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Unit 4
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History
10th Grade
11/18/2013

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1789
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George Washington became the first U.S. President
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1793
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President Washington issued the Proclamation of Neutrality
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1800
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"Revolution of _____" Jefferson was elected to the U.S. presidency without any violent civil stiff
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1814
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The Treaty of Ghent ended the War of 1812 in
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France
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In 1789 a revolution soon overthrew the monarchy or kind in the European nation of ____. It was sparked in part by the success of the American Revolution.
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Pennsylvania
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In 1794 the Whiskey Rebellion occurred at the western end of the state of
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Virginia and Kentucky
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Thomas Jefferson secretly helped to write the _________ resolutions, in order to claim that a state government has the right to declare a federal law unconstitutional and to nullify or cancel it.
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1803
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The U.S. obtained the Louisiana Purchase in _____
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Horseshoe bend
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Andrew Jackson won the battle of _______ in 1815, thereby preserving the U.S. territorial control along the southern Mississippi River
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Hartford Convention
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Metting where federalists proposed constitutional amendments
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Limited presidency to one 4 year term
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One constitutional amendment that the Federalists proposed at the Hartford Convention
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National Government given broad powers from loose interpretation of constitution
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Specific principle that relates to the Supreme Court decision of McCullough v Maryland
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Western Confederacy
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Specific alliance of groups that had to sign the Treaty of Greenville and recognize U.S. political rule
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Embargo Act
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Law that President Jefferson used to end British and French seizure of U.S. ships It stopped all U.S. international trade. The resulting slowdown in trade badly hurt the U.S. Economy
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To pay back bondholders' bonds at face value
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Hamilton's Redemption Plan
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