Unit 4 Early Republic

Question 1

What led to the War of 1812?

Answer 1

Britain’s interference with its trade of its seamen; Americans’ desire to expand settlement into Indian, British, and Spanish territories

Question 2

Who wrote the whiskey rebellion?

Answer 2

George Washington and Alexander Hamilton

Question 3

What was the significance of the whiskey rebellion?

Answer 3

the first test of federal authority in the United States

Question 4

Marbury v. Madison

Answer 4

Judiciary Act

Question 5

McCulloch v. Maryland

Answer 5

Imposed tax on the Maryland branch

Question 6

Gibbons v. Ogden

Answer 6

more efficient [easier, faster and cheaper] to ship goods by water than
by land.

Question 7

Embargo Act significance?

Answer 7

prohibited all exports from American ports to try to force Britain and France to reconsider their restrictions on American trade

Question 8

What was Hamilton’s financial plan?

Answer 8

It proposed as Secretary of the Treasury, aimed to establish a stable and credit-worthy nation by addressing the national debt