Question | Answer |
First test of Washington's presidency in which he sent in troops to successfully put it down | Whiskey Rebellion |
As Secretary of the Treasury, his plan was to create a national bank and move the nation's capital to the South | Alexander Hamilton |
The scandal that involved a bribe offered to American ambassadors by a French official | XYZ Affair |
The idea of not getting involved with foreign affairs, Washington suggested to do this | Neutrality |
A state's decision to not follow or enforce a federal law, this is now considered unconstitutional | Nullification |
This act whic dealt with trade with other countries was passed by Jefferson. It hurt the economy and Federalists criticized him for this | Embargo Act 1807 |
Laws passed by John Adams and the Federalists which limited criticism of the government | Alien and Sedition Acts |
Name for congressmen who supported the US going to war with Britain in 1812 | War Hawks |
Famous court case that gave the Supreme Court the power to determine the constitutionality of laws | Marbury v. Madison |
Jefferson's purchase of this land more than doubled the size of the US | Louisiana Purchase |
These 2 states tried to nullify the Alien and Sedition Acts | Kentucky and Virginia (Resolutions) |
This battle was the last of the War of 1812 and created much national pride and made Andrew Jackson a national hero | Battle of New Orleans |
This document by James Monroe from the early 1800s warned European countries not to interfere with the western hemisphere | Monroe Doctrine |
Compromise from 1820 that settled the slavery issue by determining that states below a specific line could have slaves and states above it could not | Missouri Compromise |
This man created the cotton gin and interchangeable parts | Eli Whitney |
This invention sped up the production of cotton, created the need for more land and more slaves | Cotton gin |
Henry Clay's system of national improvements including canals, national roads, and the Bank of the US | Clay's American System |
due to the Tariff of Abominations, this state threatened to secede from the Union | South Carolina |
Worchester v. Georgia ruled that this act passed by Jackson was unconstitutional, yet he refused to follow the ruling | Indian Removal Act |
Due to transcendentalism, this religious movement occurred and resulted in greater church attendance | Second Great Awakening |
Idea of transcendentalist involving protesting of laws in a non-violent manner | Civil Disobedience |
American school known for paintings of the American landscape | Hudson River School |
1830s meeting of women to discuss their rights | Seneca Falls Convention |