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American Studies
Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Nathaniel Hawthorne | Minister's Black Veil, dark romantic |
| James Russel Lowell | The First Snowfall, romantic, fireside poet |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes | Old Ironsides |
| William Cullen Bryant | Thanatopsis, poet, nature brings joy to people, To a Waterfowl |
| Edgar Allen Poe | The Oval Portrait |
| Sacajawea | Valuable guide to Lewis and Clark |
| Vice President | John Adams |
| Secretary of War | Henry Knox |
| Attorney General | Edmund Randolf |
| Secretary of Treasury | Alexander Hamilton |
| John Marshall | Secretary of state, during M vs M, did not deliver the papers |
| James Madison | New secretary of state, left in charge to deliver the papers |
| William Marbury | Outraged he did not recieve the papers, sued Madison |
| Electors | Voted for two names for the presidency, electoral college |
| Legislative Branch | Congress, makes the laws |
| Judicial Branch | Interprets the Constitution, Supreme Court |
| Executive Branch | Enforces the laws, president |
| Ammendment | Basic rights guaranteed to all citizens |
| Precedents | Acts that would serve as examples in later years to gain power in office |
| Protective Tariff | Heavy tax on some manufactured goods imported into the U.S. |
| Excise Tax | Tax on goods made and solf inside the country to be placed soley on whiskey |
| Whiskey Tax | An excise tax, many farmers disliked it |
| Moral of Minister's Black Veil | Do not judge other people, everyone has sins |
| 1st National Bank | Provided currency for the country, government could deposit money and also get loaned money |
| Bonds | Paper notes promising to repay the money borrowed during war in a certain amount of time |
| Speculators | People who buy stocks, or bonds, or land fofr the purpose of selling it for a profit later when the prices increase |
| Treaty of Morfontaine | Negotions between France and the USA |
| Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions | Stated the alien and sedition acts were unconsitutional |
| Theme of Thanatopsis | Nature brings joy and comfort to those who love her |
| 12th Ammendment | No longer required electors to cast a ballot for the president and vice president, the person with the second higest number of votes would automatically become the vice president |
| Romanticism | Emotional, imaginative, idealistic, nature, child |
| Tripolitan War | |
| Lousiana Purchase (cost) | $15 million |
| Lousiana Purchase (area) | Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains |
| Embargo Acts | Stopped all ships except foreign ships from leaving the country without cargo |
| Non-Intercourse Act | Repealed the embargo act |
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