Period 3 Vocabulary (Set #3)

Question 1

Conference held by delegates from Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and Pennsylvania at Washington’s home at Mt. Vernon in 1785. The delegates agreed that problems with the Articles of Confederation were serious enough to meet again in Annapolis, where all the colonies could be represented.

Answer 1

Mt. Vernon Conference

Question 2

A convention held in September 1786 to consider problems of trade and navigation, attended by five states and important because it issued the call to Congress and the states for what became the Constitutional Convention.

Answer 2

Annapolis Convention

Question 3

The meeting of state delegates in 1787 in Philadelphia called to revise the Articles of Confederation. It instead designed a new plan of government, the US Constitution.

Answer 3

Constitutional Convention

Question 4

The fourth President of the United States (1809-1817). A member of the Continental Congress (1780-1783) and the Constitutional Convention (1787), he strongly supported ratification of the Constitution and was a contributor to The Federalist Papers (1787-1788), which argued the effectiveness of the proposed constitution. His presidency was marked by the War of 1812.

Answer 4

James Madison

Question 5

First Secretary of the Treasury. He advocated creation of a national bank, assumption of state debts by the federal government, and a tariff system to pay off the national debt.

Answer 5

Alexander Hamilton

Question 6

United States statesman who led the committee that produced the final draft of the United States Constitution (1752-1816). Authored most of the Preamble to the Constitution.

Answer 6

Governor Morris

Question 7

Initial proposal at the Constitutional Convention made by the Virginia delegation for a strong central government with a bicameral legislature dominated by the big states.

Answer 7

Virginia Plan

Question 8

Opposite of the Virginia Plan, it proposed a single-chamber congress in which each state had one vote. This created a conflict with representation between bigger states, who wanted control befitting their population, and smaller states, who didn’t want to be bullied by larger states.

Answer 8

New Jersey Plan

Question 9

stated that there should be two houses in Congress: the Senate and the House of Representatives; created our current congressional composition of 2 houses and ended a major disagreement stemming from sizes of geography and population

Answer 9

Connecticut Plan; Great Compromise

Question 10

The agreement by which the number of each state’s representatives in Congress would be based on a count of all the free people plus three-fifths of the slaves

Answer 10

3/5’s Compromise

Question 11

delegates assign to each state a number of electors equal to the total of that state’s representatives and senators; instituted because the delegates at Philadelphia feared that too much democracy might lead to mob rule

Answer 11

Electoral College

Question 12

Supporters of the Constitution that were led by Alexander Hamilton and John Adams. They firmly believed the national government should be strong. They didn’t want the Bill of Rights because they felt citizens’ rights were already well protected by the Constitution.

Answer 12

Federalists

Question 13

opposed a strong central government, skeptical about undemocratic tendencies in the Constitution, insisted on the Bill of Rights. They were also known as the Democratic-Republican party.

Answer 13

Anti-Federalists

Question 14

A group of essays written for a New York newspaper by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay. They were a key element in the Federalist campaign and persuaded both advocates and dissenters to the Constitution to ratify it. Explained the importance of a strong central government. It was published to convince New York to ratify the Constitution.

Answer 14

The Federalist Papers (Publius)

Question 15

A formal statement of the fundamental rights of the people of the United States, incorporated in the Constitution as Amendments 1-10, and in all state constitutions.

Answer 15

Bill of Rights

Question 16

First Secretary of War. He managed Native American relations, passed the bill that made it possible for only the federal government to control native lands, rather than the states.

Answer 16

Henry Knox

Question 17

A 1789 law that created the structure of the Supreme Court and set up a system of district courts and circuit courts for the nation

Answer 17

Judiciary Act of 1789

Question 18

The highest court in the federal government; part of the Judicial Branch; final interpreter of the U.S. Constitution.

Answer 18

Supreme Court

Question 19

a bank chartered by the US congress on feb. 25, 1791. the charter was for 20 years. The bank was created to handle the financial needs and requirements of the central government of the newly formed us, which had previously been 13 individual colonies with their own banks, currencies, and financial institutions and policies.

Answer 19

National bank

Question 20

Washington’s declaration that the U.S. would not take sides after the French Revolution touched off a war between France and a coalition consisting primarily of England, Austria and Prussia. Washington’s Proclamation was technically a violation of the Franco-American Treaty of 1778.

Answer 20

Proclamation of Neutrality

Question 21

French diplomat who in 1793 tried to draw the United States into the war between France and England (1763-1834)

Answer 21

“Citizen” Edmund Genet

Question 22

Was made up by John Jay. It said that Britain was to pay for Americans ships that were seized in 1793. It said that Americans had to pay British merchants debts owed from before the revolution and Britain had agreed to remove their troops from the Ohio Valley

Answer 22

Jay Treaty

Question 23

An agreement between the united states and Spain that changed Florida’s border and made it easier for american ships to use the port of New Orleans

Answer 23

Pinckney Treaty

Question 24

Granted by Spain to America so that Americans could transfer cargo in New Orleans without paying duties to the Spanish government

Answer 24

Right of deposit

Question 25

The U.S. Army defeated the Native Americans under Shawnee Chief Blue Jacket and ended Native American hopes of keeping their land that lay north of the Ohio River

Answer 25

Battle of Fallen Timbers

Question 26

1791 congress put a tax on all whisky made and sold in u,s, revolt tested strength of government, farmers grew corn to make whisky, refused to pay tax on it, 1794 western pa, farmers rebelled on tax collector by burning down his home, large angry mob marched through Pittsburgh, Washington sent 13,000 troops stop rebellion, people ran away when heard the news.

Answer 26

Whiskey Rebellion

Question 27

in 1796 established orderly procedures for dividing and selling federal lands at reasonable prices.

Answer 27

Public Land Act

Question 28

political party led by Thomas Jefferson; it feared centralized political power, supported states’ rights, opposed Hamilton’s financial plan, and supported ties with France. It was heavily influenced by a agrarian interests in the southern states.

Answer 28

Democratic-Republican Party

Question 29

This document’s (written by George Washington) main points included: assuming leadership in the Western Hemisphere, developing its own trade, and not entering into permanent alliances with foreign nations, especially with Europe. It was written before George Washington left the preseidential seat amd was suceeded by President John Adams.

Answer 29

Washington’s Farewell Address

Question 30

He was the second president of the United States and a Federalist. He was responsible for passing the Alien and Sedition Acts. Prevented all out war with France after the XYZ Affair. His passing of the Alien and Sedition Acts, which severely hurt the popularity of the Federalist party and himself.

Answer 30

John Adams

Question 31

An insult to the American delegation when they were supposed to be meeting French foreign minister, Talleyrand, but instead they were sent 3 officials Adams called “X,Y, and Z” that demanded $250,000 as a bribe to see Talleyrand.

Answer 31

XYZ Affair

Question 32

These consist of four laws passed by the Federalist Congress and signed by President Adams in 1798: the Naturalization Act, which increased the waiting period for an immigrant to become a citizen from 5 to 14 years; the Alien Act, which empowered the president to arrest and deport dangerous aliens; the Alien Enemy Act, which allowed for the arrest and deportation of citizens of countries at was with the US; and the Sedition Act, which made it illegal to publish defamatory statements about the federal government or its officials. The first 3 were enacted in response to the XYZ Affair, and were aimed at French and Irish immigrants, who were considered subversives. The Sedition Act was an attempt to stifle Democratic-Republican opposition, although only 25 people were ever arrested, and only 10 convicted, under the law. The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, which initiated the concept of “nullification” of federal laws were written in response to the Acts.

Answer 32

Alien and Sedition Acts

Question 33

These stated that a state had the right to declare a law unconstitutional, or nullify a law, within its borders. These were written by Jefferson and Madison to resist the Alien and Sedition Acts

Answer 33

Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

Question 34

Jefferson’s view of his election to presidency. Jefferson claimed that the election of 1800 represented a return to what he considered the original spirit of the Revolution. Jefferson’s goals for his revolution were 1) to restore the republican experiment, 2) check the growth of government power, and 3) to halt the decay of virtue that had set in under Federalist rule.

Answer 34

Revolution of 1800

Question 35

What title is set three of period three?
What range of years is set three of period three?

Answer 35

The Constitution & The New Republic
1787-1800

Question 36

the opposition to the Federalist Papers and noted the negative implications of the Federalist party in regards to the spirit of the American Revolution

Answer 36

The Anti-Federalist Papers (Brutus)