Chapter 6-7

Question 1

A form of government that meant all citizens subordinated their private, selfish interests to the common good

Answer 1

Republicanism

Question 2

Wife of John Adams who sought to change women’s’ status and was a patriot

Answer 2

Abigail Adams

Question 3

The nation’s first constitution, adopted by the second Continental Congress in 1781 during the revolution

Answer 3

Articles of Confederation

Question 4

Set up the framework of a government for the Northwest Territory and determined how it would be colonized

Answer 4

Northwest Ordinance

Question 5

Set up how the new land gained after the revolution would be distributed and organized

Answer 5

Land Ordinance (1785)

Question 6

Uprising in Massachusetts led by Daniel Shays in an effort to prevent courts from foreclosing on the farms of those who could not pay taxes

Answer 6

Shay’s Rebellion

Question 7

Called for Virginia due to interstate squabbling becoming more frequent and Congress’s inability to control commerce

Answer 7

Annapolis

Question 8

Resolutions proposed by James Madison concerning aspects of the system of government (bicameral legislature, house members elected in proportion to population); separation of powers

Answer 8

Virginia Plan

Question 9

Called for a one-house congress in which each state had equal representation

Answer 9

New Jersey Plan

Question 10

Author of the constitution and bill of rights; father of the Federalist Party and 4th president of US

Answer 10

James Madison

Question 11

Called for a two-house congress in which both types of representation would be applied

Answer 11

Great Compromise

Question 12

Slaves were deemed 3/5 of a person when determining state population

Answer 12

Three-Fifths Compromise

Question 13

One of the first two political parties (included Alexander Hamilton and John Adams) that wanted loose interpretation of the Constitution and was pro-ratification

Answer 13

Federalist

Question 14

Opposed ratification of the constitution because it gave more power to the federal government and less to the states and it didn’t ensure individual rights

Answer 14

Anti-Federalists

Question 15

Collection of essays by John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison

Answer 15

The Federalist

Question 16

First ten amendments to the constitution which guarantee basic rights

Answer 16

Bill of Rights

Question 17

A group selected by the states to elect the president and the Vice President

Answer 17

Electoral College

Question 18

A dominant military leader and the head figure of the revolutionary war

Answer 18

George Washington

Question 19

A founding father, 2nd President, delegate from Massachusetts

Answer 19

John Adams

Question 20

Organized Supreme Court, originally with five justices and a Chief Justice, along with several federal, district and circuit courts plus an attorney general

Answer 20

Judiciary Act (1789)

Question 21

The most resourceful advocate of a stronger national government, eventually became secretary of treasury (previously Washington’s aide-de-camp and colonel during the revolution)

Answer 21

Alexander Hamilton

Question 22

Total amount of money that a country has borrowed; plan by Hamilton meant to tie the states more securely to Federal Government

Answer 22

National Debt

Question 23

National bank created by Hamilton and debated by many but was passed by Washington in 1791

Answer 23

Bank of United States

Question 24

Traffics enforced for protection rather than revenue

Answer 24

Protective tariff

Question 25

Taxes put in place on imported goods for revenue

Answer 25

Revenue Tariff

Question 26

First Secretary of State; Author of Declaration of Independence

Answer 26

Thomas Jefferson

Question 27

Didn’t accomplish the goals Congress had set but it did manage to end conflict with Britain; Britain said they would evacuate the Northwest but didn’t promised to leave American ships alone)

Answer 27

Jay’s Treaty

Question 28

Sought more centralization and were in favor of a stronger national government; first American political party

Answer 28

Federalist Party

Question 29

Comprised of the anti-federalist that regrouped after the ratification of the constitution

Answer 29

Democratic-Republican Party

Question 30

The publishing of the incident between Pickney and Talleyrand in which Adams deleted the French commissioners names and replaced them with X, Y, and Z

Answer 30

XYZ Affair

Question 31

Created by Federalists to silence Republican opposition; created obstacles for foreigners who wished to become citizens and allowed those engaged in libel and treason to be prosecuted

Answer 31

Alien and Sedition Acts

Question 32

An attack made by an American General against invading Indians from the Northwest

Answer 32

Battle of Fallen Timbers

Question 33

Secretly made to get the rights back taken away by the Alien and Sedition Acts

Answer 33

Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

Question 34

Law that the Federalist Congress passed to increase the number of federal courts and judicial positions

Answer 34

Judiciary Act (1801)

Question 35

The nickname given to the 16 judges added by the judiciary Act of 1801

Answer 35

Midnight Judges

Question 36

Gave America all of Ohio after General Anthony Wayne battled and defeated the Indians at the Battle of Fallen Timbers

Answer 36

Treaty of Grenville

Question 37

America gained free navigation of the Mississippi, large area of Florida; helped America to have u expected diplomatic success

Answer 37

Pickney’s Treaty

Question 38

Began in 1794, that was a challenge to the National Government’s unjust use of an excise tax on an “economic medium of exchange”

Answer 38

Whiskey Rebellion