A Strong Start For The Nation - Part 2

Question 0

What is the name of the treaty that ended the War of 1812?

Answer 0

Treaty of Ghent

Question 1

What is the term which Jefferson called his winning the Presidency from the Federalist John Adams?

Answer 1

Revolution of 1800

Question 2

Who is the Shawnee Indian Chief that tried to start a great confederation of Indians to fight the Americans for their land?

Answer 2

Tecumseh

Question 3

Who were the explorers that took notes and samples on the many wonders of the Louisiana Territory while searching for the northwest passage?

Answer 3

Lewis and Clark

Question 4

What was the name of the American city where the British troops burned a number of public buildings?

Answer 4

Washington D.C.

Question 5

What is the name of the Supreme Court Justice that developed the prestige and power of the court during the early years of the nation’s growth; especially in the area of judicial review.

Answer 5

John Marshal

Question 6

What is the name of the statement issued by the United States closing colonization of the Western Hemisphere to all European countries?

Answer 6

Monroe Doctrine

Question 7

What is the name of the meeting of New England governors that discussed secession from the United States due to their opposition over to the War of 1812?

Answer 7

Hartford Convention

Question 8

What are the names of two American heroes of the War of 1812 that would become presidents of the U.S.?

Answer 8

Harrison and Jackson

Question 9

What is the name of the large purchase of land from the French that doubled the size of the nation stretching from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains?

Answer 9

Louisiana Purchase

Question 10

Who is the slave that started a successful revolt on the island of Hiati?

Answer 10

Toussiant Louverture

Question 11

In the Federalist Party, who opposed the War of 1812 and James Madison’s handling of it, like to use what name in reference to that war?

Answer 11

Mr. Madison’s War

Question 12

What general led the Battle of Tippecanoe and the Battle of the Thames that were military campaigns?

Answer 12

William Henry Harrison

Question 13

What is the term meaning kidnapping of sailors that was a major violation of American shipping rights in America’s early days?

Answer 13

Impressment

Question 14

What is the name of the agreement to allow Missouri and Maine to enter the Union?

Answer 14

Missouri Compromise

Question 15

What is the name given to the young western and southern congressman who wanted war with Great Britain?

Answer 15

War Hawks

Question 16

What is the battle fought 2 weeks after the peace treaty was signed ending the War of 1812?

Answer 16

Battle of New Orleans

Question 17

What is the name of the battleship that defeated Guerriere during the war of 1812?

Answer 17

USS Constitution

Question 18

What is the name of the act passed during the Jefferson Administration that stopped trade with all foreign countries?

Answer 18

Embargo Act

Question 19

What is the name given to the pirates of Morocco, Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli, who captured American merchant ships and held them for ransom?

Answer 19

Barbary Pirate

Question 20

What is the name of the treaty that eliminated all military installations along the American-Canadian border?

Answer 20

Rush-Bagot Treaty

Question 21

Who is the American Indian girl that was a vital guide to the expedition of the Louisiana Territory?

Answer 21

Sacajawea

Question 22

What is the name of the court case where the Supreme Court established itself as the final authority in deciding a congressional law to be constitutional or not?

Answer 22

Marbury v. Madison

Question 23

What is the name of the act that allowed American merchants to trade with all foreign nations except Great Britain and France; but whichever of these two nations would agree to honor American shipping rights, then trade would be open to that country and not the other.

Answer 23

Non-Intercourse Act

Question 24

Who is the American naval officer that defeated the British in the Battle of Lake Erie?

Answer 24

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