additon to ch5 FOR TEST Flashcards
where was the constitution ratified? majority needed?
special state conventions, 3/4
federalists
favored constitution
anti-federalists
against constitution
who were the federalist usually (5)?
members of professions, substantial individuals, well-to-do, alarmed by rev changes, want efficient-er gov
who were the anti-federalists usually (4)?
small farmers, debtors, value free choice/power, resent people whos views don’t align
what did the federalists and the anti-federalists agree on (4)?
wanted national debt to be paid, opposed unstable currency, favored uniform trade policy, wanted to protect states
what happened to people when the bill of rights was added (opposition)?
much of the opposition disappeared
what was the first state to ratify the constitution?
deleware followed by penn and NJ
what was the last state to ratify the constitution?
NC then Rhode Island 11 years later
when were the elections for when washington was first elected president?
early 1789
what did washington believe in (2)?
a limited role for the president, set precedents that future presidents would follow (only vetoed unconstitutional laws and didn’t introduce new legislation)
who established the precedent of having a presedential cabinet and what were the roles (4 roles)?
washington: secretary of state/treasury/war and attorny general
who was in washington’s cabinet?
(T) Jefferson, (A) Hamilton,(H) Knox, (E) Randolph
by 1789, congress had…(3)
sent the bill of rights to the states for ratification, created state, treasury, and war depts, and passed the judiciary act of 1789
what was the judiciary act of 1789?
set up 13 federal district courts and 3 courts of appeal, set up supreme court justices (6)
who did washington name as 1st chief justice?
john jay
what was the tariff act of 1789?
5% tariff on most goods and tonnage duties on all foreign ships
what are tonnage duties
tax on a ship based on weight
what was hamilton’s debt plan (2)?
borrowed money to pay for all federal/state debts from the rev, all old bonds called in and new ones issued at face value so ham could keep track of them
who did hamilton’s debt plan favor (2)?
the rich who had bought bonds for pennies during the war and the north b/c most southerners had already paid off their debt
what was the compromise hamiltion made regarding his debt plan?
got Jefferson and Madison to agree on the debt plan-> capital gets placed in the south
where do Jefferson and Madison want the capital to be (compromise with ham)?
the south on the potomac river between virginia and maryland
how much of the national bank that hamilton proposes is owned by the gov?
20% (80% to private individuals)
why does hamilton think a national bank is constitutional?
implied power (loose construction)
