History 131 (87)Test #3

Across

6. Reached from Cumberland, Maryland across the nation to Wheeling, West Virginia.
9. A revolt of the people caused when states like Massachusetts began to heavily tax average people such as farmers.
11. Conflict about which Henry David Thoreau famously refused to pay taxes and wrote a book on disobeying unjust laws.
14. Won the election of 1860, leading to the secession of South Carolina from the Union.
15. Acts passed by John Adams to silence protests against the government and opposed by Democratic-Republicans such as Thomas Jefferson who believed them to be unconstitutional.
18. America’s first system of government, which had many weaknesses, including an inability to levy taxes or regulate interstate commerce and a lack of power to regulate commerce or enforce its resolutions upon states or individuals.
19. Famous for saving the Gilbert Stuart portrait during the British raid of Washington D.C.
20. Devised a program in which the Revolutionary War debt of individual states was assumed by the national government in full, by selling bonds to the wealthy.
22. Prevailing ideology of the 19th century that held that women were more religious, pure, and submissive than men, and should stay at home, taking care of the children and household.[Hint: I am NOT referring to separate spheres]
24. American ship that was illegally attacked, detained, and boarded by a British ship, causing a major scandal that helped to incite the War of 1812.
26. Created a Supreme Court with a chief justice, established a system of 13 districts courts, gave the Supreme Court the power of judicial review, and created an office of the Attorney General.
27. Revolt caused by the anger of German immigrants in 1799 in Eastern Pennsylvania regarding the Direct Tax passed by John Adams.
28. Set up a process to create five new states between the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers after the American Revolution.
34. Brokered by Roger Sherman, this gave us two houses, a House of Representatives with representation proportional to a state’s population, and a Senate with two members from each state.
35. A series of meetings in which New Englanders discussed their grievances with the War of 1812, which is partially accountable for the fall of the Federalist Party.
36. Chief Justice who attempted to settle the slavery issue for good by ruling that black people were inferior to white people in very way, had no rights which the white man was bound to respect, and that all black people in the US could be considered property, which the Supreme Court was in the business of protecting.
37. Passed by Thomas Jefferson, this economic policy deprived Britain and France of trade with the US and was extremely unpopular and flouted by smugglers.
38. An Agreement that granted America the right to transport goods along the Mississippi River and to use the port of New Orleans.

Down

1. Scandal during Jackson’s presidency in which the wife of a famous D.C. politician was accused of cheating on her husband and marrying her partner shortly after becoming a widow.
2. Created by Andrew Jackson, this is a practice in which a political party, after winning an election, gives government jobs to supporters, friends and relatives.
3. Agreement that forced America to recognize England with most favored nation status and Britain to compensate American merchants for goods seized in 1793 and 1794.
4. Following the passage of the Indian Removal Act by Andrew Jackson this was a 1,000 mile removal march of Native Americans to western reservations in the dead of winter.
5. Resigned from his post as Secretary of State because he was angry that the US reneged on their promise to support the revolutionaries of the French Revolution.
7. Public opposition spurred on by displeasure with the excise tax in the 5 Point Plan.
8. South Carolina’s nickname for the 1828 tariff that drove the price of European goods like cotton beyond their ability to pay and reminded them of Parliament’s taxation policy that produced the American Revolution.
10. Incident in which a French minister came to the US and began trying to recruit and arm American privateers to join French expeditions against the British and to fight Britain’s Spanish allies in Florida.
12. Led a pan-Indian confederacy in a religious and cultural revival and resisted American expansion into Indian lands by force.
13. Colony that contributed a framework for the future ratification of the federal constitution, as they called a special convention to draft their state constitution, requiring 2/3 approval.
16. Religious revivalism that led to an increase in the use of birth control as well as the creation of separatist Utopian communities and reform movements.
17. During this battle the National Anthem was written by Francis Scott Key.
21. When females in college in the 19th century exchanged tokens of affection such as lockets of hair or candies.
23. President who denounced the growth of political parties in his farewell address.
24. Built by Robert Fulton, this first steamboat set off a mania for canal building.
25. Despite the fact that Jackson pursued the British in the Battle of New Orleans, this treaty that ended the War of 1812 was signed several weeks early.
29. Right of the Supreme Court stablished by Marbury v. Madison as a result of Adams’ appointment of the Midnight Judges.
30. Sent by President Polk to acquire California from Mexico through force and won at the Battles of Palo Alto, delaPalma, and Buena Vista.
31. Violent political confrontations between anti-slavery “Free Staters” and pro-slavery “Border Ruffian” elements in this Midwestern state from 1854-1861, which some historians claim is when the Civil War actually began.
32. Drafted the Bill of Rights that amend the US Constitution.
33. System of family government in which the father and husband remained in charge of the household, but acted as a benevolent leader who was naturally suited for such a position as a result of his superior sex.