Early Republic Midterm Part 3

Question 1

Newburgh Conspiracy

Answer 1

Set up by Horatio Gates based on the Newburgh Address that had army upset they were not getting enough pay. Washington showed up to the meeting for mutiny and diffused situation. Only time army almost overthrew the government.

Question 2

Writer of the Newburgh Address

Answer 2

John Armstrong

Question 3

Plan to put soldiers at the border, organize militias, create military academies and military factories

Answer 3

Washington Peace Establishment

Question 4

Riot that was a march on Springfield arsenal with angry frontier men who protested tax on gold

Answer 4

Shay’s Rebellion

Question 5

Importance of Shay’s Rebellion

Answer 5

Washington realized the current militias were too decentralized

Question 6

Body that got rid of the Articles of Confederation and replaced it

Answer 6

Constitutional Convention

Question 7

Act said all white citizen men ages 18-45 must be available to serve in militia for 3 months and must supply own weapon. Also approved the Navy

Answer 7

Militia Act of 1792

Question 8

Wars that caused British merchants to be unable to trade, causing Americans to fill the void

Answer 8

Napoleonic Wars

Question 9

The officer sent with 1,000 men to attack the Miami Indians but lost very bad

Answer 9

Josiah Harmar

Question 10

Governor of North West territories that led 60 day trip fortifying the route to Indians but suffered greatest defeat of Americans by Indians

Answer 10

Arthur St. Clair

Question 11

Commander General who was great at training troops and altered the firing mechanism on a gun, but was a drunk

Answer 11

“Mad” Anthony Wayne

Question 12

the 2nd in Command who bashed Wayne causing clashes, was on Spanish payroll

Answer 12

James Wilkinson

Question 13

Battle where Americans got surprise attack on Indians forcing them to fall back to British where British surrendered, made Wayne a national hero

Answer 13

Battle of Fallen Timbers

Question 14

The politician that pushed for a larger army and expanded it to 10,000

Answer 14

Alexander Hamilton

Question 15

President of budget cuts that reduced the size of the army and fired bad officers, sold all warships, relied too much on the militas

Answer 15

Thomas Jefferson

Question 16

He used machines to manufacture muskets, using interchangeable parts, meaning no more hand made guns

Answer 16

Eli Whitney

Question 17

Institution created by Jefferson to be a center of science

Answer 17

U.S. Military Academy/ West Point

Question 18

head of West Point 1817, father of west point, created small classes and a curriculum that mirrored France

Answer 18

Sylvanus Thayer

Question 19

became a teacher at West Point, taught Art of War, and wrote Outposts

Answer 19

Denis Hart Mahan

Question 20

teacher at West Point that became general of Union Army, was professor, lawyer and millinoaire

Answer 20

Henry Halleck

Question 21

French general that wrote book on serving in Napoleonic war that provided a structure to war that Napoleon did not, stressing lines of communication and not the bloodshed and chaos

Answer 21

Jomini

Question 22

Man that created artillery that Napoleon used his ideas to win war

Answer 22

Gribeavual

Question 23

the organization created by Napoleon that allowed groups to function independently from the corps, making easy mobility

Answer 23

The Division

Question 24

man that wrote General Essay on Tactics that called for an army of citizen soldiers

Answer 24

Guibert

Question 25

smooth barrel rifle built for citizen soldiers that was very durable and soldier resistant

Answer 25

Charleville