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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| John Adams | Leader of the American Revolution, and served as the second U.S. president from 1797 to 1801. |
| Thomas Jefferson | Served in the Virginia legislature and the Continental Congress and was governor of Virginia. |
| French Revolution | Was a period of far-reaching social and political upheaval in France that lasted from 1789 until 1799, and was partially carried forward by Napoleon during the later expansion of the French Empire. |
| Quasi War | Was an undeclared war fought almost entirely at sea between the United States of America and the French Republic from 1798 to 1800. |
| Alien and Sedition Act | Was four bills passed by the Federalist-dominated 5th United States Congress and signed into law by President John Adams in 1798 |
| Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions | Political statements drafted in 1798 and 1799, in which the Kentucky and Virginia legislatures took the position that the federal Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional. |
| Election of 1800 | The fourth United States presidential election. |
| Louisiana Purchase | The acquisition of the Louisiana territory by the United States from France in 1803. The U.S. paid fifty million francs and a cancellation of debts worth eighteen million francs for a total of sixty-eight million francs. |
| Lewis and Clark’s Corps of Discovery | A specially-established unit of the United States Army which formed the nucleus of the Lewis and Clark Expedition that took place between May 1804 and September 1806. |
| Zebulon Pike | American brigadier general and explorer for whom Pikes Peak in Colorado |
| Embargo Act of 1807 | Prohibited American ships from trading in all foreign ports |
| Non-Intercourse Act | Act lifted all embargoes on American shipping except for those bound for British or French ports. |
| Impressment | Act of taking men into a military or naval force by compulsion, with or without notice. |
| Tecumseh | Native American Shawnee warrior and chief, who became the primary leader of a large, multi-tribal confederacy in the early years of the nineteenth century. |
| William Henry Harrison | American military officer, a principal contributor in the War of 1812, and the ninth President of the United States. |
| War of 1812 | A conflict fought between the United States, the United Kingdom, and their respective allies. |
| Battle of Baltimore (Ft. McHenry) | A sea/land battle fought between British invaders and American defenders in the War of 1812. |
| Francis Scott Key | American lawyer, author, and amateur poet from Frederick, Maryland and later Georgetown, D.C., near Washington, D.C. who wrote the lyrics for a poem entitled at first "The Defense of Fort McHenry", |
| Treaty of Ghent | The peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. |
| Andrew Jackson | American soldier and statesman who served as the seventh President of the United States from 1829 to 1837. |
| Creek War | Also known as the Red Stick War and the Creek Civil War, was a regional war between opposing Creek factions, European empires, and the United States, taking place largely in today's Alabama and along the Gulf Coast. |
| Battle of New Orleans | A series of engagements fought between December 14, 1814 and January 18, 1815, constituting the last major battle of the War of 1812. |
| Adams-Onis’ Treaty | Also known as the Transcontinental Treaty, the Florida Purchase Treaty, or the Florida Treaty, was a treaty between the United States and Spain in 1819 that ceded Florida to the U.S. and defined the boundary between the U.S. and New Spain. |
| Marbury vs Madison | A case decided by the Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Marshall in 1803. The Court declared unanimously that a certain law passed by Congress should not be enforced, because the law was opposed to the Constitution. |
| Gibbons vs Ogden | Supreme Court case establishing the principle that states cannot, by legislative enactment, interfere with the power of Congress to regulate commerce. |
| McCullouch Vs Maryland | The state of Maryland had attempted to impede operation of a branch of the Second Bank of the United States by imposing a tax on all notes of banks not chartered in Maryland. |
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