Constitution and the New Republic #2

Question 1

Virginia Plan

Answer 1

proposed by James Madison, it favored large states, basing the number of representatives a state was entitled to, on the size of it’s population

Question 2

New Jersey Plan

Answer 2

the counter to the Virginia plan, favor small states, wanted equal representation for each state in Congress regardless of population size

Question 3

Connecticut Plan

Answer 3

a compromise solution, which provided for a two house Congress; each state would be given equal representation in the Senate; but a larger body, the House of Representatives, each state would be represented by the size of its population.

Question 4

Constitutional Convention

Answer 4

where NJ, VA and CT plans were discussed

Question 5

What changed about the articles of confederation for the constitution?

Answer 5

Congress had authority to impose taxes, regulate commerce and conduct diplomacy

Question 6

What approach did the Revolutionary generation have on slavery?

Answer 6

gradual steps to weaken the institution

Question 7

House of Reps

Answer 7

the larger of the two houses of congress, it is the lower house, with the number of representatives from each state being based on population

Question 8

Senate

Answer 8

the smaller of the two houses of Congress, it is the upper house and each state has equal representation in it (2 senators per state)

Question 9

Non-Intercourse Act

Answer 9

America would trade with all nations except Britain and France and would restore trade if they stopped violating neutral rights

Question 10

Neutral Rights

Answer 10

Washington wanted Neutrality b/w Brit and France during French revolution

Question 11

Macon’s Bill no. 2

Answer 11

Reopened trade with Britain and France as long as they respected neutral rights

Question 12

War hawks

Answer 12

Republicans

West nad SOuth

wanted to take Canada

Get rid of NAs

War of 1812

Friction b/w Brits

Question 13

Embargo Act

Answer 13

stimulate growth of manufacturing in US

Forbade American ships from sailing to foreign ports

closed American ports to British ships

Economic downturn

Question 14

Election of 1796

Adams vs. Jefferson

Answer 14

only one in which a president and vice president were elected from opposing parties

democratic-republicans vs. federalist

first one where immigrants became target

Question 15

XYZ affair

Answer 15

Adam’s administration

Taking advantage of anti-French feeling

Passed Alien Sedition Acts

“cold war”-ish

prompt Navy

Question 16

Louisiana Purchase

Answer 16

Jefferson

went against his strict interpretation

Napoleon need $$
Napoleon might try to expand

Double size

Federalist weak/sectionalists

Question 17

Federalists

Answer 17

Hamiltonian
They were very wealthy people, often merchants or traders. The Federalists supported Britain and believed that only rich, white, educated men should be voted into office.

Question 18

Anti-Fedralists

Answer 18

Jeffersonian
rural farms. They didn’t like strong central governments, and believed in the power of the states. They too believed that the people in office should be rich, educated men, but also believed that the common people should be involved. The Anti-federalists also supported the French.

Question 19

Bill of Rights

Answer 19

The Federalists won because they appeased the Anti-Federalists with the Bill of Rights.

Question 20

Whiskey Rebellion

Answer 20

tax on whiskey

farmers in remote areas

established federal authority

Question 21

Hamilton’s national bank

Answer 21

Pay off national debt at face-value

Privately owned but government main holder

protect nation’s “infant” industries w/ high tariffs

national bank for depositing gov funds and printing national currency

Question 22

Debt w/ Hamilton

Answer 22

pay back at face value

debts being sold at much cheaper prices

assume states of paying back

Jefferson agrees

Question 23

citizen genet

Answer 23

went around preaching for support for French rev. to american citizens

Question 24

Jay Treaty

Answer 24

especially favorable to Brits

withdraw from West for 18 months

no compensation for American shippers for crops/slaves

planters repay debts from colonial era

Jefferson and South/West oppose
interests were sold out to the mercantile intersts in NE

Question 25

Pinckney Treaty

Answer 25

spain agreed to American shipping on Miss. River

Question 26

Washington’s farewell address

Answer 26

stay away from Europe

no permanent alliances

no politicla parties

no sectionalism

Question 27

Federalist

Answer 27

John Adams
Alex Hamilton

Loose interpretation

Pro-Brit

Aid business
National bank tariffs

Northern businessmen
Large land owners
Rich

Question 28

Democratic-Republican

Answer 28

Thomas Jefferson
James Madison

Strict interpretation
Weak central government

Pro-French

Favor agriculture
No national banks/tariffs

Skilled workers
small farmers/plantation

Question 29

Alien Sedetion Acts

Answer 29

Fail:
new Republican majority
Marshall

Question 30

Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

Answer 30

state had right to nullify law if they saw it to be unconstitutional

Question 31

Quids

Answer 31

oppose Jefferson in his party

Question 32

War of 1812

Answer 32

violations at sea
neutral rights

pressure at frontier
want more land
Brit and their allies, Spanish in the way

Battle of Tippecanoe
Brits supporting NAs
want to get rid of NAs

Question 33

Out comes of War of 1812

Answer 33

No physical change

fuel Nationalism

Federalist loser popularity

NAs even more powerless

Gained respect from other nations
Federalist party comes to end
Talk of secession
self-sufficiency
War heroes: Andrew Jackson, Will Harrison
Get away from Europe

Question 34

Marbury vs. Madison

Answer 34

Marbury: Adam’s midnight appointments

Established judicial review over federal legislation

Precedent: supreme court’s power to rule on constitutionality

Question 35

Fletcher vs. Peck

Answer 35

Georgia company granted land, constitutional?

Contracts are sacred

Great for business people

Question 36

Treaty of Ghent

Answer 36

ended war of 1812

nothing changed

Question 37

Hartford Convention

Answer 37

A federalist gossip sesh that lost them all credibility