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50 Cards in this Set
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Who was elected president in 1800? |
Thomas Jefferson |
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Who was his vice president? |
Aaron Burr |
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How was his vice President selected? |
The house of representatives chose. Jefferson and Burr both had 73 electoral votes but Jefferson was ultimately elected president and Aaron Burr was elected vice president |
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What does laissez faire mean? |
The government should not interfere in the economy |
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What did Jefferson do as president? |
He cut the military's budget in half and he reduced the number of soldiers from 4,000 to 2,500. |
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What is "Judicial review"? |
The authority of the supreme court to strike down unconstitutional laws |
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Which court case established the Supreme Court's power of judicial review? |
Marbury v. Madison |
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How did Western farmers get their crops to Eastern markets? |
Sent their stuff down the Mississippi to New Orleans |
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Which country sold us the Louisiana purchase? |
France |
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What area did we originally intend to buy? |
New Orleans |
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What lands were included in the Louisiana purchase? |
Mississippi river to the rocky mountains and Louisiana to Montana |
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What problem did Jefferson have in buying the Louisiana purchase? |
It was unconstitutional |
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Where did the Lewis and Clark expedition begin? |
Saint Louis |
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What river did they follow for most of their journey? |
Missouri river |
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Who was the Native American woman who traveled with Lewis and Clark and translated for them? |
Sacajawea |
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What is the continental divide |
The place on a continent that separates river systems flowing in opposite directions |
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How long did the Lewis and Clark expedition last? |
2 years 4 months and 10 days |
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Who was Zebulon Pike, and what did he explore? |
He was an American explorer and general who explored the southern Louisiana territory |
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Where were pirates attacking American ships? |
Mediterranean sea |
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What countries were called the Barbary States? |
Morocco, Algires, Tunisia, & Tripoli |
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Paying the pirates to not attack our ships is called what? |
Tribute |
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Which American ship went aground and had its crew imprisoned by pirates? |
U.S.S. Philadelphia |
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Who led American sailors to burn the warship so they couldn't be used by pirates? |
Stephen Decatur |
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What is impressement? |
Force someone to serve in an army or navy |
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What is an embargo? |
A government order that forbids foreign trade |
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What effect did the embargo act have on Britain and France? Did it change their attitude towards the US? |
It didn't really affect them, there was no change in attitude |
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Which part of the US was outraged by embargo act? |
New England |
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Who was Tecumseh? What was he trying to accomplish? |
he was a native Shawnee leader who was trying to preserve native American traditional ways |
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Who was William Henry Harrison |
He was governor of the Indiana Territory |
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What battle marked the high point of Native American opposition to settlement? |
Battle of Tippecanoe |
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Who became president in 1809? |
James Madison |
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What were war hawks |
Those who were eager for war with Britain |
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Did Britain rely on Native Americans to protect Canada from an American invasion? |
Yes |
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Why was the American army ill-prepared for war with Britain |
Jefferson spending cuts had weakened American military strength, we only had 16 warships ready for action, the army was small, fewer than 7000 men, and many of its officers were poorly trained or too old for combat |
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What is a blockade? |
The action of shutting a port or road to prevent people or supplies from coming into an area or leaving it |
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What is the U.S.S. Constitution? Was it successfu? What was its nickname |
A United states ship; yes; old ironsides |
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What area did the US invade 1st during the war of 1812? Was it a successful invasion? |
Canada; it was not successful |
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Who said, "We have met the enemy, and they are ours!" |
Commodore Oliver Harzard Perry |
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Which battle had he just won? |
Battle of Lake Erie |
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Who lived and who died when Tecumseh met William Henry Harrison in the Battle of the Thames? |
Tecumseh died and William Henry Harrison lived |
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Who defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend? |
Andrew Jackson |
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What did Dolley Madison do while the British were burning Washington, D.C. |
She was saving things from getting burned including a painting of George Washington |
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What fort protected the city of Baltimore? |
Fort McHenry |
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What did Francis Scott Key write, and why |
He wrote the star spangled banner because when he was watching the battle of fort McHenry, it inspired him to do so |
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Which battle was fought after the war was ended |
Battle of New Orleans |
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Who took part in Hartford convention |
The new England states |
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What were they protesting? What did they want to do? |
That they wanted to with draw from the US and create their own country |
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Why is the War of 1812 sometimes called the "Second War of Independence?" |
In the War of 1812 the United States once again fought against the British and their Indian allies. |
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How much did we pay for the Louisana Purchase? |
$15 million |
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Who led a slave revolt in Haiti? |
Toussaint-Louverture |
