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2. Question 1 In 1789, to raise money to operate, what did the new federal government impose? A tariff

3. Question 2 After a British warship fired on an American warship in 1807, President Jefferson asked Congress to pass what that halted trade with Europe? Embargo Act

4. Question 3 How did the U.S. gain the Louisiana Territory? Bought it from France

5. Question 4 Why did Jay’s Treaty do? Prevented war with Great Britain

6. Question 5 What does the last amendment in the Bill of Rights state? Powers not given to the federal government are reserved to the states

7. Question 6 Frances Scott Key wrote “The Star-Spangled Banner” when? After the bombardment of Fort McHenry

8. Question 7 The steamboat was an improvement over barges because it could do what? Travel upstream

9. Question 8 Why did cities grow in the U.S. during the Industrialization? Higher wages of factory jobs lured people away from farm work

10. Question 9 What did Pinckney’s Treaty give to the U.S.? The right to navigate the Mississippi River

11. Question 10 What social class of farmers is under the planters in the South? Yeoman farmers

12. Question 11 The Boston Manufacturing Company employed mostly women and children because why? They would work for lower wages than men

13. Question 12 The impeachment of Justice Samuel Chase established that judges could be removed for what reason? Criminal behavior only

14. Question 13 Where did John Q. Adams win the presidency in 1824? He won the election in the House of Representatives

15. Question 14 In the Treaty of Greenville, twelve Native American nations gave up land in the Northwest territory in exchange for what? A yearly payment from the federal government

16. Question 15 How did the Tariff of 1816 nurture American manufacturers? By taxing imports

17. Question 16 The limited liability provision of incorporation laws meant what? That a person who bought stock in a corporation would not be responsible for the company’s debts if it went bankrupt

18. Question 17 In the case Commonwealth v. Hunt, what did the Supreme Court rule? Union strikes were legal

19. Question 18 What were the two labor systems used to organize enslaved African Americans? Task and gang system

20. Question 19 In the election of 1824, supporters of Andrew Jackson accused John Q. Adams of winning through a “corrupt bargain” in which Adams gave Clay what? A cabinet position

21. Question 20 Supporters believed that national nominating conventions would give more political power to whom? The people

22. Question 21 During the War of 1812, who secretly arranged for the construction of a fleet on the coast of Lake Erie in Ohio? Oliver Perry

23. Question 22 Why did the Whig party advocate? A strong federal government

24. Question 23 Most Germans immigrants arriving between 1815 and 1860 settled where? Midwest

25. Question 24 In the case of Worcester v. Georgia, the Supreme Court ruled what? State officials must honor Cherokee property rights

26. Question 25 As President, John Q. Adams wanted to do what? Expand the use of federal funds for internal improvements

27. Question 26 What is the idea that states can declare a federal law unconstitutional? Nullification

28. Question 27 What was the solution that emerged in the Missouri Compromise? Admit Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state

29. Question 28 A planter was a white male who held how many slaves? 20 or more enslaved people

30. Question 29 The election of 1800 was closely contested, and had an outcome that did what? Resulted in a tie of Electoral College votes between the two candidates

31. Question 30 What transportation project from Albany to Buffalo was completed in 1825? Erie Canal

32. Question 31 In the Adams-Onis Treaty, Spain did what? Ceded Florida to the U.S

33. Question 32 Jefferson strongly believed that a republic could only survive how? The people owned the land

34. Question 33 Macon’s Bill Number Two reopened trade with both Britain and France, but it stated that if either nation agreed to drop its restrictions on trade, the U.S. would do what? Stop importing goods from the other nation

35. Question 34 After the 1824 election, supporters of Jackson labeled themselves as Democrats, while Clay and his supporters formed a new party called what? National Republicans

36. Question 35 According to an accepted amendment to the Missouri Compromise, how could slavery spread? Could expand into the Arkansas territory but not to the rest of the Louisiana Purchase

37. Question 36 What did the decision in the Marbury v. Madison case establish? The Court’s right of judicial review

38. Question 37 What does a cotton gin do? Removes the cotton seeds

39. Question 38 Were the first locomotives clean and comfortable? no

40. Question 39 Supreme Court rulings in three important cases between 1816 and 1824 shaped the future of American government by establishing what? Dominance of the nation over the states

41. Question 40 Some leaders opposed the Bank of the U.S. because they believed what? The Constitution did not give the federal government the power to create a bank

42. Question 41 What was the XYZ Affair? French demands for bribes from the U.S.

43. Question 42 Why did the war between Britain and France put Washington in a difficult position? Both France and Britain traded with the U.S.