Possible Unit 3 Matching and Short Answer Questions

Question 1

Explain Alexander Hamilton (Federalists) and Thomas Jefferson’s (Democratic-Republicans) different views.

Answer 1

Federalists: wanted a strong national government, industry and trade, a self sufficient economy, loose constructionist, federalist and industrialist, favored banks and factories

Democratic-Republicans: wanted a strong state government, small family farms, strict constructionist, state gets to decide things, hates factories and banks

Question 2

Explain Hamilton’s Financial Plan

Answer 2

1. Assumption of all state debts from the Revolutionary War
   -Forced states to work together and created a “credit rating”
2. A tax on whiskey and a protective tariff on foreign manufactured goods
3. Banks of the US
   -Regulates the money supply by holding federal funds and loaning it to states

Question 3

Explain the Alien Sedition Acts of 1798, Naturalization Act, and the Sedition Act

Answer 3

Alien 1: President can deport any resident alien considered dangerous to the peace and safety of the US

Alien 2: President can apprehend and deport residents if their home countries were at war with the US

Naturalization Act: Extended citizenship ability from 7 years to 14 years

Sedition Act: Made it a crime to publish false and malicious writing against the government or its officials

Question 4

Explain the Presidency of Andrew Jackson

Answer 4

Appealed to the common man (emotional, drinked, smoked, a lawyer, judge, general, and later president)

Advocated national roads, canals, universities, observatories

Wants to encourage industry

Increased white male suffrage