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Potpourri
Old School, Part I
100

He was Alexander Hamilton's brother's only sibling

Who was...Alexander Hamilton?

100

In "Exposition and Protest," the author uses this medieval term to refer to southerners who were being oppressed by tariffs

What is "serfs"?

100

Famous U.S. Supreme Court case we studied: McCulloch v. ___

What is "Maryland"?

100

How a U.S. President can restrain the U.S. Congress

What is "veto a law or refuse to execute a law"?

100

This term means "a pair running for President and Vice President together"

What is a "ticket"?

200

He vetoed a "Bonus Bill"

Who was James Madison?

200

An exclusive license to operate a certain business, like what New York's government did for Robert Fulton

What is a monopoly?

200

The U.S. Constitution says tariffs are legal only if they ___.

What is "pay the government's bills" [or something similar]?

200

How the U.S. Congress can restrain a U.S. President

What is "pass a bill with a 2/3 majority over his veto or impeach and remove him"?

200

The Amendment that changed the way Presidents and Vice Presidents were elected

What is the Twelfth?

300

He famously listed objections to the Constitution and predicted the North/South tariff dispute, possibly after laying bricks for a living 

Who was George Mason?

300

It means "trade that occurs between two or more states"

What is "interstate [commerce]"?

300

The 1860 Morrill Tariff increased tariff rates on ___, which was produced by Justin Morrill himself.

What is "steel"?

300

Southern statesman who wrote the "Exposition and Protest" in 1828

Who was John C. Calhoun?

300

The Alien Act (illegally) gave this person the power to deport anyone he claimed was "dangerous"

Who is the President?

400

Nationalist U.S. Supreme Court justice who was a last-minute appointment by John Adams

Who was John Marshall?

400

To withdraw from a nation or union

What is "secede"?

400

Democrats split over the issue of ___ in 1844.

What is slavery?

400

This U.S. government branch has the right to interpret the Constitution

What is "all three"?

400

It means "rebellion against or organizing an overthrow of an existing government"

What is "sedition"?

500

Thomas Jefferson's Secretary of State, who was famously named in a U.S. Supreme Court case

Who was James Madison?

500

Two-word term for the U.S. Supreme Court's deciding whether a law passed by Congress is constitutional

What is "judicial review"?

500

President Andrew Jackson threatened to invade the state of ___ ___ when its government nullified a tariff.

What is South Carolina?

500

This northern state's steamboat issue was the topic of the Supreme court case Gibbons v. Ogden

What is New York?

500

It says, "Even though the Bill of Rights doesn't say the government can't violate this right of the people, that doesn't mean it may"

What is the Ninth Amendment?

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