USH Midterm Review

What stunning victory in the War of 1812 made Andrew Jackson a national hero?

• Battle of Bladensburg

• Battle of New Orleans

• Battle of Yorktown

• Battle of Little Bighorn

What law passed by Jefferson in 1807 banned all American trade with the rest of the world?

• Proclamation of Neutrality

• Embargo Act

• Jay Treaty

• Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

The explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark were sent by President Thomas Jefferson to explore the ______________________________

What act declared that the United States would pursue a policy of friendliness and impartiality between both Britain and France?

• Proclamation of Neutrality

• Jay Treaty

• Treaty of Utrecht

• Embargo Act

Match the following

• George Washington

• First secretary of state who later made the Louisiana Purchase as president

• John Adams

• Known as the “Father of the Constitution” because of all his contributions to the writing of the U.S. Constitution

• Thomas Jefferson

• His two terms as president are known as the Era of Good Feelings

• James Monroe

• Second president who pushed Congress to pass the Judiciary Act of 1801

• James Madison

• First president of the United States and leader of the Continental Army during the American Revolution

What was the first English colony in North America, established in 1607?

• Quebec

• St. Augustine

• Jamestown

• New Amsterdam

Describe and explain the process of the triangular trade:

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Who negotiated the Adams-Onis Treaty, allowing the US to buy Florida from Spain for 5 million dollars?

• John Smith

• John Marshall

• John Jay

• John Quincy Adams

A __________ is an armed group of temporary, citizen soldiers

(a)   advocated flexibility on constitutional interpretation

• loose constructionists
• strict constructionists
• originalists
• anti-federalists