Week 9 State Test review

Jefferson believed Adams' Alien and Sedition Acts violated the _____ Amendment

• 1st=Freedom of Speech and the Press

• 2nd=The right for minutemen to stock pile weapons

• 3rd=Housing soldiers on the Proclamation line of 1763

• 4th=Searching homes for smuggled goods

The Stamp Act was a British tax on all paper items such as newspapers, licenses, permits, playing cards, etc. The British backed down on the tax because the American colonists employed a well organized...

• riot

• petition to the king

• fund drive to pay off the cost of the French and Indian war

• boycott=everyone refused to buy British goods

George Washington set many precedents as the first president. Washington set the precedent of only serving two terms and selecting Hamilton and Jefferson to be in the first

• Navy after the XYZ Affair

• Cabinet as Secretary of Treasury and Sec. of State

• War declared by Congress to fight the Barbary Pirates

• Debate between the Federalists and the Deomcratic-Republicans

One major result of the War of 1812 besides Jackson becoming a hero and Nationalism was

• Native Americans were put on reservations

• Chief Sequoyah created the first Cherokee Alphabet

• The Industrial Revolution will explode in the Northern U.S.

• Jackson will finally end the 2nd Bank of the U.S.

The Nullification crisis was a battle between Jackson and South Carolina (led by John C. Calhoun). The fight was over the

• Tariffs

• Cherokee land

• The Bank spending money to elect candidates for office

• The Corrupt Bargain that got Henry Clay to get J. Q. Adams elected

John Q. Adams had a lot of great ideals (he wrote the Monroe Doctrine) and spent his life fighting the institution of slavery. At the end of his office, he believed

• The U.S. should not get involved in foreign wars

• that foreign countries will invade America

• Laissez-Faire where the government should stay out of the economy

• The U.S. is responsible for spreading democracy to other countries

Which statement below best represents the Election of 1840?

• A focus on educational background

• Both political parties cooperated in the spirit of unity

• The Whigs publicized the western origins of William H. Harrison

• Jackson was wanted people to vote for "Young Hickory" James K. Polk

Why did Jackson supporters call him the "Peoples' President?"

• He used the spoils system

• more people were involved in the voting process

• He thought the bank favored the rich over the poor

• he opened up so much cheap land for those to grow cotton

Mexico will struggle with a workable government. Which man was the Dictator of Mexico more than three times?

• Antonio Banderas

• Miguel Parades

• Santa Anna

• Father Guadalupe Hidalgo

There are many famous latitude lines like the equator and the 36-30 Missouri Compromise line that mark distinct points. What parallel (or latitude line) separates the U.S. from Canada?

• The Tropic of Capricorn

• The Tropic of Cancer

• The 49th

• The 54-40 latitude line