Chapters 7 and 8 Test

Question 1

What did “The Spirit of the Laws” outline?

Answer 1

The three branches of government

Question 2

The 3/5 compromise said these these types of people were only counted as 3/5 of a person

Answer 2

Slaves

Question 3

What group did Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay lead?

Answer 3

Federalists

Question 4

What document was written in support of ratification and the reason why it should be ratified?

Answer 4

Federalist Papers

Question 5

Who becomes the first secretary of state?

Answer 5

Thomas Jefferson of VA

Question 6

Which Act established a supreme court, district courts, and the circuit courts?

Answer 6

The Judiciary Act

Question 7

What was the biggest source of tension between Hamilton, Jefferson, and Washington?

Answer 7

The proposal for a national bank

Question 8

What revolution began on July 14th, 1789 after the overthrow of Louis XVI?

Answer 8

French Revolution

Question 9

What was going on when anybody associated with the French government was sent to die by the guillotine?

Answer 9

Reign of Terror

Question 10

Who claimed he was an Ambassador of France to gain support from America in the Revolution?

Answer 10

Citizen Genet

Question 11

What document said that although we agree with the purpose of the French Revolution, we do not get involved?

Answer 11

The Proclamation of 1793

Question 12

Who goes to the Battle of Fallen Timbers and defeats the Native hero “Little Axe”?

Answer 12

“Mad” Anthony Wayne

Question 13

What document had the Natives creed the Ohio and Indiana Territories is the US agrees to pay $9,000 per year to the Natives?

Answer 13

The treaty of Greenville

Question 14

What event established the US Constitution as the law of the land and gave the president the power to enforce the laws?

Answer 14

Whiskey Rebellion

Question 15

What document entailed limited trade in the caribbean for the Americans, a promise to stop impressment of sailors, and a promise to remove forts?

Answer 15

Jay’s Treaty

Question 16

Which document declared the US would remain neutral in wars?

Answer 16

The proclamation of 1793

Question 17

Which document signed with Spain, gave farmers in the west free navigation along the MI River, and lasted for 30 years?

Answer 17

Treaty of San Lorenzo

Question 18

Who became the President and Vice President in the election of 1796?

Answer 18

President: John Adams
VP: Thomas Jefferson

Question 19

What war lasted from 1797-1798 and was fought mainly over the ocean?

Answer 19

Quasi War

Question 20

Which act was issued in 1798 for the Quasi war, and was the first direct tax on American Citizens?

Answer 20

The Direct Act

Question 21

Whom were the Alien Acts directed towards?

Answer 21

New Immigrants

Question 22

Which Acts were intended to prevent immigrants from voting in the election of 1800?

Answer 22

Alien Acts

Question 23

Which Acts were aimed at those who wrote for the National Gazette?

Answer 23

Sedition Acts

Question 24

What did the federalists believe Adams was a supporter of, which lead to their disapproval of him?

Answer 24

The Direct Tax of 1798

Question 25

Which constitution finally said that the runner up to the presidency could no longer become the Vide President?

Answer 25

Constitution of 1802

Question 26

What was it called when women got paid for what they produced?

Answer 26

Peace Work

Question 27

Who brought over the British idea for a factory in 1791?

Answer 27

Samuel Slater

Question 28

Which document called for persecution for the fraudulent taking of Native land, prosecution for murder of natives in their own territory, and restrictions on the sale of alcohol in Indian lands?

Answer 28

Indian trade and the Intercourse Acts

Question 29

Who was the mathematician and Engineer who surveyed and laid out Washington DC?

Answer 29

Benjamin Banneker

Question 30

Which Church does Richard Allen establish?

Answer 30

African Methodist Episcopal Church

Question 31

Who lead the slave revolt in Haiti?

Answer 31

Toussaint L'Overture

Question 32

Who tried to lead the slave revolt in the Carolinas and Virginias?

Answer 32

Gabriel Prosser

Question 33

Who believed that in order to organize the federal government was to operate with a budget?

Answer 33

Albert Galatin

Question 34

What was the name of the group of pirates operating off of the coast of Africa?

Answer 34

Barbary Pirates

Question 35

Who became the chief justice of the supreme court?

Answer 35

John Marshall

Question 36

What had to happen before anybody could serve in the courts?

Answer 36

Needed the writs of appointment

Question 37

Sued for his commission as a judge because he had been promised a job by Adams but refused by Jefferson. Marshall claims that Supreme court cannot rule on the case and rule earlier Judiciary Act of 1789 unconstitutional, which led to a judicial review

Answer 37

Marbury vs. Madison

Question 38

US acquisition of the Louisiana territory from France in 1803 for $15 million. The purchase secured American control of the MI river and doubled the size of the nation

Answer 38

Louisiana Purchase

Question 39

Overland expedition to the Pacific coast lead by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Commissioned by President Jefferson, the expedition of the far west brought back a wealth of scientific data about the country and its resources. 1804-1806

Answer 39

Lewis and Clark Expedition

Question 40

A Native American woman who traveled with Lewis and Clark throughout the North American continent. She was a translator, interpreter, and a guide in unfamiliar or unexplored territory.

Answer 40

Sacajawea

Question 41

A major factor in British-American conflicts, impressment was the practice of the British boarding American ships and forcing people who could not prove citizenship into the British Navy.

Answer 41

Impressment

Question 42

In response to British attack on American warship of the coast of Virginia, this 1807 law prohibited foreign commerce.

Answer 42

Embargo Act of 1807

Question 43

A federalist who became president, he was known as the father of the constitution

Answer 43

James Madison

Question 44

Congressional leaders who in 1811/1812 called for war against Britain to respect America's maritime rights.

Answer 44

War Hawks

Question 45

A chief of an Indian tribe known as the Shawnee, he and his brother organized an anti-settler rebellion. It was defeated by an organized American army in the Northwest territories.

Answer 45

Tecumseh

Question 46

He was called the Prophet, a Shawnee. He said Native Americans must reject white ways and no longer trade with the settlers.

Answer 46

Tenskwatawa

Question 47

(1814) Ended the War of 1812 and restored the status quo. For the most part, territory captured in the war was returned to the original owner. It also set up a commission to determine the disputed Canada/U.S. border.

Answer 47

Treaty of Ghent

Question 48

known as "Old Hickory"; hates the British and the Indians; war hero in the Battle of New Orleans; defeated Creeks at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend; believed in the Common Man; reduced voting restrictions; 7th president; "Good Ole Boy System"; Indian Removal Act; Trail of Tears; Worcester v. Georgia

Answer 48

Andrew Jackson

Question 49

a descriptive term for the era of President Monroe, who served two terms (1817-1823). During his presidency, partisan conflict abated and bold federal initiatives suggested increased nationalism.

Answer 49

Era of Good Feelings

Question 50

Ruling on this banking case of 1819, the Supreme Court propped up the idea of "implied powers" meaning the Constitution could be broadly interpreted. The pivotal ruling also asserted the supremacy of federal power over state power.

Answer 50

McCulloch vs. Maryland

Question 51

A sectional compromise in congress in 1820 that admitted Missouri into the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state. It also banned slavery in the remainder of the Louisiana Purchase territory above the 36' 30'' line.

Answer 51

Missouri Compromise

Question 52

John Adams was an advocate for colonial independence, the lawyer for the British troops, and the 2nd president of the United States. He was a strong advocate for freedom of press.

Answer 52

John Quincy Adams

Question 53

Signed by Secretary of State John Adams and Spanish minister Luis de Onis in 1819, this treaty allowed for US annexation of Florida.

Answer 53

Adams - Onis Treaty

Question 54

A key foreign policy made by President Monroe in 1823. It declared the western hemisphere off limits to new European colonization and in return, the US promised not to meddle in European affairs.

Answer 54

Monroe Doctrine