Chalter 6 Flashcards
What was the XYZ affair?
J. Adams sent a delegation to Paris to stop the destruction of merchant ships. XYZ asked for requested bribes for entering negotiations. They refused, Americans got pissed and wanted to go to war
-“millions for defense but not on scent for tribute”
Washingtons farewell address stated what
- don’t get involved in European affairs
- no “permanent alliances
- no political parties
- no sectionalism
What were the alien and sedation acts?
Adopted by the federalists to stop d-r’s:
- naturalization act: 14 yrs required for immigrants to qualify for U.S. Citizenship (most d-r supporters were immigrants)
- Alien acts: authorized the president to deport any aliens considered dangerous or in times of war
- sedition act: newspapers couldn’t criticize either the president of congress, heavy fines or imprisonment for any who violated it
What were the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions?
Written by Madison and Jefferson, declared that states had entered into a “compact” in forming the national government, and if any act of the federal government broke the compact, state could nullify the federal law
What were the major parts of Hamilton’s financial program?
- tariffs:
- have federal gov assume responsibility for war debt
- national bank
- excise on liquor
What is the difference between loose and strict construction
Strict: no power given
Loose: allows congress to do things not necessarily in the constitution
**elastic clause
What was the jay treaty
John Jay sent out in an attempt to get British to stop seizing american merchant ships, but returned with a treaty in which Britain agreed to evacuate it’s posts on the western american frontier
Maintains Washington’s policy of neutrality.
What was the whiskey rebellion?
Farmers were pissed about the whiskey excise tax, and attacked tax collectors. So Washington got 15,000 militia men led by Hamilton to show their force without bloodshed.
What was the Pinckney treaty?
Spain agreed to open the lower Mississippi River and New Orleans to American trade
-Florida’s northern boundary at 31st parellel,
What was the treaty of Greenville and the battle of the fallen timbers?
Battle of the fallen timbers: settlers moved west past the ohio river valley, and the British gave the native Americans arms. General Anthony Wayne defeated them:
Treaty of Greenville: chief of defeated native Americans surrendered claims in the ohio territory and opened it up for settlement
What was the compact theory?
Since the states created the national gov and entered into compact voluntarily, they have the right to refuse any law that they believe is unconstitutional
Shay’s rebellion frightened many Americans when….
Debt ridden farmers attacked courts in Massachusetts
The founding Fathers failed to end slavery because
A fight over slavery might destroy unity
Washington’s neutrality proclamation
Was based on American self interest
The Virgonia and Kentucky Resolutions were written in response to…
The Alien and sedition acts
