A seond lietuenanty, he co-led the Corps of Discovery concentrating chiefly on the drawing of maps, the management of the expedition's supplies, and leading hunting expeditions for game

William Clark

A well-known War Hawk from South Carolina, he remained on the national stage for the next 50 years

John C. Calhoun

This rebellion, along with the poor economy, led to the creation of a strong centralized government

Shay's Rebellion

This Democrat tied with Jefferson for the most votes in the 1800 election, but was ultimately defeated in the House of Representatives on the 36th ballot

Aaron Burr

The bend on the Tallapoosa River where Andrew Jackson defeated the Creek Indians, forcing them to give up 20 million acres of land in the process

Horseshoe Bend

A Shoshone woman married to a Canadian, she joined the Corps of Discovery becoming an important conduit to the Shoshone people, where her brother was a Chief

Sacajewa

Elected to Congress from Kentucky in 1810, he was the best known of the War Hawks

Henry Clay

Washington's Secretary of State, he fractured the Federalist coalition by forming a new political party

Thomas Jefferson

During the XYZ affair, this diplomat reminded Adams and others that the demand for tribute in exchange for negotiations was fairly common in Europe

Elbridge Gerry

Jefferson's ill-conceived idea to stop all American trade to avoid European conflict was known as what?

Jefferson's Embargo

The name given to the three French officials demanding bribes for the right to negotiate a peace with the United States

X, Y, and Z

The treaty of San Lorenzo providing the U.S. with navigation rights on the lower Mississippi River was also named after this American diplomat?

Thomas Pinckney

The French leader who having lost Haiti, agreed to sell Louisiana to the U.S.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Another name for French Pirates

Corsairs

The great Shawnee warrior chief who died at The Battle of the Thames

Tecumseh

This battle, taking place 15 days after the treaty ending the War of 1812 was signed, made Andrew Jackson a national hero

Battle of New Orleans

With the support of Hamilton and Jefferson, he defeated Aaron Burr in a New York Governors race precipitating the famous Hamilton-Burr duel

Incumbant Gov. George Clinton backed candidate Morgan Lewis. (Burr ran as a Federalist, and wanted to see New York join the New England states in establishing an independent confederation. George Clinton became Thomas Jefferson's second VP, and James Madison's first VP. First VP to die in office.)

This law, pushed through Congress by James Madison, demanded that no trade would be conducted with either Britain or France

Non-Intercourse Act

One of his biographers has called him “the least appreciated great man in American History.”

John Adams

Name the two United States Supreme Court decisions where Chief Justice John Marshal secured for the Supreme Court the last word on consitutional issues

Marbury v. Madison and McCulloch v. Maryland

The Belgian town where the treaty ending the War of 1812 was signed

Ghent

Known alternately as “Old Ironsides,” it is “the most famous ship to have ever flown an American flag.”

U.S.S. Constitution

He was co-leader of the Corps of Discovery, an Army Captain, and former private secretary to President Thomas Jefferson

Merriwhether Lewis

The author of the Virginia Plan, today he is known as the Father of the Constitution

James Madison

Written by Thomas Jefferson, it argued that states have a right to nullify federal laws believed to be unconstitutional

Kentucky Resolution

In 1813 at the Battle of Put-in-Bay, this American naval commander defeated the British naval squadron on Lake Erie

Commodore Oliver Hazzard Perry

Other than George Washington, he was the most powerful man in government during President Washington's tenure in office

Alexander Hamilton

The name given to those who were against ratifying the Constitution

Anti-Federalist

The LA Purchase was made possible because of a slave revolt on this island

Haiti

This self-professed French diplomat demanded the U.S. allow French corsairs to use American ports

Citizen Genet

An unpopular treaty, it came at the expense of US-French relationsk, accepting as it did a British definition of neutrality

Jay's Treaty

Why did Jefferson and Madison oppose Hamilton's plan for a national bank?

They viewed it as unconstitutional.

Which of the plans introduced at the Consitutional Convention called for the regulation of interstate commerce?

New Jersey Plan

Which of Hamilton’s financial proposals relied on "implied powers" found in the elastic clause in the Constitution?

Report on Bank of the United States

This Philadelphia lawyer proved to be of great assistance to James Madison in gathering support for the Virginia plan at the Constitutional Convention.

James Wilson

Which of Hamilton’s three financial proposals failed to pass Congress?

Report on Manufactuers

The formost man of letters in the United States, as well as the oldest delegate in Philadelphia, he played more of an advisorial role at the Constitutional Convention.

Bejamin Franklin

Slavery was addressed three times in the Constitution.

What were the three provisions? 3/5th Compromise, Ending Atlantic Slave Trade, Creation of Fugitive Slave Law

This Anti-federalist stayed away from the Constitional Convention because he “smelled a rat.”

Patrick Henry

What was the Federal Negative introduced by Madison at the Constitutional Convention?

A constitutional provision which would give Congress the authority to nullify any law passed by a state legislature.

The Federalists (Federalist Papers) were authored by three men.

Who were they and what was the pseudonym used by the three authors? Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay

Name the author of Federalist #10, arguing that the system of checks and balances inherent in the Constitution would preclude any one group from taking power at the expense of everyone else

James Madison

This bill promised to remove the trade embargo against England or France, whichever nation first gave an assurance of free seas, while then directing a non-intercourse act against the other.

Macon's Bill #2

In his farewell address, this President argued against the use of entangling alliances, thereby creating the first principal of American foreign policy, one that held firm until the middle of the twentieth century.

George Washington

The author of the Connecticut Plan, this self-trained lawyer was skilled at compromise.

Roger Sherman

This anti-federalist and opponent of the Federal Negative lefted the Constitutional Convention and returned home to Virginia:

George Mason