was the Chesapeake affair? | (June 1807) a British ship called the Leopard fired on the Us Chesapeake. Three americans were killed and eighteen were wounded |
What was the Embargo Act? | (1807) Jefferson decides we're in no position to fight, so he encourages congress to create the Embargo Act, making exporting to any country illegal (temporarily) |
Who was outraged by the Embargo Act? | Federalists in New England |
What was the non-intercourse act? | (1809) said that we could trade with anyone except for Britain and France |
What trouble was in Indiana in 1809? | a Shawnee chief named Tecumseh and his brother the prophet formed a confederation (Britain gave them weapons) |
First accidental presidency? | Harrison was elected president, but died a month later due to pneumonia. Tyler became president |
Who were the War Hawks? | John C Calhoun (SC), Henry Clay (AL), Peter Porter (TN), Felix Grundy-they were basically the new founding fathers (hot heads) |
What other things were the War of 1812 called? | the second war for independence and Mr. Madison's war |
After this war, who becomes our greatest ally? | Britain |
Who wins the 1808 election? | James Madison |
Reasons for the war of 1812? | 1. War Hawks and other people were eager to fight 2. Britain impressing American soldiers (probably the number one reason) 3. British was supporting the Native Americans 4. Britain was dumping into our economy |
Where does the war start? | Canada |
Where was Tecumseh killed? | Battle of Thomas |
Where are most of the battles concentrated around? | Washington DC, New Orleans, and the Great Lakes |
What does Britain burn as payback for us burning their governor's mansion in the battle of York? | Washington DC |
Who wrote the Star Spangled Banner? | Francis Scott Key |
When did Francis Scott Key write the Star Spangled Banner? | during the bombardment in Baltimore Harbor |
What was the most famous battle in the War of 1812? | Battle at New Orleans with Andrew Jackson, great victory two weeks after the war was over |
Where did New England meet to secede from the union? | Hartford, Connecticut |
What treaty ended the war and when was it signed? | Treaty of Ghent, signed on Christmas Eve, 1814 |
Where is Ghent during this? | Belgium |
What does the treaty not mention? | Britain's impressment of American soldiers |
What was the name of the theory that Jefferson first defined in the Kentucky Resolution? | Compact Theory |
What two words were defined in the Compact Theory? | secession and nullification |
What does Washington issue in response to the French | declares a proclamation of neutrality |
Attorney General? | secretary of justice |
Tecumseh was the chief of what tribe? | Shawnee |
Who defeated the Miami Confederation? | General "Mad Anthony" Wayne |
Where was the Miami Confederation defeated? | Battle of Fallen Timbers |
What bill was passed in exchanged for placing the national capital in the south? | Assumption Bill (Hamilton) |
Who was the surveyor of the District of Columbia? | Benjamin Banneker |
What was Hamilton's financial plan to pay of the US debts? | national debt (foreign and domestic) and assumption of states' debts |
What tax was put on domestic Whiskey? | excise tax |
What was the date of the 1st inauguration? | April 30, 1789 |
Who was Washington's secretary of War? | Henry Knox |
Who was Washington's General Attorney? | Edmund Randolph |