Washington and Adams Test Flashcards
Alien and Sedition Acts
The Federalist-controlled Congress passed 4 laws known as the Alien and Sedition Acts.
They were said to protect the U.S. but the Federalists intended them to crush opposition to war.
Sedition Acts: Didn’t allow anyone from publishing or voicing criticism of the federal government. This basically got rid of your freedom of speech and freedom of the press.
The Alien Enemies Act: permitted the government to arrest and deport all male citizens of an enemy nation in the event of war.
Alien Friends Act allowed the president to deport any non-citizen suspected of plotting against the government, even in peacetime
Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
Jefferson and Madison’s response to Alien and Sedition Acts. They wrote resolutions passed in Kentucky and Virginia known as the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions. This argued that the Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional.
They protested against these acts, wanted them to be repealed, they ultimately were not.
Federalist: Created By…
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist: Feared
Mob Rule (common people)
Federalist: Interpretation of the Constitution…
Loose Construction: If the Constitution doesn’t forbid Congress to do something, then it can under the “necessary & proper” clause
Federalist: Supported By…
Britain
Federalist: Support or Oppose Banks?
Supported
Federalist: Supported what type of economy?
Manufacturing and Shipping
Federalist: Who supported them?
Lawyers and Merchants
Federalist: Type of Government…
Strong National/Central Gov.
Democratic-Republicans: Who created the party?
Jefferson
Democratic-Republicans: Strong or Limited National Government?
Limited
Democratic Republicans: Who did they fear?
Rule by 1 Person or Few (Elite)
Democratic-Republicans: Strict or Loose Construction?
Strict Construction
Democratic-Republicans: Were they supported by Great Britain or France?
France
Democratic-Republicans: Did they support or Oppose Banks?
Opposed
Democratic-Republicans: Believed in Manufacturing/Shipping or Farming Economy?
Farming
Democratic-Republicans: Were they supported by Lawyers/Merchants or Farmers?
Farmers
Explain 2 ways in which the American Revolution and the French Revolutions were similar.
-Both protested against a monarch-style government. ( King & Queen )
-Both started with the countries being in major debt from the war
-Both began taxing their colonists
-Both eventually wanted independence
-Both happened in the late 1700s
-Both started because of harsh conditions.
Explain 2 ways in which the American Revolution and the French Revolutions were different.
1.) French Revolution began with them fighting over their independence. America’s revolution began over their fight against being taxed by the British.
2) America: Declaration of Independence France: Dec. of the Rights of Man.
Why did the U.S. Government place a tax on whiskey? What group of people were affected by the tax?
To pay off debt from the Revolutionary Way. Farmers were affected by this tax.
Farmers were angry when the Government placed a tax on Whiskey. Why? Who led soldiers against the farmers who were in rebellion? What were the results of the rebellion?
They were angry because they were the ones that were making the whiskey and putting the tax on it would impact it’s trade value. George Washington led the soldiers against the rebellion. The rebellion was stopped.
After the election of 1796, who became Vice President?
Thomas Jefferson
How was a Vice President Elected?
The runner up of the election
Define the XYZ Affair. How did America respond to the XYZ Affair?
America and Britain signed “Jay’s Treaty”, which ended their feud. France was mad about this treaty being signed. They were going to seize or take over of American ships unless the U.S. offered France a low-interest loan. The U.S. denied it, and this ended up starting the Quasi-War.
Define the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions.
~Virginia resolution- states the acts were unconstitutional
~Kentucky Resolution- says that states have the rights to declare a federal law unconstitutional
What did the farmers in Western Pennsylvania call themselves after the passage of the Whiskey Rebellion?
The new “Sons of Liberty”
