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Question 0

Two documents passed by Adams that alienated citizens he felt were threats to national security

Answer 0

Alien & sedition acts

Question 1

First political part that supported a centralized government; famous members: Washington and Adams

Answer 1

Federalist

Question 2

Policy on the high seas in which Americans were being forced to become members of the British navy

Answer 2

Impressment

Question 3

Fifth president of the US; Era of Good Feelings is usually associated with his time in office

Answer 3

James Monroe

Question 4

War between America and Britain which started because of impressment and shipping interference

Answer 4

War of 1812

Question 5

Document that said that America would stay in its hemisphere and Europe should do the same

Answer 5

Monroe doctrine

Question 6

War hero that will become president; victorious American military commander in New Orleans

Answer 6

Andrew Jackson

Question 7

Important court case that said that the federal government was to regulate interstate commerce

Answer 7

Gibbons vs. Ogden decision

Question 8

First president that especially warned Americans of multiple political parties and foreign policy issues

Answer 8

George Washington

Question 9

Second political party that dominated the Era of Good Feelings; T.J., Madison, and Monroe are members

Answer 9

Jeffersonians or democratic republicans

Question 10

Important court case that established judicial review, giving the Judicial Branch much power

Answer 10

Marbury vs. Madison

Question 11

Third president of the US; believed in “small” gov’t but did “big” gov’t actions like Louisiana Purchase

Answer 11

Thomas Jefferson

Question 12

Two explorers commissioned by Jefferson to travel the Louisiana territory, mapping the terrain

Answer 12

Lewis and Clark

Question 13

Document that gave Florida to the US but the US had to give up any claims to Texas

Answer 13

Adams- Onis treaty

Question 14

Temporary solution to the slavery issue; Missouri and Maine would enter the union to preserve balance

Answer 14

Missouri compromise

Question 15

Document, signed in Belgium, which ended the War of 1812; established an armistice b/t both countries

Answer 15

Treaty of Ghent

Question 16

Fourth president of the US; led the US into its first war…the War of 1812

Answer 16

James Madison

Question 17

Incident that encourages the US to go to war with Britain; the British open fire on Americans on the seas

Answer 17

Leopard and Chesapeake incident

Question 18

Battle that took place after the War of 1812 was officially over; victory gave Americans confidence

Answer 18

Battle of New Orleans

Question 19

Document that said that the US was not going to trade with any foreign country; hurt America most

Answer 19

Embargo act

Question 20

Huge swath of territory that Jefferson purchased from Napoleon Bonaparte for $15 million

Answer 20

La Purchase

Question 21

Incident in which three French diplomats bribed American diplomats to see their foreign minister

Answer 21

XYZ affair

Question 22

Document saying that the states had the right to nullify any act of Congress they saw as unconstitutional

Answer 22

Virginia/Kentucky Resolutions

Question 23

Document allowing the British to continue their fur trade on the American side of the US/Canada border

Answer 23

Jays treaty

Question 24

Second president of the US; served only one term and was bitter when he left office…lost to Jefferson

Answer 24

John Adams

Question 25

Document that forced Spain to open the Mississippi River to US traffic, allowing people to use N.O. port

Answer 25

Pinckney’s treaty

Question 26

Those judges that were appointed by Adams right before he left office, attempting Federalist control

Answer 26

Midnight judges

Question 27

Document endorsed by Adams that would increase the number of federal judges by 16

Answer 27

Judiciary act of 1801

Question 28

Document that gave direction and guidance to the Judicial Branch during Washington’s term

Answer 28

Judiciary act of 1789