Chapter 8 A New Nation Flashcards

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What happened to the economy?

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inflation

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What was the first meeting after revolution?

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Annapolis Convention

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What was the second meeting after the revolution in order to create a better government?

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Constitution Convention

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What state did not send delegates to the convention?

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Rhode Island

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5
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What is the Virginia plan?

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a congress with representatives by population

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What is the New Jersey plan?

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a congress equal with two senators per state

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What is the 3/5ths compromise?

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for every 5 slaves is 3 people

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8
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Was slavery mentioned in the constitution?

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no

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9
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Who is the father of the constitution?

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James Madison

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What is the name of the people who support the constitution?

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Federalists

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What is the name of the people who want more local state government?

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anti-federalists

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12
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Who is washington’s vice president?

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John Adams

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Who is washington’s secretary of state?

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Thomas Jefferson

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14
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Who was Washington’s Attorney General?

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Edmund Randolph

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15
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Who was Secretary of the Treasure for Washington?

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Alexander Hamilton

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16
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Who was the Secretary of War for Washington?

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Henry Knox

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17
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What does the elastic clause do?

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it gives a lot of freedom to the government

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18
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What does Alexander Hamilton want for economic recovery?

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to recover debts of both the nation and states

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What does Alexander Hamilton suggest in order to remove the debt?(3)

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Bank of America,bonds, and protective tarriffs

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20
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How is the debt good?

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it unites the nation for a common cause

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21
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What was the cause of the whiskey rebellion?

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taxes in the west

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22
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Who is Little Turtle?

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Indian leader who fought against the Americans in Little Turtle’s war.

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23
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What did the Treaty of Greenville do

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Native Americans are kicked out of Indiana, Ohio, Michigan

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24
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Who is citizen Genet?

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a French citizen who recruit America to fight in French Revolution

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Who creates the Neutrality Proclamation?
America
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What was Washington's three points of farwell?
neutrality, friendly to all nations, national military academy
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What does Washington warn about?(2)
stay clear of permanent alliances and political parties
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What did Jay's treaty do?
it forced Great Britain out of America
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What two cabinet figures caused a split in American politics?
Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson
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What was the xyz affair?
an French-American diplomatic relation scandal
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Who was John Bull?
the British "Uncle Sam"
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Did we give money to France for the war?
yes
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What was the cause of the Fries rebellion?
a tax in Pennsylvania against a war tax.
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What treaty starts fresh in treaties with France?
Treaty of Convention of 1800
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What does the Alien act allow?
the president is allowed to kick out aliens.
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What does the Naturalization Act change?
the time to become a citizen from 5 to 14
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What does the Sedition Act create?
the law against criticizing the government
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How many people died in the revolution in 1800.
no one
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Who was Judith Sargent Murray?
a feminist who especially promoted women education.
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What is republican motherhood?
the women are to raise good citizens
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The most important result of Shay's Rebellion was?
the response by Americans who wanted a stronger national government
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A significant element in the crisis of the 1780's was the?
fear by many Americans that state taxes and heavy debt would ruin them economically
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The Americans who wrote the Constitution of the US represented who?
the ideals of the social and economic elite
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The Constitution of the US guaranteed what?
the continuation of slavery in the South
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The early years of the new federal government were especially important because
they set precedences that shaped the way the nation would develop in later years
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An important goal of Alexander Hamilton was to
establish the good credit of the new nation and to protect American Manufacturers
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Regarding relations with the Indian peoples, the new government of the United State pursued what policies?
confusing and quite often contradictory policies
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In the early years of the republic, Spain did what?
took steps to block American expansion to the west
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The XYZ Affair involved diplomatic relations between the US and
France
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One result of the peaceful transfer of power in 1800 was
an expansion in the popular interest in politics
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Jeffersonian Republicans played an important role in establishing a free press in the United States by
their actions in opposing the Sedition Act
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In order to become a law, a bill in Congress must?:
pass both houses of Congress in identical form.
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Under the Constitution, the status of the western Indian tribes was?:
not clearly defined.
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In the Constitutional Convention, voting qualifications were made residual powers because of the?:
widespread variation of voting requirements in the states.
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According to the U. S. Constitution, revenue bills must originate with?:
the House of Representatives.
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During the early 1780s, the authority of the national government was vested in what branch?:
the legislative branch.
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The positions of loose construction and strict construction of the Constitution were first established in letters written by Hamilton and Jefferson to President Washington. The letters concerned?:
the issue of creating a Bank of the United States.
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The primary issue in dispute in Shay's Rebellion was?:
the jailing of individuals or seizure of their property for failure to pay taxes during a time of economic hardship.
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The Judiciary Act of 1789 did what?:
established a system of lower federal courts.
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The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions argued that the right to determine the constitutionality of a law passed by Congress rested in?:
the states
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What were three causes of the mega inflation?
Shortage of goods because of the British blockade, demand of the army, and flood of paper currency
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What was the result of the great compromise?
A bicameral congress
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What did Mercy Otis Warren lead?
A critique of the new Constitution.
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What did the intercourse act do?
It regulated trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes
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Where in the constitution does it declare the president can have a cabinet?
it doesnt
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What were the positives of the Articles of the Confederations?
it kept the nation together, it established townships
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What were townships?
blocks of land that divided up in the west
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What did the North West Ordinance do?
outlawed slavery and set up how to become a state
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What did citizen Ghent do?
he was a French Citizen who was trying to establish American support for the French war
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What did the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions do?
vetoed the Alien and Sedition Act
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Who dueled Hamilton?
Aaron Burr
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What was the cause of the Barbary Wars?
North African pirates invaded the Meditteranean