New Republic Review (Ch. 9 & 10)

Question 1

purpose of the Alien and Sedition Acts

Answer 1

to quiet and punish those who criticized the Federalists

Question 2

Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

Answer 2

written as response to the Alien and Sedition Acts

Question 3

immediate cause of war between France and the US

Answer 3

XYZ Affair

Question 4

political parties and foreign alliances

Answer 4

two things Washington warned against in his Farewell Address

Question 5

terms of the Pickney Treaty

Answer 5

free navigation on the Mississippi River, right of deposit in New Orleans, territory in NW Florida

Question 6

loose construction

Answer 6

Alexander Hamilton’s interpretation of the Constitution

Question 7

strict construction

Answer 7

Thomas Jefferson’s interpretation of the Constitution

Question 8

Whiskey Rebellion of 1794

Answer 8

rebellion by western Penn farmers over the excise tax on whiskey

Question 9

Neutrality Proclamation of 1793

Answer 9

issued by Washington, and proclaimed the US neutral in all disputes in Europe

Question 10

Britain violated the Neutrality Proclamation by

Answer 10

seizing merchant ships in the West Indies, impressing US sailors, occupying western frontier forts

Question 11

terms of Jay’s Treaty

Answer 11

British had to abandon their forts in the NW territory, had to pay for damages to seized ships; did not agree to stop seizing US ships, selling arms to the Natives, impressing US sailors, and the US had to pay back debt from the pre-Revolutionary period.

Question 12

Bill of Rights

Answer 12

First 10 Amendments to the Constitution that are a guaranteed protection of individual liberties from a strong government

Question 13

Hamilton proposed paying off the national debt through

Answer 13

tariffs and excise taxes

Question 14

originally the Constitutional Convention was called to

Answer 14

revise the Articles of Confederation

Question 15

Virginia Plan

Answer 15

aka large state plan; representation in Congress would be based on population

Question 16

New Jersey Plan

Answer 16

aka small state plan; representation in Congress would be equal, regardless of state size

Question 17

3/5 Compromise

Answer 17

said that each slave in the south would could as 3/5 of a person for population purposes, in order to keep southern states in the newly formed United States

Question 18

weakness of the Articles of Confederation

Answer 18

required unanimous approval, couldn’t enforce tax collection, lacked a strong central gov’t

Question 19

Northwest Ordinance of 1787

Answer 19

established a procedure for dividing and governing the NW territory, banned slavery from the territory, provided public land for sale after surveying, allowed approval of the Articles of Confederation

Question 20

Shay’s Rebellion

Answer 20

rebellion led by poor back-woods farmers who faced foreclosure and debt