1. Topic 5 The Early Republic
JEOPARDY
Topic 5
The Early Republic

2. President Washington President Adams President Jefferson Madison 200
President Monroe
200
400
600
800
1000
Bonus Question: 5000 pts

3. President Washington: 200
Answer
The ceremony in which the President officially takes the oath of office.
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What is an Inauguration?

4. President Washington: 400
Answer:
An act or a decision that sets an example for others to follow.
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What is a Precedent?

5. President Washington: 600
Answer
The head officials of the executive departments make up the President’s… Question
What is the President’s Cabinet?

6. President Washington: 800
Answer
As Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton’s most pressing problem was the…
Question
What was the National Debt?

7. President Washington: 1000
Answer
After much debate regarding the conflict between France and Great Britain, President Washington issues this in April of 1793.
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What was the Neutrality Proclamation?

8. President Adams: 200
200
Answer
A term to describe the shared power between the central and state governments.
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What is Federalism?

9. President Adams: 400
400
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The French objected to this agreement because they believed it put the United states on the side of Britain.
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What was Jay’s Treaty?

10. What were the Alien and Sedition Acts?
President Adams: 600
600
Answer
These controversial laws were pushed through Congress in 1798 to support the Federalists party.
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What were the Alien and Sedition Acts?

11. 800 Answer Question What was the XYZ Affair?
President Adams: 800
800
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In 1797, President Adams sent diplomats to France to avoid War. The French Prime Minister did not directly meet with the American diplomats, instead he set three agents to offer a deal.
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What was the XYZ Affair?

12. What were the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions?
President Adams: 1000
1000
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These Resolutions claimed that each state has an equal right to judge for itself.
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What were the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions?

13. What was the Louisiana Purchase?
President Jefferson: 200
200
Answer
In 1803 the President Thomas Jefferson acquired a significant amount of land from France for $15 million dollars.
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What was the Louisiana Purchase?

14. What was Marbury v. Madison?
President Jefferson: 400
400
Answer
An important court case in 1803 which set an important precedent of giving the Supreme Court the power to decide whether laws passed by Congress wee constitutional.
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What was Marbury v. Madison?

15. Who were Lewis and Clark?
President Jefferson: 600
600
Answer
These two explores were sent out by President Thomas Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Territories.
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Who were Lewis and Clark?

16. What is Judicial Review?
President Jefferson: 800
800
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The Madison v. Marbury Court decision established an important precedent that validated the Supreme Court’s authority.
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What is Judicial Review?

17. What was the Embargo Act?
President Jefferson: 1000
1000
Answer
In 1807 President Jefferson convinced Congress to impose a total embargo on all foreign trade.
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What was the Embargo Act?

18. President Madison: 200
200
Answer
Members of Congress that pushed for war against England in the War of 1812
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Who were the War Hawks?

19. What is Nationalism? 400 Answer
President Madison: 400
400
Answer
A strong sense of devotion to one’s country.
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What is Nationalism?

20. What was Dolly Madison? 600 Answer
President Madison: 600
600
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This President’s wife saved the portrait of George Washington when the British burned down the White House in 1814.
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What was Dolly Madison?

21. What was the Treaty of Ghent?
President Madison: 800
800
Answer
The agreement that ended the War of 1812 between the British and the United States. It can be summed up in one sentence, “Nothing was adjusted and nothing was settled”.
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What was the Treaty of Ghent?

22. What was the Battle of New Orleans?
President Madison: 1000
1000
Answer
This battle between the United States and Britain actually took place two weeks after the War of 1812 ended.
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What was the Battle of New Orleans?

23. President Monroe: 200
200
Answer
This term refers to being loyal to one’s state or geographical section rather than to the nation.
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What is Sectionalism?

24. What was the Era of Good Feelings?
President Monroe: 400
400
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President Monroe hoped to create a sense of national unity through this program.
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What was the Era of Good Feelings?

25. What was the American System?
President Monroe: 600
600
Answer
The economic plan that would benefit all sections supported by Henry Clay.
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What was the American System?

26. What was the Monroe Doctrine?
President Monroe: 800
800
Answer
A bold foreign policy statement established by President James Monroe which stated that the European powers needed to stop colonizing land and to stay out of the Western Hemisphere.
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What was the Monroe Doctrine?

27. What was McCulloch v. Maryland?
President Monroe: 1000
1000
Answer
In 1819, this court case ruled that the states had no right to interfere with federal institutions within their borders.
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What was McCulloch v. Maryland?

28. Bonus Question: pts.
5000
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An economic idea promoted under President Jefferson that let people do as they please with respect to economic trade.
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What is Laissez Faire?