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The Original GW

Old White Guys

I LOVE APUSH

Baker’s Choice

Key Terms

- What did George Washington warn the Congress about in his farewell speech?

Row 1---100 Question

-No political parties-No permanent alliances (stay

out of foreign affairs)

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- George Washington created a cabinet of members to “assist” him in the Presidency. Who was his Sec. of State, Sec. of Treasury,

and Sec. of War?

Row 1---200 Question

-State = Jefferson-Treasury = Hamilton

-War = Knox

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-Very unpopular trade during Washington’s presidency that allowed the British to continue its lucrative fur trade in US

territory.

Row 1---300 Question

-Jay’s Treaty

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- During the French Revolution, which took place during Washington’s Presidency,

political parties chose sides on whether or not to support the French. Which political

party supported the French efforts of independence from a king?

Row 1---400 Question

-Democratic Republicans

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- What was the name of the battle that took place during Washington’s presidency

in which the US learned the British had been supplying guns to the Indians and encouraging them to attach us in 1794?

Row 1---500 Question

- Battle of Fallen Timbers

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- List three characteristics of the Federalist Party

Row 2---100 Question

- Favored rich, loose construction, favored British

over French, industrial/manufacturing,

strong central government

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- List three actions completed by Jefferson to reduce the size and cost of the

government

Row 2---200 Question

- Cut the size of the army, ended excise taxes, allowed

the Bank of the United States expire, paid off Federal debt

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Row 2---300 Question

- What is the significance of the Louisiana Purchase during Jefferson’s presidency?

- Doubled the size of the United States

Row 2---300 Answer

Row 2---400 Question

- What does ‘impressment’ mean and how was it important around 1812?

- Impressment was when the British navy seized US ships

and forced the sailors to serve in the British navy. One of the

causes of the War of 1812.

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- What was the name of the group of young congressmen that encouraged Madison to

go to war against the British?

Row 2---500 Question

- War Hawks (Southern and Western states)

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- Why was Toussaint L’Ouverture significant in the 1790s?

Row 3---100 Question

-Led black Haitain rebellion to seize control of Saint-

Domingue -(showed slaves could rise up and free themselves. Pushed

for movement to abolish slavery in the US)

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- When did Francis Scott Key write the ‘Star Spangled Banner’?

Row 3---200 Question

-War of 1812 – Battle of Ft. McHenry

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- What did President Madison support when he became President that contradicted the

traditional philosophy of Democratic-Republicans?

Row 3---300 Question

- Supported the creation of the Second Bank of the

United States

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- What is significant about the “Era of Good Feeling”?

Row 3---400 Question

- First time the US had “political harmony” as the Democratic-Republicans dominated the political

spectrum

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- What was the purpose of the Hartford Convention in 1814?

Row 3---500 Question

- Federalists called it to protest the war against

Britain (war of 1812) and talked about secession of the

New England states

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- 1797 incident in which American negotiators in France were rebuffed for

refusing to pay a substantial bribe.

Row 4---100 Question

-XYZ Affair

Row 4---100 Answer

- What was the nickname of the event in which John Adams tried to pack the Federal Courts with over 58 new Federalist judges

in the last few days of his presidency?

Row 4---200 Question

- “Midnight Judges”

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- This established the federal district court in each state and three circuit courts to hear appeals from the districts, with the

Supreme Court having the final say.

Row 4---300 Question

- Judiciary Act of 1789

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- A famous chief of the Shawnee who tried to unite Indian tribes (confederacy) against the increasing white settlement; died at the

Battle of Thames

Row 4---400 Question

- TECUMSEH

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- A system of government assisted economic development embraced by

Republican state legislatures that promoted entrepreneurs in America.

Row 4---500 Question

- NEOMERCANTLISM

Row 4---500 Answer

-What is in the middle of China?

Row 5---100 Question

- The letter ‘I’

Row 5---100 Answer

- Eskimos are very good hunters, but they never hunt penguins. Why not?

Row 5---200 Question

-Eskimos live in the North Pole, Penguins live in the

South Pole

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- A farmer has five haystacks in one field and four haystacks in another. How many haystacks would he

have if he combined them all in one field?

Row 5---300 Question

- ONE. If he COMBINED all his haystacks, he would have one

large haystack

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-In England you cannot take a picture of a man with a wooden leg. Why not?

Row 5---400 Question

- B/C you can’t take a picture with a wooden leg, you need

a camera or cell phone or iPad to take a picture

Row 5---400 Answer

- A thief was brought before a king to receive his punishment. The king, feeling merciful, asked the

thief how he would like to die. The thief told him, and the king let him go. How did the thief wish to die?

Row 5---500 Question

- He wished to die of natural causes

Row 5---500 Answer