The First Five
True/False (1-5)
____1.In 1789 Congress set up the State Department, the Treasury Department, and the War Department to help President Washington run the government.
____2.The federal court system, established by the Judiciary Act of 1789, allowed state courts to have more power than federal courts.
____3.Southern states did not like Hamilton's plan to pay off the federal debt because they owed less for the cost of the American Revolution than Northern states.
____4.Washington was turned down when he offered to serve three terms as president.
____5.As members of Washington's cabinet, Hamilton and Jefferson shared many of the same ideas on economic policy and foreign relations.
____6.With what did Congress establish a federal court system?
____7.To open Ohio to white settlement, Anthony Wayne forced Native American nations from the Great Lakes region to sign the ______.
____8.The Democratic-Republicans believed in ______.
____9.What are the first 10 amendments that were added to the Constitution?
____10.Federalists believed in ______.
____11.What made it a crime to speak, write, or publish "false, scandalous and malicious" criticisms of the government?
____12.The election of 1800 was decided by ______.
____13.The principles of judicial review were established in ______.
____14.The Louisiana Territory was purchased from ______.
____15.Who forced Napoleon Bonaparte to abandon plans for an American empire?
____16.What prohibited trade with another country?
____17.After what battle did Tecumseh join forces with British troops?
____18.Who urged Native Americans to return to the customs of their ancestors?
____19.Henry Clay and John Calhoun were known as ______.
____20.The War of 1812 was ended by the ______.
____21.Who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel in 1804?
____22.Who broadened the Supreme Court's power?
____23.Which French ruler had plans for empires in Europe and the Americas?
____24.The leaders of the exploration of the Louisiana Territory were Lewis and ______.
____25.Who built a strong confederacy among Native Americans?
____26.Which commander destroyed the British naval forces on Lake Erie?
____27.Hopes for a Native American confederation died with the death of ______.
____28.The British decided the war in North America was too costly after the Battle of ______.
____44.Who was one of the chief supporters of state sovereignty?
____45.Who began his political career as a supporter of free trade and the shipping interests of New England?
____46.The leader who tried to resolve sectional disputes by compromise was ______.
____47.What agreement provided for disarmament along the Canadian border?
____48.Created in 1823, what became an important part of American foreign policy?
49.Chief Justice Marshall set down three principles of judicial ______, including the idea that the Constitution is the supreme law of the land.
50.Lewis and Clark explored lands west of the ______River.