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PACE 1089 Social Studies
Unit 5; 8th grade self test
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History
8th Grade
12/14/2010

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This man asked the federal government to pay all the ware debts of each state.
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Alexander Hamilton
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This man became President after 35 House votes.
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Thomas Jefferson
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This man won the Presidency of 1808
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James Madison
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This city became the new location of the federal government in 1800.
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Washington City
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This was now under U.S. control, after the Louisiana Purchase.
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Mississippi River
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Instructed electors to vote separately for President and Vice-President.
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Twelfth Amendment
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was repealed in 1809, having nearly ruined the shipping industry.
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Embargo Act
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America's Second War of Independence
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War of 1812
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inspired Francis Scott Key to write "The Star Spangled Banner"
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battle of FT. McHenry
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helped the U.S. to gain the respect of European nations.
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Battle of New Orleans
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Passed a new trade bill which prohibited trade with England and France.
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U.S. Congress
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became stable through through the use of minted coins
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U.S. economy
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was limited under the Embargo Act
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U.S. trade
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extended from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains
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Louisiana Purchase
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In February 1796, President Washington signed the __________ which did not guarantee that England would no longer seize American ships and crews.
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Jay Treaty
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__________ became the second President of the United States.
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John Adams
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French Foreign Minister Talleyrand demanded a bribe of ___________ as an advance payment for smoothing negotiations.
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$250,000
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In 1798,because of the ___ Affair, Congress cut all relations with France.
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XYZ
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Because of the hostility of England and France, Congress passed the _____ and Sedition Acts.
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Alien
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During the War of 1812, most of the fighting took place in the northern United States and in southern Canada around the ___________.
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Great Lakes
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Immigrants from Ireland were used to dig the __________.
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Erie Canal
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The Anti-Masonic Party held the nation's first nominating convention in 1831 and supported ____________ for re-election.
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John Q. Adams
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The Indian Removal Act provided for the removal of all Indians to reservations west of the ____________.
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Mississippi River
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Andrew Jackson's party, the ________ Party, had been formed by a group from a broken Democratic-Republican Party.
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Democratic
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In 1832 most National Republicans, Federalists, and Anti-Masons joined the Whig Party which was formed to _______ President Jackson.
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oppose
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God used __________ to bring a great spiritual awakening to the northeastern states.
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Charles Finney
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Americans had confidence in __________ leadership.
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George Washington's
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Thomas Jefferson, as secretary of ____, headed the Department of Foreign Affairs, now called the Department of State.
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state
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Alexander Hamilton of New York headed the Department of _____.
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Finance
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Henry Knox of Massachusetts, as secretary of ____ headed the department now called the Department of Defense.
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War
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A six-member Supreme Court and sixteen lower federal courts were created by the Federal ______ Act
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Judiciary
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___________ was the first Supreme Justice of the Supreme Court.
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John Jay
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The Assumption Act was Alexander Hamilton's plan to relieve the _______ debt.
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national
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The Democratic-Republicans supported France, and the ________ supported England.
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Federalists
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President Washington issued the Proclamation of ________ to keep America out of the European War.
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Neutrality
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In 1805 both England and France demanded that America stop trading with their enemies, which almost destroyed America's _____.
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trade
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The _________ Doctrine demand no more European colonization of America.
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Monroe
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One of the three elements of the Monroe Doctrine is no _______ interference with any government in the Western Hemisphere.
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European
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No _________ interference in European political affairs is a third point of the Monroe Doctrine.
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American
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