Download Acc. U.S. Final Jeopardy Review Board #3

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Events/Acts Potpourri
Region that saw incursions by
Border Ruffians and the
Pottawattomie Creek Massacre.
Kansas Territory
Even Thomas Jefferson personally
believed this act to be
unconstitutional and had drafted an
amendment to make it possible
Louisiana Purchase
This state, a short-lived republic,
was ultimately made a free state by
the Compromise of 1850
California
This region of America became the
nation’s granary in the Antebellum
period and was typified by a marketbased commodity trade.
The Midwest
This state was heavily involved in
the Nullification Crisis during
Jackson’s presidency and later was
the first state to secede from the
Union.
South Carolina
The first two-party system pitted
these two groups against each other.
Federalists vs. DemocraticRepublicans
This American political party had a
platform based on social reform,
protection of domestic
manufacturing, a government
involved in the economy, and high
tariffs.
Whigs
The Indian resistance fighters
Prophet and Tecumseh were part of
this great Indian nation.
Shawnee Nation
Which two men were known as the
greatest war hawks leading up to the
War of 1812?
John C. Calhoun and Henry Clay
What is the term for an American
judicial outlook where one “reads
between the lines” of the
Constitution and tries to apply it to a
wide range of principles.
Broad Constructionists
The growth of these entities (and
their later sanctification by the U.S.
Supreme Court) stimulated the
growth of a Northern manufacturing
base because investors could be
shielded from fault for the
company’s actions.
Limited Liability Corporations
(LLC)
During the 1840s and 1850s, fear of
this steadily increased as a result of
the reaction to the Wilmot Proviso,
the Kansas-Nebraska Act, and the
Dred Scott Decision.
The Slave Power
This political party was founded on
the slogan of “Free Labor, Free Soil,
Free Men.”
Republican Party
This revolt was suppressed with a
firm demonstration of federal power
by the Washington administration –
demonstrating the renewed vigor of
the U.S. Constitution.
Whiskey Rebellion
The Virginia and Kentucky Resolves
were written by Madison and
Jefferson in response to this.
Alien and Sedition Acts.
This act thoroughly destroyed the
political viability of the
Federalist Party as they met to
consider possible secession from
the union during the War of 1812
Hartford Convention
This revolt, led by an educated slave,
is the most successful slave rebellion
in U.S. history.
Nat Turner Rebellion
Supposedly, what was involved in
the deal to establish the First Bank of
the United States to obtain
Jeffersonian support in Congress?
The new federal capital would have
a southern location on the Potomac.
Which act inspired Harriet Beecher
Stowe to pen Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
The Fugitive Slave Act
What act did President Buchanan
throw his support behind, even
though it unfairly and
undemocratically supported
Southern interests?
Lecompton Constitution
Stephen Douglas may have retained
his senate seat in 1858 because of a
crafty political argument in which he
stated that a territory might forbid
slavery by simply not enacting the
laws necessary for its practice. What
is this?
Freeport Doctrine
President Lincoln rejected this
compromise at the start of his
presidency because he refused to
give in on the republican plank
forbidding the extension of slavery
into the territories.
Crittenden Compromise
Which U.S. President presided over
what was known as the Era of Good
Feelings?
James Monroe
The federal government passed this
Civil War act to helped raise money
for the Union war effort by selling
federal land to the states with the
provision that the land be used for
specific purposes – most likely
education.
Morrill Land Grant Act
This American general brought the
use of total war to the deep South in
order to end the Civil War as quickly
as possible and “make the South
howl.”
William Tecumseh Sherman