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History II Final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| George Washington | The first president. |
| Alexander Hamilton | First Secretary of Treasury and the leader of the Federalists. |
| Thomas Jefferson | The third president and the leader of the Republicans. |
| Patrick Henry | A founding father, led the opposition to the stamp act. Best known for his quote, "Give me liberty or give me death!" |
| Sam Adams | A founding father, politician in Massachusetts and a leader of the American Revolution. |
| Benjamin Franklin | Founding father who is credited with discovering electricity. |
| John Adams | Second president. |
| Thomas Paine | American author, famous for pamphlet, "common sense". |
| James Madison | Fourth president, known as the "father of the constitution". |
| John Marshall | Supreme court justice that equalized the judicial branch with the executive and the legislative branches. |
| Andrew Jackson | Seventh president, defeated the British at the Battle of New Orleans. |
| John Quincy Adams | Sixth president |
| James Monroe | Fifth president, marked the "Era of good feelings" |
| Aaron Burr | Republican who killed Alexander Hamilton. |
| Benedict Arnold | General for the American Revolution who later sided with the British. |
| Meriwether Lewis | The leader of the Lewis and Clark expedition. |
| William Clark | The second in command on the Lewis and Clark expedition |
| Zebulon Pike | Led the Pike expedition. |
| Eli Whitney | Invented the cotton gin |
| Little Turtle | Miami Indian Chief, lost the Battle of the Fallen Timbers. |
| Tecumseh | United the Indian Tribes and fought against the Americans in the War of 1812. |
| Noah Webster | Educated children more secular than religious. Author of the dictionary. |
| Abigail Adams | Wife of John Adams |
| Robert Fulton | Invented the first commercial steam engine. |
| Dolley Madison | The first "first lady". |
| Louis XVI | King of France during the French Revolution. |
| Maximilien Robespierre | Leader of the "Committee for public safety" during the French Revolution. Started the reign of terror. |
| George III | United Great Britain and Ireland into the United Kingdom. |
| Marquis de Lafayette | French general in the American Revolution, retreated at the Battle of Brandywine. |
| Napolean Bonaparte | French dictator. |
| Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington | Defeated Napolean at the Battle of Waterloo. |
| Marie Antoinette | Last queen of France |
| Admiral Horatio Nelson | A navy captain, defeated Napolean at the Battle of Trafalgar. |
| Jacques Louis David | Neoclassical French painter |
| Voltaire | French Enlightenment writer |
| Bishop Cheverus | First Bishop of Massachusetts. |
| Louis XVIII | The first French king after Napolean. |
| Alexander I | Ruled Russia during the Napoleanic Wars. |
| Madame de Pompadour | Mistress of Louis XV |
| Baron de Montesquieu | Political thinker during the Enlightenment, famous for his idea of separation of power. |
| Charles Dickens | Author who was influenced by the American Revolution. |
| Fredrick II the Great | Enlightened leader of Prussia. |
| Catherine II the Great | Enlightened leader of Russia. |
| John Locke | Known as the "Father of Liberalism", famous for his theory of mind. |
| Jean Paul Marat | Leader of the French Revolution, called "The Friend of the People" |
| Charlotte Corday | Killed Jean Paul Marat. |
| Fransisco Goya | Spanish Romantic painter |
| William Penn | Founder of Pennsylvania. |
| John Wesley | Founded the Methodist movement. |
| General Charles Lord Cornwallis | British general who surrendered at the siege of Yorktown. |
| Charles Maurice de Talleyrand | A French diplomat who worked under the Ancien Régime, the French Revolution, Napoleon, and the Restoration. |
| Jean-Jacques Rousseau | Composer of Romanticism who influenced the French Revolution. |
| James Watt | Improved the Newcomen Steam engine. |
| Barack Obama | The current and 44th president |
| Joe Biden | The current vice-president |
| Hillary Clinton | Current Secretary of state |
| Robert Gates | Current Secretary of Defense |
| Timothy Geithner | Current secretary of treasury |
| Harry Reid | Current Senate Majority Leader |
| John Boehner | Current speaker of the house of representatives. |
| Nancy Pelosi | Current minority leader of the house of representatives. |
| Olympia Snowe | Current Maine senator |
| Susan Collins | Current senate minority leader. |
| Mike Michaud | Current republican Maine Representative. |
| Chellie Pingree | Current democratic Maine Representative. |
| John Roberts | Current Chief Justice |
| Paul Lepage | Current Maine governor. |
| apportionment | the process of allocating political power among a set of principles |
| Bill | A proposed law under consideration of a legislature |
| bill of attainder | an act of a legislature declaring a person or group of persons guilty of some crime and punishing them without benefit of a judicial trial. |
| bourgeoisie | Middle class |
| Boycott | the act of voluntarily abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with a person, organization, or country as an expression of protest |
| Cabinet | A body of high ranking members of the government. |
| Census | A population count |
| Copyright | Exclusive rights granted to the creator of an original work. |
| Delegate | A person who speaks or acts for an organization. |
| despot | A ruler with absolute power. |
| Encroach | to intrude on another's territory. |
| embargo | the stop of trade with a particular country. |
| Enumerated powers | A list of powers granted to congress. |
| evince | to demonstrate clearly |
| ex post facto law | retroactive law |
| floor leaders | Leaders of political parties in legislature. |
| gerrymander | dividing a state into voting districts with awkward lines for best outcome. |
| guillotine | French execution weapon |
| habeas corpus | legal action, through which a prisoner can be released from unlawful detention. |
| impeach | to remove from office |
| impressment | forcing men into the navy. |
| incumbent | the holder of a political office |
| infringe | actively break the law. |
| iniquitous | characterized by wickedness |
| interim | pause in a line of succession. |
| jurisdiction | the right to interpret and apply the law. |
| letter of marque | a government license allowing a ship to attack other ships. |
| life tenure | term of office that lasts a lifetime. |
| naturalization | U.S. citizenship is granted to a foreigner. |
| Neo-Classicism | Art that draws upon western art and culture. |
| Pacifism | the belief in non-violence |
| patent | exclusive rights granted to the inventor of a machine. |
| plurality | most votes for any choice in an election. |
| precarious | not securely held in position. |
| precedent | A legal case establishing a law used for future cases. |
| president pro tempore | presides over senate while vice president is away. |
| privateer | A person or ship that has a letter of marque during wartime. |
| quorum | the minimum number of members necessary to conduct business. |
| rococo | A style of art that was excessively ornate. |
| running mate | people running together during an election. |
| salons | a party to increase knowledge. |
| staggered terms | The scheduling of terms of office so that all members of a body are not selected at the same time. |
| statute | formal written enactment of a legislative authority that governs a state, city, or county |
| strict/loose construction | limits or restricts judicial interpretation |
| sycophant | someone who brings all kinds of charges and proves none |
| veto | the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature. |
| XYZ affair | three french officers wanted bribes for a peace treaty. |
| Quasi-war with France | undeclared naval war |
| Shay's rebellion | farmers in massachusetts rebelled against the government. |
| whiskey rebellion | A western movement against a tax on whiskey |
| Articles of Confederation | the first written plan of government of the United States of America and specified how the national government was to operate. |
| Constitution | The framework for the organization of the United States government and for the relationship of the federal government with the states, citizens, and all people within the United States. |
| Bill of Rights | first ten amendments |
| The first Barbary wars | Tripoli declared war when America would not pay for protection against pirates |
| Marbury v. Madison | the supreme court case that decided the supreme court could nullify an act of congress. |
| election of 1796 | The only election to elect a president and vice-president from opposing tickets |
| election of 1800 | a transfer of power from the federalists to the republicans. |
| federalists | nationalistic government |
| anti-federalists | movement that opposed the creation of a stronger U.S. federal government and which later opposed the ratification of the Constitution of 1787. |
| Republicans | strict construction of the Constitution, states' rights and the primacy of the yeoman farmers |
| assumption | the act of taking something upon oneself |
| Embargo act | American laws restricting American ships from engaging in foreign trade between the years of 1807 and 1812. |
| Cheseapeake Leopard affair | British warship HMS Leopard attacked and boarded the American frigate Chesapeake. |
| War of 1812 | A war between America and British forces. |
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