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AMH 2010
Test 2
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History
Undergraduate 2
06/05/2013

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The articles of confederation were mostly concerned with...
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Guarded state sovereignty
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Most important accomplishment of congress
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Formed ordinances to distribute public lands
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What did the NW ordinance do?
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Defined the process by which a territory became a state
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Who was the most brilliant political american theorist?
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James Madison
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Shays Rebellion involved...
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Farmers in Massachusetts
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When was the year of the Constitutional convention?
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1787
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What is the 3/5th rule?
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In order to determine representation in the lower house, every five states in a congressional district would count as three free voters
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What did the Constitution use for the election of the president?
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The electorial college
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How many states were needed to ratify the Constitution?
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9
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What were the people who were for the Constitution called?
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Federalist
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Who were the three people that wrote the Federalist papers?
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Madison, Hamilton, and John Jay
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Contained in the Bill of Rights was...
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The right to not have to quarter soilders
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What was the very early conflict in congress?
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Hamilton's economic goals
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Thomas Jefferson and Madison argued against the bank because?
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Nothing in the Constitution allowed the creation of a bank
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The Whisky Rebellion....
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The westerners did not think the government cared about them
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What did George Washington warn about in his farewell address?
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Forigen alliances
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During the Quasi war with France, what did the federalist try to do?
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They tried to destroy the republican party
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What was the non-intercourse act?
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a law passed in 1809 by the United States Congress to ban all commerce between Americans and the European nations of France and Great Britain.
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What was Macon's Bill Number Two?
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Reestablished trade with both France and Great Britain
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Why was America unprepared for got the War of 1812?
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Because Jefferson disbanded the military
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What was the treaty of Ghent?
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Granted trading tights for America and Canada
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What did the major supreme cases do?
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They strengthened the power of the federal government over states
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What was the Rush Bagot?
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The set border between the U.S and Canada
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Who did Jefferson almost loose to in the election of 1800?
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Aron Burr
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What was the 12th amendment?
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The 12th amendment requires separate electoral ballots for the president and vice president.
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Who contributed to the birth of of the factory system?
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Samuel Slater
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Where did the Louis and Clark expedition take place?
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From St. Louis, up the Mississippi River
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What principle did John Marshal start?
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He reinforced the principle that federal courts are obligated to exercise judicial review
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Marbury vs Madison
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In this 1803 landmark decision, the Supreme Court first asserted the power of judicial review by declaring an act of Congress unconstitutional
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What effective did the embargo act cause?
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It caused economic mayhem
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What happened at the battle of New Orleans?
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British forces were defeated by Andrew Jackson
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What was the Adams-onis treaty?
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Allowed for U.S annexation of Florida
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What are internal improvements?
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A reliable transportation system
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What was the first great transportation project?
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The national Road
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Who created the first successful steam boat?
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Robert Fulton
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Most spectacular engendering achievement?
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The Eerie canal
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Greatest show place for American industrialization?
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Lowell Massachusetts
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Who made up the primary source of labor?
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Young single women
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What president is mostly identified with the era of good feelings?
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James Monroe's
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What supreme court decision had to do with binding contracts?
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Fletcher v. Peck
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What was the Monroe doctrine?
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Declared the Western Hemisphere off limits to new European colonization
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As president, John Quincy Adams....
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Had a difficult time
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What was the spoils system?
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The rotation of office holders
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What is the Trail of Tears?
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In the winter of 1838-1893 the Cheroke were forced to evacuate their lands in Georgia and travel under military guard to Oklahoma
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During the nullification crises, who did Andrew Jackson have issues with?
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The Vice President
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What was the name of the President of the Bank when Jackson refused to restablish it?
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Nicolas Bittol
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What was the kitchen cabinet during Jefferson's administration.
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was a term used by political opponents of President Andrew Jackson to describe the collection of unofficial advisers he consulted in parallel to the United States Cabinet.
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How did he kill the bank?
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He took out all the money
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How did Henry Harrison get the name Tippecanoe?
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Because of the battle of Tippecanoe
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