Unit 3

Question 1

alien act

Answer 1

deportation of any foreigner allowed, allows president to deport any enemy aliens in time of war, “enemies of the state”

Question 2

sedition act

Answer 2

illegal for newspapers to criticize president/congress, heavy penalties for editors that violate new laws

Question 3

Examples of the Constitution being built on a series of compromises

Answer 3

1808, 3/5ths compromise, VA and NJ plan

Question 4

1808

Answer 4

end of slave Trade, not slavery all together

Question 5

3/5ths compromise

Answer 5

slaves are only 3/5 of a people allowed them to count a little for south in elections but south also had to pay taxes for 2/5ths

Question 6

VA Plan

Answer 6

favored large states, # of reps per state is determined by population, became House of Reps

Question 7

NJ Plan

Answer 7

favored small states, # of reps per state is equal, became the Senate

Question 8

US Constitution

Answer 8

compromise of NJ and VA plan, bicameral (2 houses), house of reps is lower house, senate is upper house

Question 9

Commonalities of all the rebellions

Answer 9

responses to outsiders, federal gov’t was an outsider to farmers, they resisted their laws and taxes

Question 10

bacon’s rebellion

Answer 10

Nathaniel bacon led group of armed settlers/farmers in VA to revolt against governor Berkeley

Question 11

whiskey rebellion

Answer 11

farmers in western PA, refused to pay federal excise on whiskey, washington send 15000 state militia

Question 12

shays rebellion

Answer 12

daniel shays leader, western MA, farmers opposed high taxes and crushing debt, closed courts to prevent them from executing foreclosures

Question 13

result of shays

Answer 13

showed GW needed strong central gov’t with a strong army

Question 14

boston tea party

Answer 14

tea act set upon colonists, heavy taxes/duties that colonists had to pay to pay debt of 7 years war, sons of liberty dressed up as indians and dumped tea in the charles river

Question 15

why did the colonists rebel

Answer 15

no representation in government, Brits used Virtual Representation as argument, argued that citizenship alone allowed representation

Question 16

how was the political unrest after the American Rev addressed

Answer 16

George Washington established a strong central government

Question 17

which party opposed the constitution w/o a bill of rights

Answer 17

democratic republicans

Question 18

how did american revolution affect slavery

Answer 18

no immediate freedom, Gradual Emancipation, 1808 slave Trade abolished, led to slow freedoms

Question 19

why was the Northwest Ordinance significant

Answer 19

slavery would never be allowed there, grid system to set up towns, different levels to become a town

Question 20

why did Americans want diplomatic recognition during the American Rev

Answer 20

French help would make a difference in the war, Saratoga was turning point battle in the war, convinced French to help Americans

Question 21

what was the purpose of surveys in new territory

Answer 21

NW ordinance declared that statehood was achieved in 3 stages
1. congress apt. 3 judges + governor to territory
2. when pop reached 5000 adult male landowners- elect territorial legislature
3. when pop reached 60000- elect delegates to state constitutional convention

Question 22

how was the bank of US created

Answer 22

necessary and proper clause- said bank of US was necessary to run the US gov’t, loose interpretation of constitution by Hamilton, federalists favored loose interpretation

Question 23

how was slavery impacted in 1800s

Answer 23

1808- slave trade abolished, gradual emancipation

Question 24

how did women aid the revolutionary movement

Answer 24

daughters of liberty, engaged in boycotts (drank coffee and lemonade not tea), following troops around, gave them water and nursed them

Question 25

how did the Enlightenment ideas affect the colonies and their rev. movement

Answer 25

Ideas of natural rights, freedom of speech, inalienable rights, Locke, pursuit of life liberty and happiness

Question 26

historical significance of Declaration of Independence

Answer 26

the DOI was written after math Acts were placed on the colonists such as the Intolerable Act, the Quartering Act, or the Tea Act. These taxes and duties placed on colonists, without any representation in British parliament, led them to write the DOI (mostly jefferson). It was directed at the king, but on a larger scale the world. this was the first time a revolution like this had happened in these times, and it lead the way for the french rev and haitian rev. slavery was not included, which caused the issue to come up later on in things such as the constitution and BOR.

Question 27

federalists

Answer 27

loose interpretation of Constitution, strong central gov’t, less power to the states, national bank constitutional, shipping and manufacture economy, republic led by well educated elite

Question 28

democratic republicans

Answer 28

strict interpretation of Constitution, more power to the states, less to federal gov’t, nat’l bank unconstitutional, democracy of farmers and people, farming and agriculture economy

Question 29

republicanism

Answer 29

gov’t in which citizens choose reps and leaders, bicameral legislatures, strong governors with veto power