the US from 1790s to 1850s Flashcards

1
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what did washington believe?

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that everyone is not equal and were born to obey and some were born to lead

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what was hamilton’s plan?

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  • to set up a tax system
  • refund the assume state debts
  • create a centralized bank that can deposit money , regulate money supply and have it 20% owned by federal government and 80% owned by the public
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3
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who was robert morris

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was able to find the end of the revolution

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4
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what is a tariff

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tax on imported goods

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5
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what is sectionalism

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sections of regions have competing views on everything

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what does hamilton argue for?

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implied powers

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whiskey rebellion?

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farmers in western PA wanted to block the collection of taxes - washington put down this rebelion peacefully

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what is jays treaty?

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british refused o evacuate forts and british armed and encouraged indians to prevent amerias from spreading west

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9
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what was washington’s farewell address?

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1- keep government how it is 
2- sectionalism is bad 
3- pay back debts ASAP
4- don't form political parties 
5- don't form alliances with any country especially Europe
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what is the non intercourse act?

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no trade with either england and france but the first one to ask is to trade then the US will only trade with them and decline the trade with the other.

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what is the Embargo Act?

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neutral nations has the right to trade non military goods to countrie that were at war

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what were two big issues with thomas jefferson’s presidency?

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impressments ( the act of kidnapping and taking a ship and the stuff on the ship

privateers( pirates are hired by a country being a pirate but legally

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What is the Sedition Act?

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anyone who spoke out about the federal government could be arrested

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what was the Alien Act?

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anyone who they thought was an immigrant would have to leave and to become a citizen you have to wait 14 years

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what was the quasi war?

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  • a mini war at the sea
  • led to the US placing an embargo on France
  • creates the Navy department independent from the federal government
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what was the XYZ affair?

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the Us was a neutral nation so it thought it could trade with both france and britain
they sent out diplomats to negotiate a treaty with the french government
and the french were forcing the americans to pay to speak to the french central government

17
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what happened during John Adams presidency?

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he was not a very well liked guy he won because of the three more votes he got then jefferson which jefferson was the first runner up so he became vice president and they both had different views so it was really hard

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what was the doctrine of Nullification?

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convince people that alien and sedition act is very unconstitutional nd that everyone should just ignore them

19
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what leads to the decrease of the federalist parties?

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sedition act and alien act

20
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who were the federalists? 
leaders-
support-
national government-
economy-
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hamilton and adams

lawyers , merchants, manufacturer, and bankers

strong national government , the BUS and England

an economy based on manufacturing and shipping goods

21
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who were the democratic-republicans? 
party leader-
support-
national government- 
economy-
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thomas jefferson and james madison

farmers, artisans , and frontier settlers

limited national government and power to state governments

based on farmers