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Question 1
In 1789, to raise money to
operate, what did the new
federal government
impose?
A tariff
Question 2
After a British warship fired on
an American warship in 1807,
President Jefferson asked
Congress to pass what that
halted trade with Europe?
Embargo Act
Question 3
How did the U.S. gain the
Louisiana Territory?
Bought it from France
Question 4
Why did Jay’s Treaty do?
Prevented war with Great
Britain
Question 5
What does the last
amendment in the Bill of
Rights state?
Powers not given to the
federal government are
reserved to the states
Question 6
Frances Scott Key wrote
“The Star-Spangled Banner”
when?
After the bombardment of
Fort McHenry
Question 7
The steamboat was an
improvement over barges
because it could do what?
Travel upstream
Question 8
Why did cities grow in the U.S.
during the Industrialization?
Higher wages of factory jobs
lured people away from farm
work
Question 9
What did Pinckney’s Treaty
give to the U.S.?
The right to navigate the
Mississippi River
Question 10
What social class of farmers
is under the planters in the
South?
Yeoman farmers
Question 11
The Boston Manufacturing
Company employed mostly
women and children
because why?
They would work for lower
wages than men
Question 12
The impeachment of Justice
Samuel Chase established
that judges could be
removed for what reason?
Criminal behavior only
Question 13
Where did John Q. Adams win
the presidency in 1824?
He won the election in the House
of Representatives
Question 14
In the Treaty of Greenville, twelve
Native American nations gave
up land in the Northwest
territory in exchange for what?
A yearly payment from the
federal government
Question 15
How did the Tariff of 1816 nurture
American manufacturers?
By taxing imports
Question 16
The limited liability provision of
incorporation laws meant what?
That a person who bought stock in a
corporation would not be
responsible for the company’s
debts if it went bankrupt
Question 17
In the case Commonwealth v.
Hunt, what did the Supreme
Court rule?
Union strikes were legal
Question 18
What were the two labor
systems used to organize
enslaved African
Americans?
Task and gang system
Question 19
In the election of 1824, supporters of
Andrew Jackson accused John Q.
Adams of winning through a “corrupt
bargain” in which Adams gave Clay
what?
A cabinet position
Question 20
Supporters believed that national
nominating conventions would
give more political power to
whom?
The people
Question 21
During the War of 1812, who
secretly arranged for the
construction of a fleet on the
coast of Lake Erie in Ohio?
Oliver Perry
Question 22
Why did the Whig party
advocate?
A strong federal government
Question 23
Most Germans immigrants
arriving between 1815 and 1860
settled where?
Midwest
Question 24
In the case of Worcester v.
Georgia, the Supreme Court
ruled what?
State officials must honor
Cherokee property rights
Question 25
As President, John Q. Adams
wanted to do what?
Expand the use of federal
funds for internal
improvements
Question 26
What is the idea that states
can declare a federal law
unconstitutional?
Nullification
Question 27
What was the solution that
emerged in the Missouri
Compromise?
Admit Missouri as a slave
state and Maine as a free
state
Question 28
A planter was a white male
who held how many slaves?
20 or more enslaved people
Question 29
The election of 1800 was closely
contested, and had an outcome
that did what?
Resulted in a tie of Electoral College
votes between the two candidates
Question 30
What transportation project
from Albany to Buffalo was
completed in 1825?
Erie Canal
Question 31
In the Adams-Onis Treaty,
Spain did what?
Ceded Florida to the U.S
Question 32
Jefferson strongly believed that a
republic could only survive how?
The people owned the land
Question 33
Macon’s Bill Number Two reopened
trade with both Britain and France,
but it stated that if either nation
agreed to drop its restrictions on
trade, the U.S. would do what?
Stop importing goods from the other
nation
Question 34
After the 1824 election, supporters
of Jackson labeled themselves as
Democrats, while Clay and his
supporters formed a new party
called what?
National Republicans
Question 35
According to an accepted
amendment to the Missouri
Compromise, how could slavery
spread?
Could expand into the Arkansas
territory but not to the rest of the
Louisiana Purchase
Question 36
What did the decision in the
Marbury v. Madison case
establish?
The Court’s right of judicial
review
Question 37
What does a cotton gin do?
Removes the cotton seeds
Question 38
Were the first locomotives
clean and comfortable?
no
Question 39
Supreme Court rulings in three
important cases between 1816 and
1824 shaped the future of
American government by
establishing what?
Dominance of the nation over the
states
Question 40
Some leaders opposed the
Bank of the U.S. because
they believed what?
The Constitution did not give
the federal government the
power to create a bank
Question 41
What was the XYZ Affair?
French demands for bribes
from the U.S.
Question 42
Why did the war between Britain
and France put Washington in a
difficult position?
Both France and Britain traded
with the U.S.