SOCIAL STUDIES

Question 1

Who were the Federalists? What did they want?

Answer 1

John Adams, Thomas Pinckney, Alexander Hamilton.

They wanted a strong central government, non-strict constitution, alliance with England.

Question 2

Who were the Republicans? What did they want?

Answer 2

Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Aaron Burr.

They wanted a weak central government, and more states rights. Strict constitution, alliance with France.

Question 3

ELECTION OF 1796:
Who were the candidates, and their parties and supporters?

Answer 3

REPUBLICANS: Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr - supported by the south and west
FEDERALISTS: John Adams and Thomas Pinckney - supported by north

Question 4

ELECTION OF 1796:
What was the problem and outcome of this election?

Answer 4

John Adams won, but because of the rules back then, Thomas Jefferson won Vice President. They were two different parties.

Question 5

What was the Alien Act?

Answer 5

It allowed the president to imprison and depart immigrants. Also took longer to become a citizen.

Question 6

What was the purpose of the Alien Act?

Answer 6

To make it easier for Adams to win presidency. Because immigrant typically voted Republican.

Question 7

What was the Federalist and Republican view on the Alien Acts?

Answer 7

FEDERALISTS: were in favor and believed it was to protect from troublemakers.
REPUBLICANS: were against it because they thought it was an attack on their party.

Question 8

What was the Sedition Act?

Answer 8

To punish those who lied to destroy the government.

Question 9

What was the Federalist and Republican view on the Sedition Acts?

Answer 9

FEDERALISTS: were in favor because they didn’t lie about the government.
REPUBLICANS: were against it because they thought it went against their rights.

Question 10

What was the XYZ affair? Why was it called that?

Answer 10

The French started to seize American ships. So, Adams sent people to negotiate with agents known as XYZ. It was called this because the agents from France wanted to be known as XYZ.

Question 11

How did Adams handle the XYZ affair?

Answer 11

Adam sent three men Jerry, Pinkney and Marshall to go and discuss what can be done.

Question 12

What was the outcome of the XYZ affair?

Answer 12

Adams wanted to go to war, but ended up not. Instead France demanded a sum of money and then they settled.

Question 13

In the election of 1800, who were the candidates?

Answer 13

John Adams and his running mate Charles Pinckney were the two Federalists. Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr the two Republicans.

Question 14

What was the outcome of the election of 1800?

Answer 14

After multiple votes, Thomas Jefferson became president, and Aaron Burr became the vice president.

Question 15

Why was the an unusual election?

Answer 15

Because the two Republicans tied, so the Federalists didn’t know who to vote for.

Question 16

How was Hamilton involved in the war?

Answer 16

Because there was a tie between Jefferson and Burr. So Hamilton told people to vote for Jefferson instead of Burr.

Question 17

What is the 12th amendment?

Answer 17

It states that the Electoral College must cast one of their votes for president and the other one for vice president.

Question 18

Why is it called a peaceful revolution or the revolution of 1800?

Answer 18

Because power had been passed from the Federalists to the Republicans “without a single shopping fired.”

Question 19

Who was involved in the duel?

Answer 19

-Hamilton
-Burr
-2 assistants
-A doctor

Question 20

Why did the duel happen?

Answer 20

Because of the Rivalry and history between these two men, another big reason was the election of 1800 as well as what Hamilton had been saying about Burr.

Question 21

What was the outcome of the duel?

Answer 21

Aaron Burr shot and killed Hamilton. Afterwards Burr was wanted for murder in two states but instead he decided to run.

Question 22

Explain the War with the Barbary Pirates.

Answer 22

A small war where Barbary Pirates refused to let the US ships in their water. This ended up in a mini War at Sea. Jefferson decided to send warships to the area, and in the end the US won! After this Jefferson learned they needed a strong Navy.

Question 23

Explain the Louisiana Purchase.

Answer 23

When Jefferson wanted New Orleans, which France owned at the time, Napoleon decided to sell the land but instead of just the city he gave them the Louisiana Territory for only a small amount of money. But at the time the constitution didn’t say that the President could buy land. But Jefferson went against his beliefs This was very successful!

Question 24

Explain the Embargo Act.

Answer 24

This was when Jefferson created a law where all trade with Europe was banned. He did this because he wanted to stay out of war with France and Great Britain. This was a failure, Jefferson tried to only make it illegal to trade in France and Great Britain but it didn’t end up working.

Question 25

Who won President in 1808?

Answer 25

James Madison, a Republican.

Question 26

Who won President in 1812?

Answer 26

James Madison, a Republican.

Question 27

Why did the War of 1812 occur?

Answer 27

One reason was because the US wanted to sail the same freely without any harassment another reason was because Native Americans wanted their land back what are the British and us were pushing the Native Americans back and West which was upsetting them.

Question 28

Who was involved in the fighting in the War of 1812 and what were they fighting for?

Answer 28

Native Americans - Fighting for their land back
U.S. - Wanted land in Canada and to sail freely
British - Wanted to reclaim the U.S. again

Question 29

Who was opposed and who supported the War of 1812 and why?

Answer 29

Lawmakers War Hawks James Madison and Western Frontiersman were all supporters of the war. Meanwhile, Federalists really didn’t support the war because they thought it was just a way for James Madison to get reelected.

Question 30

How did the war end, what was the impact and result of the War of 1812?

Answer 30

Neither side of the war one but the Treaty of Ghent was signed and created peace for all the fighting. as well as most of the impressment and ship seizures ended.