Unit 2

Question 0

Great Compromise (Connecticut Compromise)

Answer 0

Called for a bicameral legislature system in which the House of Representatives would be based on population and the senate would have equal representation in congress

Question 1

New Jersey Plan

Answer 1

Called for unicameral legislature with equal representation

Question 2

Federalist Party

Answer 2

Advocated centralized power and constitutional ratification

Question 3

Anti-Federalist Party

Answer 3

Those against the adoption of the Constitution because of the suspicion against centralized government ruling at a distance and limiting freedom

Question 4

Judiciary Act of 1789

Answer 4

Provided for a supreme office of Attorney General, created federal district courts and circuit courts

Question 5

Alexander Hamilton

Answer 5

First secretary of Treasury. Purposed the federal assumption of state debts, the establishment of a national bank, and federal stimulation of industry through excise tax and tariffs

Question 6

Jeffersonian Republicans (Democratic Republicans)

Answer 6

Political party that absorbed members of the Anti- Federalist Party. Favored states’ rights and power in the hands of commoners; supported by southern agriculture and frontiersmen. Strict interpretations

Question 7

Eli Whitney

Answer 7

Invented the cotton gin increased the need for slavery

Question 8

Jays treaty 1794

Answer 8

Settling the conflict between the U.S. And England over commerce, navigation, and violations of the treaty of Paris 1783

Question 9

Whiskeys Rebellion

Answer 9

Western whiskey farmers refused to pay taxes. Farmers terrorized tax collectors. First test of federal authority

Question 10

Pinckney Treaty

Answer 10

Treaty between U.S. And Spain. Free navigation of the Mississippi River was given to the United States

Question 11

XYZ Affair

Answer 11

The U.S. Wanted to end to French harassment of American shipping. To settle the issue, French representatives demanded a bribe from the U.S. To open negotiations. U.S. refused the bribe. The people were nicknamed X, Y ,Z

Question 12

Alien and Sedition Acts

Answer 12

John Adams limited freedom of speech to try to quiet print media. Established new hurdles to citizenship. Thomas Jefferson let the acts expire and freed the people imprisoned by the acts.

Question 13

Tecumseh

Answer 13

Native Americans chief who was encouraged by the British forces to fight against pressured removal from western territories

Question 14

Causes of the War of 1812-1815

Answer 14

U.S. Against Britain. Henry clay pressed for intervention. British impressment of American sailors

Question 15

Treaty of Ghent

Answer 15

Ended the war of 1812

Question 16

Rush-Bagot Agreement 1812

Answer 16

Britain could no longer maintain armed fleets in the Great Lakes. First disarmament agreement

Question 17

Convention of 1818

Answer 17

US/Canada boundary set and the 49th parallel. Allowed joint occupancy of Oregon Territory by Americans and Canada

Question 18

McCulloch vs Maryland 1819

Answer 18

Maryland tried to levy a tax on the Band of the United States(BUS). No state can control an agency of the federal government. Implied powers were used to operate a national bank.