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Feature Facts
Question | Answer |
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Delegates | Electors from each state that select the president |
Precedent | A decision or an action that becomes an example for later generations |
Judiciary Act of 1789 | Congress created a federal court system |
Alexander Hamilton | He became the United States' first secretary of the Treasury |
Bonds | Certificate that promises to repay money owed |
Thomas Jefferson | He became the first secretary of the State |
Protective Tariff | Tax placed on foreign goods |
Bank of the United States | It opened in 1791 to provide some stability to the U.S. economy |
France | Inspired by our revolution, this country had one of their own in 1789 |
Neutrality Proclomation | With France and England at war, the U.S. makes this proclamation so we won't have to choose sides |
Jay's Treaty | Unpopular agreement reached with England in 1794 due to the issue of impressent |
Spain | This European country agrees to change the border of Florida in Pinckney's Treaty |
Little Turtle | Indian leader who was fighting Americans in the Northwest Territory |
Whiskey Rebellion | This rebellion of farmers was quickly put down by President Washington |
Farewell Address | Washington officially says "goodbye" to public service with this speech |
Political Parties | Groups that helps government officials and shape government policies |
Judicial Review | This power allows the Supreme Court to declare an act of Congress unconstitutional |
Marbury vs. Madison | This court case established judicial review |
Louisiana Purchase | This purchase of American land from France doubled the size of the United States in 1803 |
Lewis and Clark | These men are selected by Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Purchase |
Sacajewea | This young Native American woman guided Lewis and Clark |
Zebulon Pike | He set out to find the starting point of the Red River in the Rockies |
Impressment | The practice of capturing American ships and sailors and forcing them into service |
Embargo | Refusing to trade with another country |
Non-Intercourse Act | Act that banned trade with Britain and France |
Tecumseh | Native American who tried to unite the Indians of the Northwest Territory |
William Henry Harrison | Governor of the Indiana Territory who defeated the Indians at the Battle of Tippecanoe |
War Hawks | Members of Congress who want to go the war with Britain |
James Madison | This "Father of our Constitution" was elected our 4th president |
Old Ironsides | Nickname given to the USS Constitution when a cannonball bounced off her side |
Andrew Jackson | American hero at the battle of New Orleans |
Treaty of Ghent | Treaty which ends the war of 1812 |
Era of Good Feeling | Name given to the time period after the war of 1812 |
James Monroe | Republican who won the election in 1816 and 1820 becoming our 5th president |
Adam-Onis Treaty | The boundaries of Florida are settled in this treaty in 1819 |
Monroe Doctrine | Warning to European powers to make no more attempts to colonize in the Americas |
Missouri Compromise | Compromise that brings Missouri into the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state |
Henry Clay | Kentucky congressman responsible for the passage of the Missouri Compromise |
American System | Henry Clay's plan to improve roads and build canals |
The Corrupt Bargin | Nickname given to the disputed Election of 1824 |