| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| 1791, 10 out of 19 amendments proposed to U.S. Constitution, safeguarding American rights | Bill of Rights | 92%
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| 1803, land bought for $15 million, bought from France | Louisiana Purchase | 85%
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| First Secretary of Treasury, very influential in early American politics/economy | Alexander Hamilton | 77%
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| Second President, federalist, continued Hamilton's pro-British policy, XYZ Affair | John Adams | 69%
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| Adams-Onis Treaty, sixth President, Republcian, negotiated Treaty of Ghent | John Quincy Adams | 69%
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| Led by Western-Pennsylvania farmers to protest Hamilton's tax on spirits, due to tax lowering demand for corn whiskey | Whiskey Rebellion | 69%
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| Secretary of State, Third President, opposed Hamilton's financial plan, leader of Democratic-Republicans | Thomas Jefferson | 62%
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| John Jay dispatched by Washington to create Treaty after British seizure of 250 American ships, returns with a terrible treaty favoring England | Jay's Treaty | 54%
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| Chief Justice of Supreme Court, voided part of Judiciary Act | John Marshall | 54%
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| American promise that refused any further colonization of the Americas | Monroe Doctrine | 54%
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| Fought William Henry Harrison, led Western Indians, Shawnee war chief | Tecumseh | 54%
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| John Adams charged Talleyrand's, the French foreign minister, agents, "insult to America", Congress stops trade with France and authorized privateering | XYZ Affair | 54%
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| Authorized deportation of foreigners | Alien Act | 46%
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| Prohibited publication of malicious attack on President or Congress | Sedition Act | 46%
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| 1819, John Quincy Adams persuaded Spain to give up Florida, recognized Texas as Spanish claim | Adams-Onis Treaty | 38%
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| Thousands of Haitian refugees fled to coastal cities, slave-owners panick, presidents 1-3 have different reactions | Haitian Revolution | 38%
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| Leader of National Republicans, created 2nd Bank of United States, Bonus Bill, created national funds of roads | Henry Clay | 38%
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| 1789-1799, welcomed by Americans due to abolishment of feudalism and establishment of constitutional monarchy | French Revolution | 31%
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| William Henry Harrison vs. Tecumseh and Western Indians, a cause of War of 1812 | Battle of Tippecanoe | 23%
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| 1803, Madison, Secretary of State, refused to deliver commission of Marbury, but Marshall, head of Supreme Court, declared that Marbury had the right - happened after "midnight appointments" of John Adams | Marbury vs. Madison | 23%
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| Signed 1814, negotiations between England and US, pre-War of 1812 borders maintained | Treaty of Ghent | 23%
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| December 1790, Hamilton asks Congress to charter a bank, jointly owned by private investors and national government | Bank of the United States | 8%
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| Prohibited American ships from leaving home ports until Britain and France stopped restricting US trade, greatly impacted US economy | Embargo Act of 1807 | 8%
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| French group who embraced democracy, executed French royalty | Jacobins | 8%
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| Established federal court district in each state, Supreme Court has final say - reflected vision of Federalists | Judiciary Act of 1789 | 8%
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| Lengthed requirement for American residency from 5 to 14 years | Naturalization Act | 8%
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| Allowed US citizens to trade with all belligerents of French Revolution, 1793, signed by Washington | Proclamation of Neutrality | 8%
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| Written by Hamilton, very controversial, US needed good credit to secure loans from international financers. Hamilton asks congress to redeem 55 million in Confederation securities | Report on the Public Credit | 8%
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| States had the right to interpret and judge the Constitution | Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions | 8%
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