Unit 2 Vocab

Question 1

Alien and Sedation Acts

Answer 1

a set of four laws enacted in 1798 that applied restrictions to immigration and speech in the United States

Question 2

Anti-Federalist

Answer 2

A person who opposed the adoption of the US Constitution
(Mainly farmers and Southerners)

Question 3

Bill of Rights

Answer 3

The first 10 Amendments to the Constitution

Question 4

Checks and Balances

Answer 4

One branch’s power is checked(limited) or balanced by another branch.

Question 5

Concurrent Powers

Answer 5

Powers that are shared by both the federal government and state governments

Question 6

Delegated Powers

Answer 6

Those powers granted to the national government under the United States Constitution

Question 7

Federalism

Answer 7

The sharing of power between the national and state government.

Question 8

Federalist

Answer 8

A supporter of having a state and federal government

Question 9

Federalist Papers

Answer 9

were written to persuade the legislature of the hold-out state of New York to ratify the Constitution.

Question 10

John Jays Treaty

Answer 10

The agreement between England and the U.S. that limited trade relations

Question 11

Limited Government

Answer 11

The belief that the government should have certain restrictions

Question 12

New Jersey Plan

Answer 12

Only one branch of legaslative government with equal representation for each state

Question 13

Northwest Ordinance

Answer 13

Outlined the steps for territories to become states. Allowed all states to be at an equal level.

Question 14

Popular Sovereignty

Answer 14

The power of the government resides in the consent of the people

Question 15

Representative Government

Answer 15

Officials are elected by the public to make decisions

Question 16

Reserved Powers

Answer 16

Powers given to the states instead of the federal government.

Question 17

Separation of Powers

Answer 17

Prevents one branch from having too much power by giving each branch certain responsibilities and powers.

Question 18

Shays Rebellion

Answer 18

A rebellion to have Mass. lower taxes. Proved that the Articles were not strong enough because they couldn’t raise an army

Question 19

The 3/5ths compromise

Answer 19

Allowed for each slave to count as 3/5ths of a person. Compromise between north and south states

Question 20

The Great Compromise

Answer 20

each state would get two representatives in the Senate and a variable number of representatives in the House in proportion to its population

Question 21

Thomas Pinckney Treaty

Answer 21

settled a dispute between the two nations over the boundary of Spanish Florida and granted navigation rights on the Mississippi River to Americans

Question 22

VA and KY Resolutions

Answer 22

protests against the limitations on civil liberties contained in the Alien and Sedition Acts

Question 23

Virginia Plan

Answer 23

Government with 3 branches, proportional representation, and a two branch legislature

Question 24

Whiskey Rebellion

Answer 24

a violent tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791 and ending in 1794 during the presidency of George Washington

Question 25

XYZ Affair

Answer 25

a diplomatic incident between French and United States diplomats that resulted in a limited, undeclared war known as the Quasi-War