Ch. 9 Flashcards
Why was Massachusetts able to continue supporting an established church years after the passage of the First Amendment?
Bc the supreme court did not extend restrictions from the bill of rights to the states until the 20th century
Name and describe the two major points of Hamilton’s Report on Public Credit.
Assumption: the federal governments taking on all the war debt of the states
Funding: providing bonds to those who the continental congress owed money
What two benefits did Alexander Hamilton believe a national bank would bring to the United States?
A uniform currency and a source for business loans
What is the difference between a “strict constructionist” and a “loose constructionist”?
Strict: interprets the constitution as narrowly as possible
Loose: favors flexibility in interpreting the constitution
Who were the two most important leaders of the Republicans during Washington’s administration?
Thomas Jefferson and James Madison
Why was Washington’s Proclamation of Neutrality in 1793 not popular with either the Federalists or the Republicans?
Bc the federalist tended to favor a pro British policy and the republicans tended to favor a pro French one and Washington’s proclamation favored neither
What was the most important result of Jay’s Treaty?
It averted war with Great Britain
a conflict resembling war in nearly every particular except a formal declaration
Quasi War
gave the president greatly expanded powers to expel or imprison such undesirables- particularly the French and Irish immigrants that were predominantly Republican
Alien Acts
outlined penalties for antigovernment activities such as riots but also made it illegal to speak or write anything “false, scandalous and malicious . . . against the government of the United States, or the President of the United States, with intent to defame . . . or to bring them or either of them, into contempt or disrepute.”
Sedition Acts
Two lists of resolutions that opposed the Alien and Sedition Acts as a violation of the First Amendment, and expressed the rights of the states to judge the constitutionality of a law
Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
increased the number of federal judges
Judiciary Act of 1801
The accusation of Adams’ staying up until midnight the night before Jefferson’s inauguration on March 4, 1801, signing commissions for the new judges.
Midnight appointments
What did Hamilton offer the South to win Southern support for assumption of state debts by the federal government?
He offered to build the national Capital in the south
How did the Federalist and the Republican Parties differ concerning constitutional interpretation?
Federalists were loose constructionists and republicans were strict constructionists
