UNIT 3: CONSTITUTION/JEFFERSONIAN DEM.

Question 1

Compromises in Constitutional ratification

Answer 1

Great Compromise (representation)
3/5 Compromise (representation)
Slavery would continue until 1808
Bill of Rights would be added (wanted by DRs)

Question 2

Federalist beliefs

Answer 2

Loose interpretation
National bank
Industrial economy
Strong national government
Pro-British

Question 3

Democratic-Republican beliefs

Answer 3

Strict interpretation
No national bank
Agrarian economy
Small national government
Pro-French

Question 4

Assumption plan

Answer 4

Fed gov. assumes states’ debts
Tariffs/excise taxes
Creation of National Bank
(Only created in exchange for capital being moved to DC)

Question 5

Presidents of the US

Answer 5

Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson (Election of 1800)
James Madison
James Monroe

Question 6

Washington’s presidency (1789 - 1797)

Answer 6

• Approved Hamilton’s National Bank
• Proclamation of Neutrality (French Revolution)
• Jay Treaty (removed British forts in the Northwest)
• Pinckney Treaty (free access to Mississippi River and New Orleans)
• Whiskey Rebellion (put down)
• Battle of Tippecanoe
• Precedents (two 4-year terms and cabinet)
• Farewell Address

Question 7

John Adams’ presidency (1797 - 1801)

Answer 7

• XYZ Affair
• Quasi-War with France
• Alien & Sedition Acts
  -> Led to Kentucky & Virginia Resolves
• Midnight appointments
• Capital moved to DC (1800)

Question 8

Jefferson’s presidency (1801 - 1809)

Answer 8

1st term:
- Maintained National Bank & assumption plan
- Repealed excise taxes & reduced military size
- Louisiana Purchase (1803)
- Lewis & Clark Expedition
- Attempted to impeach Federalist judges
2nd term:
- Embargo Act (1807)
- Chesapeke/Leopard Incident
- Barbary Pirates/impressment
- Burr conspiracy

Question 9

Madison’s presidency (1809 - 1817)

Answer 9

1st term:
- Nonintercourse act (1809) - trade w/ everyone except Britain and France
- Macon’s Bill #2 - trade w/ Britain and France if they respect American policies
- Battle of Tippecanoe
- Declaration of war (1812)
2nd term:
- Hartford Convention
- Treaty of Ghent (1814)
- Battle of New Orleans
- National Bank re-chartered

Question 10

Monroe’s presidency (1817 - 1825)

Answer 10

1st term:
- Rush-Bagot Treaty
- Adams-Onis Treaty
- Missouri Compromise
2nd term:
- Monroe Doctrine

Question 11

Jay’s Treaty

Answer 11

A treaty that made British soldiers leave their forts (from the Revolutionary War) in the Northwest

Question 12

Pinckney’s Treaty

Answer 12

A treaty that allowed Americans to use the port of New Orleans without paying taxes to Spain (who controlled it at the time) and gave them navigation rights on the Mississippi River

Question 13

Quasi War

Answer 13

(During Adams’ presidency) French diplomats requested a bribe from the American diplomats/people prior to negotiations about French warships seizing American merchant ships

Question 14

Judiciary Act of 1801

Answer 14

Act that reduced the number of seats in the Supreme Court and created 16 new positions (filled in by Adams’ Midnight Appointments)

Question 15

“Continental System” / British Orders in Council

Answer 15

Napoleon’s attempt during the Napoleonic Wars to damage the British economy by blockading Britain (so that neutral countries and allies couldn’t provide resources). Britain responded with the Orders in Council that subjected France and its allies to a counter-blockade.

Question 16

Chesapeake-Leopard Affair

Answer 16

Sailors on a British ship (Leopard) attacked sailors on an American ship (Chesapeake), looking for deserters from the British Navy, killing and wounding many American sailors.

Question 17

Embargo Acts

Answer 17

1) Embargo Act (Jefferson)
2) Nonintercourse Act (Madison)
3) Macon’s Bill #2 (Madison)

Question 18

Battle of Tippecanoe

Answer 18

Battle declared an American victory (over the Natives) that essentially ended Native resistance in the Northwest and allowed Americans to expand westward; campaign led by William Henry Harrison (9th president)

Question 19

Battle of New Orleans

Answer 19

After the defeat of Napoleon, Britain concentrated its efforts in invading American-occupied Louisiana (in the War of 1812). The military campaign led by Andrew Jackson stopped British efforts and was considered a large US victory.

Question 20

Tecumseh / Tribal Confederacy

Answer 20

United Native American tribes in the Northwest (Tribal Confederacy) against Americans (such as in the Battle of Tippecanoe)