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

• James Madison

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

• George Washington

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

• John Adams

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

• James Monroe

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

• Thomas Jefferson

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

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:

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