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| 2245409111 | Shay's Rebellion | An armed rebellion of werstern Massachusetts farmers in 1786 to prevent state courts from foreclosing on debtros. | 0 | |
| 2245409112 | Great Compromise | Resolved the difference between the New Jersey and Virginia delegations to the Constitutional Convention by providing for a bicameral legislature. | 1 | |
| 2245409113 | Three-Fifths Compromise | The provision in the constitution that defined slaves, for purposes of representation in the House of Representatives and state tax payments, not as full person, but as constituting only three-fifths of a person. | 2 | |
| 2245409114 | Federalists | Advocates of a strong national government; they supported ratification of the Constitution and subsequently supported measures to expand federal revenue and functions. | 3 | |
| 2245409115 | Antifederalists | Critics of the Constitution who initially opposed its ratification. By the late 1790's, they generally endorsed states' rights and sought limitations on federal power. | 4 | |
| 2245409116 | XYZ Affair | A political furor caused by French diplomats who in 1797 demanded a bribe before they would enter into negotiations with their American counter parts. | 5 | |
| 2245409117 | When considering a form of government for the United States, which model was held in the highest esteem? | The federal system | 6 | |
| 2245409118 | After the Federalists committed to adding specific protections for civil liberties (Bill of Rights) to the Constitution what happened to Anti-Federalist opposition to the document? | Much of it disappeared | 7 | |
| 2245409119 | The location of the nation's capital on the Potomac River was the result of a political bargain orchestrated by Alexander Hamilton. What did Hamilton achieve through this bargain? | Madison would not openly oppose Hamilton's assumption plan in the House, gaining him southern votes | 8 | |
| 2245409120 | Who wrote the Report on Manufacturers? | Alexander Hamilton | 9 | |
| 2245409121 | Who was "citizen" Genet and why did his activities upset the US government? | Began to license american vessels to operate as privateers against british shipping to grant french military commissions to a number of americans in order to mount expeditions against spanish and british possessions in north america | 10 | |
| 2245409122 | Barbary pirates | What consisted of the North african arab states for decades seized vessels all of the mediterranean and held crews and passengers for ransom. | 11 | |
| 2245409123 | Essex Junto | In 1804 was famous for organizing and coming up with a scheme to break away from the union and establish a northern confederacy | 12 | |
| 2245409124 | Burr Conspiracy | Suspected treasonous cabal of planters, politicians, and army officers with the goal of creating an independent nation in the center of North America and/or the Southwest and parts of Mexico. | 13 | |
| 2245409125 | Impressment | The policy whereby Britain forced people to serve in its navy. | 14 | |
| 2245409126 | Non-Intercourse Act | Forbade trade only with Great Britain and France and authorized the President to end the boycott against either power. | 15 | |
| 2245409127 | Who won the election of 1800 and how was the winner determined? | Thomas Jefferson, The house of representatives decided. | 16 | |
| 2245409128 | Review the Supreme Court's ruling in Marbury v. Madison (1803). | Declared the judiciary act of 1789 unconstitutional and established the precedent of judicial review | 17 | |
| 2245409129 | How did congress respond to the attack on the Chesapeake? | Jefferson asked congress to pass trade laws to punish Britain and France. | 18 | |
| 2245409130 | Which French leader sold Louisiana to the United States? | Napoleon | 19 | |
| 2245409131 | Given the quesdtionabile constitutionality of his actions, on what basis did Jefferson justify the Louisiana purchase? | He believed that since the good sense of our country clearly wanted Louisiana, he would acquiesce with satisfaction while congress overlooked the metaphysical subtleties. | 20 | |
| 2245409132 | Concerning Jefferson's stated objectives for the Lewis and Clark expedition | what did he hope the expedition would accomplish with regard to Native Americans?, To establish official relations with the Indians and assure their protection as they would be moving across Spanish Territory | 21 | |
| 2245409133 | Concerning Jefferson's stated objectives for the Lewis and Clark expedition what did he want to know about the Missouri River? | Whether the Missouri river connected to the western pacific ocean. | 22 | |
| 2245409134 | Tecumseh | Was the shawnee chief that made a bold and imaginative effort to reverse the trend by binding all the tribes east of the mississippi into a great confederation. | 23 | |
| 2245409135 | Treaty of ghent | Peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. | 24 | |
| 2245409136 | Status quo ante bellum | What meant to leave things the way they were before the war. | 25 | |
| 2245409137 | Rush-bagot agreement | limited each country to one 100 ton vessel armed with a single eighteen pounder on lake champlain and another on lake ontario. | 26 | |
| 2245409138 | Transcontinental treaty | What is also called the adams-onis treaty, ratified in 1821 that aquired florida and stretched the western boundary of the louisiana territory to the oregon coast. | 27 | |
| 2245409139 | Era of good feelings | A period from 1817 to 1823 in which the disappearance of the federalists enabled the republicans to govern in a spirit of seemingly nonpartisan harmony. | 28 | |
| 2245409140 | Tariff of abominations | An exceptionally high tariff passed in 1828 that provoked vice president Calhoun to write the south carolina exposition and protest. | 29 | |
| 2245409141 | How did the westerners land hunger contribute to americas decision to go to war in 1812? | It led frontiersmen to believe that in the event of war they would achieve Canada. | 30 | |
| 2245409142 | Why did the warhawks support going to war with Britain? | Force repeal of the Orders in Council. | 31 | |
| 2245409143 | Who was the new national hero that arose during the battle of new orleans? | General Andrew Jackson. | 32 | |
| 2245409144 | Monroe doctrine | Declared that the american continents were no longer open to european colonization or exploitation and that the untied states would not interfere in the internal affairs of european nations. | 33 | |
| 2245409145 | What fundamental question needed to be answered in the missouri compromise? | Would missouri be admitted as a slave state | 34 | |
| 2245409146 | Why were northern states opposed to the admission of missouri as a slave state? | Because missouri extended hundreds of miles north of the ohio river which they considered slaverys natural boundary. | 35 | |
| 2245409147 | Who was elected president in the election of 1824? | John Quincy Adams | 36 | |
| 2245409148 | Francis Cabot Lowell | Head of the boston associates | 37 | |
| 2245409149 | Waltham System | employed young unmarried women in textile mills. | 38 | |
| 2245409150 | Eli Whitney | created the cotton gin. | 39 | |
| 2245409151 | Robert Fulton | Invented the star boat. | 40 | |
| 2245409152 | What impact did the France's Berlin and Milan decrees and Great Britain's orders in council have on neutral nations? | It made trade more difficult. | 41 | |
| 2245409153 | Which west african country is the american colonization society credited with finding? | Liberia | 42 | |
| 2245409154 | Which river was the backbone of commerce communications and transportation in the early 1800's? | Mississippi | 43 | |
| 2245409155 | In the nineteenth century what was the only road built by congress? | Old National Road | 44 |
