Unit Two-Early America Flashcards
What issues divided the Federalists and Anti-Federalists?
Federalists supported the Constitution , it gave power to the national government wihout taking power away from the states , favored divinf the powers among different branches of government , proposed single person to lead the executive branch
Anti-Federalists opposed the Constitution (it was too strong), fearful of a tyrant , believed a bill of rights needed to be added to the Constitution to protect the rights of the people
What were two major political parties in early America ?
Federalist and Anti-Federalist Parties
Who were the key leaders of the Federalist Party?
John Aams, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Rufus King, John Marshall, Timothy Pickering, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
Who were the key leaders of the Anti-Federalist Party?
James Monroe
What were the causes and consequences of the Alien and Sedition Acts ?
passed by the Federalists in1798 and signed into law , made it harder for new immigrants to vote, started a debate about the right of free speech
Identify the cause and result of the case Marbury v. Madison
The Court fromed the basis for the exercise of judicial review in the U.S under Article Three of the Constitution
What was the Louisiana Purchase?
Land deal between the U.S and France in which the U.S acquired 827,000 square miles of land west of Mississippi River for $15 million dollars
Who were Lewis and Clark?
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark took a journey to explore the American Northwest and other territories
Who was Sacagawea?
Lemhi Shoshone woman who accomplished the Lewis and Clark Expedition as an interpreter and guide during their exploration of he U.S.
What is the Star Spangled Banner? Who wrote it? When was it written?
National anthem of the U.S. Came from the “Defence of Fort M’Henry. Made by Franis Scott Key . Written in 1814.
What land was gained in the Adams-Onis Treaty?
Which foreign country handed this land over ?
~Florida
~Spain
What key features were of the Missouri Compromise?
regulated slavery in the country’s western territories
{By Henry Clay}
Missouri will enter the Union as a slave sate and Maine to enter the Union as a free state. Dividing the new Louisiana Territory north of the border line to make it a free territory.
Encouraged people in the north to return runaway slaves to their homes
What were some key features in the Compromise of 1850?
Laws admitting California as a free state
Creating Utah and New Mexico territories with the question of slavery determined by popular sovereignty
Ended the slave trade in Washington D.C
Henry Clay
What was the Monroe Doctrine?, What did the U.S Promise?, What were foreign countries expected to promise?
—It was contained President James Monroe’s 1823 annual message to Congress.
—Warned European powers not to interfere in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere
—The U.S. Promised to stay out of European affairs
—Other countries promised American intervention
What is the Manifest Destiny? Did the U.S. succeed in achieving the goal? When and How?
The belief in the U.S. that American settlers were destined to expand throughout the continent.
—Yes they succeeded
How did voting change between 1824-1840
property qualifications for voting
voting by voice was eliminated
What was the Spoils System?
system in which public offices are disposal of the victorious party for its own purposes
What was the Trail of Tears?
Series of forced relocations of Native American nations in the United State nations following the Removal Act 1830.
What was the Nat Turner Rebellion?
Nat Turner is a slave and led a rebellion against a town, killed about 60 people , later arrested, and executed, next day slaves were killed by white men and left to rotten on the streets.
What is Sectionalism?
loyalty to ones’s own section or region of the country other than the country as a whole
What is all of the Compromise of 1850?
- California entered as a free state
- Divided the Mexican cession in 2 : New Mexico and Utah
- Ended slave trade in Washignton D.C
- Fugitive Slave Act
- Settled border dispute of Texas and New Mexico
- ???
What is popular sovereignty?
sovereign power is vested in the people
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Bill that mandated popular sovereignty , allowed settlersof a territory to decide whether slavery would be allowed within a state’s bordes.
Proposed by Stephen Douglas
What is a secede?
withdraw from membership in a federal union
What is a abolition?
Something that needs to or is being stopped
What was the Dred Scott Decision?
ruled that a slave who had resided in a free state and territory was not thereby entitled to his freedom: Blacks were not and could not ever be citizens of the U.S
Who was Harriet Tubman?
African American abolitionist, humanitarian and during the American Civil War, a spy.
Earned the nickname “Moses”
Who was Frederick Douglass?
~first black citizen to hold a high U.S. government rank
~made many writings
~tried to esacape from slavery twice before succeeding
Who was William Lloyd Garrison?
journalist who was a pioneering abolitionist.
~Made the newspaper “The Liberator”
