Flashcards on North American History: Key Milestones
North American History: Key Milestones for Students
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United States History
24 cards
Card 1
Question: Who served as the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury under President George Washington?
Answer: Alexander Hamilton (served as the first U.S. secretary of the treasury under George Washington).
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Question: Who was Thomas Jefferson's Secretary of State during his presidency?
Answer: James Madison (served as Jefferson's Secretary of State).
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Question: What major territorial acquisition did the United States complete in 1803?
Answer: The Louisiana Purchase (acquisition of the territory of Louisiana from the French First Republic).
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Question: What was the purpose of the Lewis and Clark expedition (1804–1806)?
Answer: To cross and explore the newly acquired western territory after the Louisiana Purchase (Corps of Discovery led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark).
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Question: What war did the United States fight against the United Kingdom beginning in 1812, and how did it end?
Answer: The War of 1812; the U.S. won and it ended with the exchange of ratifications of the Treaty of Ghent in 1815.
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Question: What was the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and what did it do?
Answer: It admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state to keep congressional balance, and drew a line above Missouri to restrain expansion of
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Question: What was the Monroe Doctrine (1823)?
Answer: A U.S. foreign policy opposing foreign (especially European) interference in the Western Hemisphere — closing the hemisphere to European interference.
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Question: What was the Trail of Tears (1830–1850)?
Answer: The forced displacement and ethnic cleansing of Native Americans of the Five Civilized Tribes (including their enslaved people) by the U.S. government
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Question: What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 establish and what was a major consequence?
Answer: It allowed residents of Kansas and Nebraska territories to decide on slavery by popular sovereignty (repealed the Missouri Compromise); it led to viol
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Question: What was the Dred Scott decision (1857) and its key rulings?
Answer: The Supreme Court ruled Black people could not be U.S. citizens and declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional, arguing Congress could not proh