History Quiz

What treaty ended the War of 1812?

Treaty of Ghent

John C. Calhoun and Henry Clay

War Hawks

Jefferson's government was the beginning of:

a wise and popular government in the United States

Control of who or what goes into or out of a place, especially by police or by an army or by a navy.

blockade

To refuse to buy or use (a product or service); to join together against and have nothing to do with (a person, business, nation, employer, or any other person or thing) in order to coerce or punish.

boycott

An order of a government forbidding merchant ships to enter or leave its ports.

embargo

The Embargo Act was an attempt to:

exert pressure on England after the Chesapeake Affair

The "War Hawks" were:

frontiersmen and farmers of the West and South who wanted to expand America's frontiers

England and France:

impressed American sailors and seized American ships

Exclusive control of a commodity or service.

monopoly

The right to vote.

suffrage

Francis Scott Key

"The Star-Spangled Banner"

Thomas MacDonough

Battle of Lake Champlain

Oliver Hazard Perry

Battle of Lake Erie

Andrew Jackson

Battle of New Orleans

The practice by the British of impressing American seamen was brought to a head by the:

Chesapeake Affair

President Jefferson appointed what man as secretary of the treasury?

Gallatin

"A wise and frugal government" was the goal that what man, as stated in his inaugural address?

Jefferson

The United States was poorly prepared for war because of the economic policies of ____.

Jefferson

Napoleon was anxious to sell the ____ Territory because he needed money to continue his war with England.

Louisiana

Napoleon trapped President ___ into declaring war against England.

Madison

Marbury v. Madison was the first of many important decisions made by what man during his thirty-five years as chief justice of the Supreme Court?

Marshall

Who did President Jefferson send to France to negotiate with Napoleon?

Monroe