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2nd Amendment

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Right to bear arms

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1st amendment

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Religious and political freedom

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3rd Amendment

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Quartering troops

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4th Amendment

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Search and seizure

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5th Amendment

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Rights of accused persons

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6th Amendment

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Right to a speedy public trial

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7th Amendment

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Trial by jury in civil cases

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8th Amendment

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Limits of fines and punishments

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9th Amendment

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Rights of people

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10th Amendment

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Power of states and people

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Judiciary act of 1789

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Sets up the court system

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1789 constitution

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Ratified

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Department of state

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Deal with foreign affairs

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Department of war

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Handle military matters

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Department of treasury

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Manage finances

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Who did Washington choose to run the Secretary of State and secretary of treasure?

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State- Thomas Jefferson

Treasury- Alexander Hamilton

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Henry Knox

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Secretary of war

Washing tons general of artillery during revolution

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Edmund Randolph

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Attorney general

Chief lawyer of federal government

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Who became presidents chief advisors or cabinet

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Thomas Jefferson
Alexander Hamilton
Henry Knox
Edmund Randolph

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What did Hamilton stand for?

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Fear of mob rule
Loose interpretation of the constitution
Economy based on shipping and manufacturing
Supporters: merchants, manufacturers, landowners, investors, lawyers, clergy
Concentrating power in federal government

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What did Jeffersons stand for?

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Federalists
Fear of absolute power
Strict on interpretation
Economy based on farming
Supporters: “the plain people” farmers and tradespeople
Sharing power with state and local government limited national government

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Bank of the U.S.

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Issue paper money and handle tax receipts and other government funds

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Two party system

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Two parties

Established by the time Washington left office

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Protective tariff

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Import tax on goods produced in Europe

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Excise tax

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Tax on products manufacture, sale or distribution

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Whiskey rebellion

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Tariff on whiskey

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What is whiskey made out of

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Ground up corn

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Do we get involved in the French Revolution

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No

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Is jays treaty a good treaty and what is it

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Bad treaty
British
Which nation would control territories west of app. Mount
Treaty signed on November 9, 1794
Treaty passed senate but some Americans were angry
British continued fur trade of the American side of the us-Canadian border

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Is Pickney’s treaty a good treaty and what is it

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Good treaty
Spain
Spain gave up all claims to land east of the Mississippi (except Florida)
Spain also agreed to open Mississippi River to traffic by Spanish subjects and us citizens and to allow American traders to use the port of New Orleans
More land (wanted port of New Orleans cause farmers for shipping)

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“XYZ Affair”

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French wanted to bribe to have a meeting, we got upset and it put stain on our relationship

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Alien and sedition acts
What do they do?
Which party benefits?
Is this legal? Explain why or why not.

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Made it harder on immigrants to become citizens of America so they cannot vote, if they speak out about the government they can get thrown in jail or kicked out, Federalists make laws so they can get thrown in jail or kicked out, Federalists make laws so they won’t loose power, purposely delaying citizenship
Federalists benefit so they can keep their power
This is illegal, supreme courts job to call it illegal and change it

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“Virginia and Kentucky resolutions”

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Void alien and sedition acts in VA & KY

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Why did Washington step down after two terms

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To help people feel like there isn’t a king

Roosevelt broke this by serving for four terms

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Duel between Burr & Hamilton

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Burr kills Hamilton

Burr charged with murder and flees to Europe then later returns to New York to practice law

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Marshall court

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John Marshall-Chief Justice

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Marbury vs Madison (1803)

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Establish judicial review (ability of the Supreme Court to declare an act of congress unconstitutional)

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What is the most important thing that Jefferson does as president

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Louisiana purchase

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Who did we buy the Louisiana purchase from

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France

Napoleon

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How much money did we buy the Louisiana purchase for

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15 million

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What did the Louisiana purchase do to the size of the us?

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More than doubled

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What are its east and west boundaries (Louisiana purchase)

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Mississippi River -east

Rocky Mountains -west

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Who explored it? (Louisiana purchase)

Route and journey explained

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Meriwether lewis -leaders 
William Clark -second in command 
50 soldiers and woods men's 
Sacajawea -interpreter and guide 
Leave from st Lewis travel up Columbia river go all the way to the pacific (Washington state) 
2 years and 4 months
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War of 1812

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Fight the British again
Ends in 1814
Biggest battle fought in 1815 two weeks after war ended
(Battle of New Orleans)

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War of 1812
Who did we fight
Why did we fight
Years of the war

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British
The practice of seizing Americans at sea and “impressing” or drafting them into the British navy, Chesapeake incident- British warship demanded to board and search the ship, us captain refused and Britain opened fire killing three Americans and wounding eighteen
1812-1814

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War of 1812
Where were most battles fought
What was the most impenitent battle 
What did we gain 
What 2 vets later became president
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Great Lakes
Battle of New Orleans
We gained pride, nationalism
William Henry Harrison & Andrew Jackson

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What song did we get from the War of 1812

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Star spangled banner

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War hawks

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Group of young congressmen from the south and west who wanted war

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Who led the war hawks

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John C Calhoun

Henry Clay

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