EOCT REVIEW
QUESTION: • WHAT IS THE FAILED PROPOSAL BY BEN FRANKLIN TO UNITE THE COLONIES AGAINST FRANCE?
ANSWER:
•ALBANY PLAN OF UNION
QUESTION: •WHAT IS A CROP THAT IS GROWN TO SELL?
ANSWER:
•CASH CROP
QUESTION: • WHAT DO YOU CALL IT WHEN YOU APPROVE A LAW OR TREATY?
ANSWER:
•RATIFICATION
QUESTION:
• WHAT DO YOU CALL TRADE BETWEEN AFRICA, EUROPE, & THE USA?
ANSWER:
•TRIANGULAR TRADE
QUESTION: • WHAT DO YOU CALL THE POLICY OF AVOIDING POLITICAL OR ECONOMIC ALLIANCES WITH FOREIGN COUNTRIES?
ANSWER:
•ISOLATIONISM
QUESTION: • WHICH CONSTITUTIONAL COMPROMISE SAID THAT 3/5 OF THE SLAVES WERE TO BE COUNTED FOR BOTH TAXATION AND POPULATION PURPOSES?
ANSWER:
•3/5 COMPROMISE
QUESTION: • WHAT DO YOU CALL A LAW MAKING BODY MADE UP OF REPRESENTATIVES ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE?
ANSWER:
•LEGISLATURE
QUESTION: • WHAT DO YOU CALL THE FIRST TEN AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION?
ANSWER:
•BILL OF RIGHTS
QUESTION: • WHY DID THE ANTIFEDERALISTS FINALLY RATIFY THE CONSTITUTION?
ANSWER: • THEY WERE PROMISED THE BILL OF RIGHTS WOULD BE ADDED TO THE CONSTITUTION. THEY WANTED TO SEE THEIR RIGHTS IN WRITING!!
QUESTION: • WHO WERE THE TWO MEN AROUND WHICH THE FIRST POLITICAL PARTIES DEVELOP?
ANSWER:
•THOMAS JEFFERSON AND ALEXANDER HAMILTON
QUESTION: •WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE?
ANSWER:
•HOUSE OF BURGESSES
QUESTION: • WHAT DO CALL SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN DONE THAT BECOMES A PATTERN AND/OR A MODEL FOR LATER DECISION?
ANSWER:
•PRECEDENT
QUESTION: • WHAT TYPE OF GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT DID THE U.S. USE BEFORE THE CONSTITUTION?
ANSWER:
• ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
QUESTION: • UNDER THE ARTICLES, WAS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WEAK OR STRONG?
ANSWER:
•WEAK
QUESTION: • WHAT COMPROMISES GIVES UP A BICAMERAL LEGISLATIVE BODY WITH ONE HOUSE EQUAL MEMBERSHIP AND ONE HOUSE WHERE THE MEMBERSHIP IS BASED ON POPULATION?
QUESTION: •THE GREAT COMPROMISE
QUESTION: •WHAT IS THE TERM FOR THE RIGHT TO VOTE
ANSWER:
•SUFFRAGE
QUESTION: • WHAT IS THE POLICY OF ALLOWING THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE AREA TO VOTE AND DECIDE THE ISSUE?
ANSWER:
•POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY
QUESTION: • WHAT IS THE PRACTICE OF GIVING JOBS/APPOINTMENTS TO PEOPLE WHO HELPED YOU GET ELECTED?
ANSWER:
•SPOILS SYSTEM
ANSWER: TOBACCO
QUESTION: • UNDER MERCANTAILISM, WHAT DID THE COLONY PROVIDE TO THE MOTHER COUNTRY?
QUESTION:
•RAW •MATERIALS
QUESTION:
•WHO INVENTED THE COTTON GIN?
QUESTION:
•ELI •WHITNEY
QUESTION: •WHAT IS A YELLOW DOG CONTRACT?
ANSWER • EMPLOYEE PROMISED NOT TO JOIN A LABOR UNION
QUESTION: •WHAT DID THE INDIANS CALL THE AFRICAN AMERICAN SOLIDERS?
ANSWER
•BUFFALO •SOLDIERS
QUESTION: • WHO DEFEATED LINCOLN IN THE 1858 ILLINOIS SENATE ELECTION?
ANSWER •STEPHEN •A. DOUGLAS
QUESTION: • WHO WAS COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY?
ANSWER •GEORGE •WASHINGTON
QUESTION:
•WAS HENRY CLAY EVER PRESIDENT OF THE U.S.?
ANSWER
•NO, •NO, •NO.
Question?? WHAT IS THE NICKNAME OF THE WAR OF 1812?
Answer!! MR. MADISON ’S WAR!
Question?? WHAT W AS DI FFER ENT ABOU T PRES IDE NTI A L ELECTI ON OF 1 796?
ANSWER
PRE SI DENT AND VI CE PRES IDE NT WE RE FRO M DI FFER ENT POL ITICA L PART Y.
Question?? What was different about the election of 1800?
Answer!! THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE TIED. SO, THE HOUSE VOTED
Question?? DID WE PAY THE BRIBE REQUIRED BY THE FRENCH IN THE XYZ AFFAIR?
Answer!! NO!! NO!! NO!! WE REFUSED TO PAY THEIR BRIBE!!!
Question??
WHAT WAS THE WHISKEY REBELLION ABOUT?
Answer!! REFUSAL TO PAY THE EXCISE TAX ON WHISKEY!
Question?? DID THEY END UP PAYING THE TAX?
Answer!! YES, THANKS TO PRES. WASHINGTO N!
Question?? WHY DID WE MOVE THE CAPITAL TO WASHINGTON D.C.?
Answer!! TO GET SOUTHERN SUPPORT OF HAMILTON'S FINANCIAL PLAN
Question??
WHAT DEBTS DID HE WANT TO PAY
Answer!! ALL THE DEBTS!! STATE FOREIGN, AND DOMESTIC!
Question?? WHICH ISSUE PROMPTED THE PASSING OF ALIEN AND SEDITION ACTS?
Answer!! THE FEDERAL PARTY WAS DYING!! THEY WERE TRYING TO STAY IN CONTROL.
Question?? WHICH PRESIDENT BOUGHT THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE????
Answer!! THOMAS JEFFERSON!!
Question?? WHAT PROBLEM DID THIS CAUSE THOMAS JEFFERSON?
Answer!! HE STRETCHED HIS POWER AND HE DID NOT BELIEVE IN THIS!
Question?? WHO EXPLORED THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE?
Answer!!
LEWIS AND CLARK AND SACAJAWEA
Question?? WHAT ISSUES CAUSED US TO GO TO WAR OF 1812?
Answer!! VIOLATION OF FREEDOM OF SEAS, RESENTMENT OF BRITISH, IMPRESSMENT.
Question?? WHO WAS THE FIRST VICE PRESIDENT?
Answer!! JOHN ADAMS
Question?? WHO WAS THE FIRST SEC. OF STATE?
Answer!! THOMAS JEFFERSON
Question?? WHO WAS THE FIRST SEC. OF TREASURY?
Answer!! ALEXANDER HAMILTON
Question?? WHO WAS THE FIRST CHIEF JUSTICE?
Answer!! JOHN JAY
Question?? WHAT PARTY DID ALEXANDER HAMILTON JOIN?
Answer!! FEDERALIST PARTY
Question?? IN WHICH TREATY DID THE U.S. BUY FLORIDA?
Answer!! ADAMS ONIS TREATY
Question?? WHICH TREATY ENDED THE WAR OF 1812?
Answer!! TREATY GHENT
OF
Question?? WHO WON THE WAR OF 1812?
Answer!! NEITHER SIDE WON
Question?? WAS ALEXANDER HAMILTON EVER PRESIDENT?
Answer!! NO, NO, NO!!!
Question?? WHICH TREATY WAS UNFAVORABLE TO THE U.S.?
Answer!! JAY’S TREATY
• LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS AND DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE FEDERALISTS OR THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICANS.
FEDERALIST OR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN
WEALTHY, UPPER CLASS, WELL EDUCATED
Answer!! FEDERALISTS!!!
FEDERALIST OR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN
PEOPLE WHO WANTED STRICT INTERPRETATIONOF THE CONSTITUTION
Answer!! DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN
FEDERALIST OR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN
THE FARMERS AND COMMON PEOPLE
Answer!! DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICANS
FEDERALIST OR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN
THEY BELIEVED THE U.S. FOREIGN POLICY SHOULD FAVOR THE BRITISH
Answer!! THE FEDERALISTS!!
• THE FOLLOWING SLIDES ARE EITHER TRUE OR FALSE.
TRUE OR FALSE ALEXANDER HAMILTON WAS THE SIXTH PRESIDENT.
Answer!! FALSE, HE WAS NEVER PRESIDENT!!! NEVER PRESIDENT!
TRUE OR FALSE
SACAJAWEA HELPED EXPLORE THE FLORIDA PURCHASE.
Answer!! FALSE, SHE HELPED EXPLORE THE LOUISIANA PURCHSE.
TRUE OR FALSE THE U.S HELPED IN THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.
Answer!! NO!! THE ANSWER IS FALSE. WE WERE ISOLATIONIST!!
Question?? IN MARBURY VS. MADISON, MR. Marbury DID NOT GET HIS JOB AS JUDGE.
Answer!! TRUE. HE DID NOT GET THE JOB. SORRY, MR. MARBURY
TRUE OR FALSE THE WHITE HOUSE WAS BURNED DURING THE WHISKEY REBELLION.
Answer!! FALSE BURNED DURING THE WAR OF 1812.
TRUE OR FALSE • SACAJAWEA HELPED THE PILGRIMS SURVIVE AT JAMESTOWN.
ANSWER •FALSE, SACAJAWEA HELPED LEWIS & CLARK.
TRUE OR FALSE THE USA BOUGHT THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE FROM SPAIN.
ANSWER FALSE, THE USA BOUGHT THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE FROM
FRANCE.
TRUE OR FALSE
• THE VIRGINIA AND KENTUCKY RESOLUTIONS WERE PASSED IN ANSWER TO THE XYZ AFFAIR.
FALSE,
• THE VIRGINIA AND KENTUCKY RESOLUTIONS WERE PASSED IN ANSWER TO ALIEN & SEDITION ACTS.
•MULTIPLE •CHOICE:
MULTIPLE CHOICE:
THE FOLLOWING SLIDES WILL BE MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
MULTIPLE CHOICE: THE ALIEN AND SEDITION ACTS WERE PASSED TO SILENCE OPPOSITION TO B. JAMES MADISON C. WASHINGTON D. JOHN ADAMS E. THOMAS JEFFERSON
MULTIPLE CHOICE: THE ALIEN AND SEDITION ACTS WERE PASSED TO SILENCE OPPOSITION TO PRES. JOHN ADAMS AND THE FEDERALISTS
MULTIPLE CHOICE: THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE TEMPORARILY SETTLED THE ISSUE OF: • COLONIZATION • SLAVERY • TAXATION
MULTIPLE CHOICE: THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE TEMPORARILY SETTLED THE ISSUE OF
SLAVERY
MULTIPLE CHOICE: WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING BATTLES WAS FOUGHT AFTER THE WAR OF 1812 WAS OVER: • MARIETTA • NEW ORLEANS • WASHINGTON, D.C.
MULTIPLE CHOICE: WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING BATTLES WAS FOUGHT AFTER THE WAR OF 1812 WAS OVER:
NEW ORLEANS
MULTIPLE CHOICE: WHICH GENERAL MADE A NATIONAL NAME FOR HIMSELF AT THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS? • ALEXANDER HAMILTON • JAMES MADISON • ANDREW JACKSON
MULTIPLE CHOICE: WHICH GENERAL MADE A NATIONAL NAME FOR HIMSELF AT THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS?
ANDREW JACKSON
MULTIPLE CHOICE: WHO WROTE THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER? • JAMES MADISON • ALEXANDER HAMILTON • AARON BURR • FRANCIS SCOTT KEY
MULTIPLE CHOICE: WHO WROTE THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER?
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY
MULTIPLE CHOICE: • WHO WON THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR: • A. FRENCH • B. INDIANS • C. NO ONE WON • D. BRITISH • E. MEL GIBSON
MULTIPLE CHOICE:
• WHO WON THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR: • THE ANSWER IS: • THE BRITISH
MULTIPLE CHOICE:
• WHICH TREATY ENDED THE FRENCHED AND INDIAN WAR? • A. TREATY OF PARIS 1783 • B. TREATY OF GHENT • C. ADAMS-ONIS TREATY • D. TREATY OF PARIS
MULTIPLE CHOICE:
• WHICH TREATY ENDED THE FRENCHED AND INDIAN WAR? • D. TREATY OF PARIS 1763
MULTIPLE CHOICE: • WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ENDED THE WAR OF 1812? • A. TREATY OF PARIS 1783 • B. ADAMS-ONIS TREATY • C. PINCKEY’S TREATY • D. JAY’S TREATY • E. TREATY OF GHENT
MULTIPLE CHOICE: • WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ENDED THE WAR OF 1812?
• E. TREATY OF GHENT
MULTIPLE CHOICE: • WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING TREATIES WAS UNPOPULAR WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE? • A. TREATY OF PARIS, 1783 • B. TREATY OF GHENT • C. PINCKNEY’S TREATY • D. JAY’S TREATY
MULTIPLE CHOICE: • WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING TREATIES WAS UNPOPULAR WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE?
• D. JAY’S TREATY
MULTIPLE CHOICE:
• IN WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING TREATIES DID THE U.S. ACQUIRE FLORIDA? • A. JAY’S TREATY • B. ADAMS-ONIS TREATY • C. TREATY OF PARIS 1783 • D. TREATY OF GUADELOUPE HIDALGO
MULTIPLE CHOICE: • IN WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING TREATIES DID THE U.S. ACQUIRE FLORIDA? • B. ADAMS-ONIS TREATY • HIDALGO
MULTIPLE CHOICE: • WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING TREATIES ENDED THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION? • A. TREATY OF GUADELOUPE HIDALGO • B. TREATY OF PARIS 1763 • C. TREATY OF PARIS 1783 • D. TREATY OF PARIS 1793
MULTIPLE CHOICE: • WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING TREATIES ENDED THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION?
• B. TREATY OF PARIS 1763
MULTIPLE CHOICE: • WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE HELPED THE PLYMOUTH SETTLERS SURVIVE? • A. POCAHONTAS • B. SACAJAWEA • C. SQUANTO • D. SAMOSET • E. BOTH A&D • AB. BOTH C&D
MULTIPLE CHOICE: • WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE HELPED THE PLYMOUTH SETTLERS SURVIVE? • AB. BOTH C & D • BOTH SAMOSET AND SQUANTO
MULTIPLE CHOICE • WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING AMENDMNTS ENDED SLAVERY?
• A. • B. • C. • D. • E.
22 13TH 14TH 15TH 17TH
ND
MULTIPLE CHOICE • WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING AMENDMNTS ENDED SLAVERY?
»B. 13
TH
MULTIPLE CHOICE: • WHICH AMENDMENTS MAKE UP THE BILL OF RIGHTS? • A. 1-5 • B. 1-10 • C. 1-15 • D. 1-20
MULTIPLE CHOICE: • WHICH AMENDMENTS MAKE UP THE BILL OF RIGHTS?
•B. 1-10
MULTIPLE CHOICE: • WHAT ISSUE SHOULD JAY’S TREATY HAVE SETTLED AND THIS ISSUE WAS NOT EVEN MENTIONED IN THE TREATY? • A. INDIAN WARS • B. FREEDOM & OF THE SEAS AND IMPRESSMENT • C. PAYING BRIBES
MULTIPLE CHOICE: • WHAT ISSUE SHOULD JAY’S TREATY HAVE SETTLED AND THIS ISSUE WAS NOT EVEN MENTIONED IN THE TREATY?
• B. FREEDOM & OF THE SEAS AND IMPRESSMENT
MULTIPLE CHOICE: • WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING MEN RAN THE POLITICAL MACHINE CALLED TAMMANY HALL? • A. JACOB RIIS • B. THOMAS NAST • C. JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER • D. WILLIAM M. TWEED
MULTIPLE CHOICE: • WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING MEN RAN THE POLITICAL MACHINE CALLED TAMMANY HALL?
• D. WILLIAM M. TWEED
MULTIPLE CHOICE: • WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING TERMS DOES NOT REFER TO A SOLDIER IN THE UNIONS ARMY? • A. BLUE BELLY • B. YANKEE • C. JOHNNY REB • D. UNION SOLDIER
MULTIPLE CHOICE: • WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING TERMS DOES NOT REFER TO A SOLDIER IN THE UNIONS ARMY? •
C. JOHNNY REB
MULTIPLE CHOICE: • WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WAS NOT AN AMERICAN PATRIOT? • A. WILLIAM PITT • B. PATRICK HENRY • C. SAMUEL ADAMS • D. GEORGE WASHINGTON
MULTIPLE CHOICE: • WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WAS NOT AN AMERICAN PATRIOT?
• A. WILLIAM PITT
MULTIPLE CHOICE: • WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WAS THE LAST MAJOR BATTLE OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: • A. GETTYSBURG • B. BUNKER HILL • C. BULL RUN • D. YORKTOWN
MULTIPLE CHOICE: • WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WAS THE LAST MAJOR BATTLE OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION:
•
D. YORKTOWN
MULTIPLE CHOICE: • WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS SAID THAT COLONISTS HAD TO MOVE TO THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS? • A. WRITS OF ASSISTANCE • B. TREATY OF BOSTON, 1773 • C. JAY’S TREATY • D. PROCLAMATION OF 1763
MULTIPLE CHOICE: • WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS SAID THAT COLONISTS HAD TO MOVE TO THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS?
• D. PROCLAMATION OF 1763
• THE FOLLOWING SLIDES ARE EITHER TRUE OR FALSE.
TRUE OR FALSE • PRES. JACKSON DELIVERED THE LONGEST INAUGURATION SPEECH.
ANSWER • FALSE, THAT WAS PRES. WILLIAM H. HARRISON
TRUE OR FALSE • PRESIDENT GARFIELD WAS ASSASSINATED BY CHARLES GUITEAU.
ANSWER:
•TRUE, IT IS SO, SO •TRUE.
TRUE OR FALSE
•THE 13 AMENDMENT ENDED SLAVERY IN THE U.S. TH
ANSWER •TRUE, •ABSOLUTELY TRUE
TRUE OR FALSE • ROBERT E. LEE WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERACY.
ANSWER • FALSE, THE PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERACY WAS JEFFERSON DAVIS.
TRUE OR FALSE • THE FRENCH WON THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR.
ANSWER • FALSE, THE BRITISH WON THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR.
• IDENTIFY THE TERM OR PERSON BEING DESCRIBED AND/OR DEFINED
Colonist who worked for a specified number of years in exchange for paid passage to America
Indentured Servant Colonist who worked for a specified number of years in exchange for paid passage to America
Columbus believed he had reached the East Indies
How American Indians were named Columbus believed he had reached the East Indies
What motivated Europeans to explore the world in the 15th and 16th centuries?
God, gold and glory What motivated Europeans to explore the world in the 15th and 16th centuries?
These people migrated to New England in order to escape religious persecution.
Puritans These people migrated to New England in order to escape religious persecution.
City where the British killed 5 colonists and where the colonists poured the taxed tea into the Harbor.
Boston, Massachusetts City where the British killed 5 colonists and where the colonists poured the taxed tea into the Harbor.
Site where the first shots of the American Revolution were fired.
Lexington Site where the first shots of the American Revolution were fired.
Asians reached North America by crossing a land bridge located here
Bering Strait Asians reached North America by crossing a land bridge located here
He brought settlers to the colony of Georgia
James Oglethorpe He brought settlers to the colony of Georgia
Laws enacted in the 1600s which enabled England to tightly control the trading of its colonies.
Navigation Act Laws enacted in the 1600s which enabled England to tightly control the trading of its colonies.
British policy in the 1700s of not interfering in the American colonies’ politics and economy as long as they were beneficial to the interests of the British.
Salutary Neglect British policy in the 1700s of not interfering in the American colonies’ politics and economy as long as they were beneficial to the interests of the British.
The difference in value between a country’s imports and its exports.
Balance of Trade The difference in value between a country’s imports and its exports.
An economic theory under which a country increases its wealth exporting more goods than it imports.
Mercantilism An economic theory under which a country increases its wealth exporting more goods than it imports.
This ended the French and Indian War which was won by Britain and stripped France of all her claims in the New World
Treaty of Paris 1763 This ended the French and Indian War which was won by Britain and stripped France of all her claims in the New World
This pamphlet was written by Thomas Paine to help convince the American colonists that a complete break with Britain was required.
Common Sense This pamphlet was written by Thomas Paine to help convince the American colonists that a complete break with Britain was required.
This was a statement of the reasons for the separation from Britain. It also stated that the purpose of government was to secure the people their God given rights.
Declaration of Independence This was a statement of the reasons for the separation from Britain. It also stated that the purpose of government was to secure the people their God given rights.
This American victory was the turning point of the Revolutionary War.
Saratoga This American victory was the turning point of the Revolutionary War.
Site of an American victory in 1781 as well as the place where Cornwallis surrendered
Yorktown Site of an American victory in 1781 as well as the place where Cornwallis surrendered
These were general search warrants issued by court orders authorizing British officials to search colonial homes, buildings and ships for smuggled goods.
Writs of Assistance These were general search warrants issued by court orders authorizing British officials to search colonial homes, buildings and ships for smuggled goods.
Originally it required colonial governments to furnish barracks and other provisions for royal troops but was extended to require the billeting of soldiers in tavern and inns at the expense of the colonists.
Quartering Act Originally it required colonial governments to furnish barracks and other provisions for royal troops but was extended to require the billeting of soldiers in tavern and inns at the expense of the colonists.
Confrontation between British troops and colonial shipyard workers which resulted in the deaths of four colonists. Used by Sam Adams as a propaganda tool.
Boston Massacre Confrontation between British troops and colonial shipyard workers which resulted in the deaths of four colonists. Used by Sam Adams as a propaganda tool.
A large group of Boston rebels disguised themselves as Native Americans and dumped the entire cargo of an East India Company ship into the harbor.
Weak government written as a reaction to the harsh rule of the British that had been overturned in the Revolutionary War.
Articles of Confederation Weak government written as a reaction to the harsh rule of the British that had been overturned in the Revolutionary War.
These are the first ten amendments to the Constitution that guarantee personal liberties.
Bill of Rights These are the first ten amendments to the Constitution that guarantee personal liberties.
This agreement called for a two house legislature with representation based on population is one house and equal representation in the other house.
Great Compromise This agreement called for a two house legislature with representation based on population is one house and equal representation in the other house.
Natural born citizen At least 35 years old Resident at least 14 years
Qualifications to be President Natural born citizen At least 35 years old Resident at least 14 years
Incident in which the French demanded a bribe before agreeing to meet with the American ambassadors.
XYZ Affair Incident in which the French demanded a bribe before agreeing to meet with the American ambassadors.
An 1819 treaty between the United States and Spain in which Spain ceded Florida to the United States.
Adams-Onis Treaty An 1819 treaty between the United States and Spain in which Spain ceded Florida to the United States.
This is the 1803 acquisition by the United States of French territory extending from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains for $15 million.
Louisiana Purchase This is the 1803 acquisition by the United States of French territory extending from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains for $15 million.
These laws were an attempt by the Federalist to weaken the Democratic-Republican party which drew a lot of its support common people.
Alien and Sedition Acts These laws were an attempt by the Federalist to weaken the Democratic-Republican party which drew a lot of its support common people.
A series of laws enacted in 1820 to maintain the balance of power between slave states and free states.
Missouri Compromise A series of laws enacted in 1820 to maintain the balance of power between slave states and free states.