Early American Presidents and Andrew Jackson

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Who were the Alien and Sedition Acts designed to protect the US government from?

most def not french immigrants and Jeffersonian republicans

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Who was a leader of the political party who wanted a strong central government and loose interpretation of the Constitution?

Alexander Hamilton

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Which is not part of the alien and Sedition Acts?

settlers can elect government when territory reaches 5,000 voters

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Which political party wanted a strong central government and loose interpretation of the constitution?

the federalists; AH

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which procedure was designed for the creation of new states?

northwest ordience

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Who did France regain the Louisiana territory from in 1800?

Spain

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Who was a leader of the political party who wanted a strong state government and strict interpretation of the constitution?

Thomas Jefferson

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How did France originally loose the Louisiana territory?

french and Indian war

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Who were the major producers of whiskey during the whiskey rebellion?

poor frontier farmers

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Which political party wanted a strong state government and strict interpretation of the constitution?

democratic-republican party

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what law states that a territory can draft a state constitution and ask to become a state when the territory reaches 60,000 settlers?

Northwest Ordinance of 1787

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What is the importance of lowered voter requirements in the mid 1820s?

  • Increases amount of people participating in government

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What is the importance of the Second Great Awakening?

 inspires women to seek equal rights & work on social reform

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“Jacksonian Democracy” can BEST be described as

  • wants a stronger executive branch, weaker Congress, &  all white men vote

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What is the term for the idea that states had the right to reject a federal law that they found unconstitutional?

nullification

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What led to the creation of tariffs in the United States during the early 1800’s?

British sending to US inexpensive products

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How do enslaved African Americans see the Christian message during the Second Great Awakening?

a message of freedom

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What name did the south give to the tariff of 1828?

tariff of abominations

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Which political party was created after Andrew Jackson's 1824 presidential defeat?

democratic

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What is the importance of the Indian Removal Act of 1830?

Federal government has given power to force native amercians to move west

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The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was designed to remove Native Americans from what region?

southeast u.s:GA, NC, SC, AL, MS, & TN

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What is the term for a government tax placed on imports in an effort to reduce outside competition?

tariffs

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Why did Andrew Jackson create his own political party?

to sabotage JQA’s presidency,

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What led to the creation of the Indian Removal Act?

all of the above, they want farmland, gold in GA, natives cant be american

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What is the importance of the nullification theory?

. Idea of states’ rights & nullification will be used in Civil War

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Neutrality

Type of Foreign policy created by America’s first president

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George Washington

America’s first President and Revolutionary hero?

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Thomas jefferson

America’s third President who believed in STRICT interpretation of the constitution

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John Adams

America’s second President

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Department of State

Department that controls foreign affairs and was originally led by Thomas Jefferson

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Department of Treasury

Department that manages federal government’s finances and was originally led by Alexander Hamilton

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The cabinet

Name of President’s chief advisors and department leaders

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Nullification

Belief that states have the right to void any act of Congress they consider unconstitutional