AMSCO United States History 2015 Edition Chapter 6
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| 7608390527 | James Madison | 1. "Father of the Constitution". 2. solved the questions of sovereignty and limiting power with the separation of power and checks and balances. 3. Contributed to the Federalist papers. |  | 0 |
| 7608390528 | Alexander Hamilton | One of the authors of the Federalist Papers. He favored a strong central government. He was appointed by washington as secretary of the treasury. He also desird the creation of a national bank. |  | 1 |
| 7608390529 | Federalists | Group that supported ratification of the Constitution, later became a political party. Alexander Hamilton was a well known leader feared disorder, anarchy, chaos, unchecked power of the masses |  | 2 |
| 7608390530 | Anti-Federalist | those who opposed ratification of the constitution. They believed the constitution violated the principles of the revolution. They were concerned that the constitution lacked a bill of rights and gave government too much power feared the dangers of concentrated power and that the gov would abuse the citizens' rights like england |  | 3 |
| 7608390531 | Bill of Rights | The first ten amendments (changes to the Constitution) were added to protect the rights of individual citizens. Nine dealt with basic rights. The tenth reserved state power for anything not specifically withheld from or delegated to the federal government. |  | 4 |
| 7608390532 | Checks and balances | Designed to keep one branch of government from dominating the other |  | 5 |
| 7608390533 | Great Compromise | A compromise made at the constitutional convention of 1787. Stated that their would be a 2 house legislature with one house represented by population and each slave would count as 3/5ths of a person in both taxation and representation. The upper house would have 2 representatives per state regardless of population. |  | 6 |
| 7608390534 | House of Representatives | Representation would be based on population of each state |  | 7 |
| 7608390535 | Senate | Representation would be two per state, regardless of state size |  | 8 |
| 7608390536 | 3/5ths Compromise | for every five slaves, three would be counted for representation and direct taxation |  | 9 |
| 7608390537 | Legislative branch | The branch of government that makes laws |  | 10 |
| 7608390538 | Congress | Legislative branch; House and Senate |  | 11 |
| 7608390539 | Cabinet | Term for chiefs of departments appointed by President constitution does not specify how many there should/should not be. first 3 were state (jefferson), treasury (Hamilton), and war (knox) |  | 12 |
| 7608390540 | Supreme Court | Ultimate court in the US had the power to make final decisions in cases involving constitutionality of state laws |  | 13 |
| 7608390541 | Democratic-Republican Party | Rival to Federalists; opposed strong central government; led by Jefferson |  | 14 |
| 7608390542 | John Adams | In 1796 he was a Federalist who was elected as the second president. |  | 15 |
| 7608390543 | Proclamation of Neutrality | In 1793 Washington announced US as neutral in the war between England and France |  | 16 |
| 7608390544 | Articles of Confederation | America's original governing document. - Established a very weak central government and strong state governments. This government was favored by those terrified of tyrannical central government. | 17 | |
| 7608390545 | The Virginia Plan | A plan for new government with three branches, Executive, Legislative, and Judicial. According to this plan the legislative branch would have 2 houses. The lower house would represent the states based on population, the upper house would be appointed by the lower house. Favored by large states, disliked by small states. | 18 | |
| 7608390546 | The New Jersey Plan | A plan proposing a "federal" not "national" government. This plan would have a one house legislature with equal representation for each house but with more ability to tax and regulate commerce. Favored by small states, disliked by large states. | 19 | |
| 7608390547 | Federalist Papers | Series of widely published essays written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison under the pseudonym Publius. They defended the constitution to the public attempting to get them to want to ratify the constitution | 20 | |
| 7608390548 | First national elections in 1789 | George Washington elected to the presidency unanimously. John Adams became Vice-President. April 30, 1789 Inauguration. | 21 | |
| 7608390549 | Judiciary Act of 1789 | An act that provided a Supreme Court with six justices, thirteen district courts and three circuit courts of appeals. The act also gave the Supreme Court final decision in cases involving the constitutionality of state laws. | 22 | |
| 7608390550 | National Bank | Hamilton proposed this to stabilize and unify the American banking system. controversial bcz constitution did not assign it so some people argued that it was not legal. Hamilton argued that it was necessary and that the constitution did not specifically prohibit it | 23 | |
| 7608390551 | Republicans | Because of the rise of the Federalist party headed by Hamilton, it's opposition formed the (Democratic) Republican party. Key figures were Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. | 24 | |
| 7608390552 | Indians in the Constitution | Vague/conflicting mentions - excludes those "not taxed" from being counted in population totals to determine House of Rep seats. Seems to make clear that tribes are not "foreign Nations" but recognizes existence of tribes as legal entities | 25 | |
| 7608390553 | federalism | power divided between states and federal government | 26 | |
| 7608390554 | separation of powers | divided power among the branches so that one branch would not be more powerful than the other | 27 | |
| 7608430316 | Newburgh Conspiracy | lack of pay for the Continental Army after the war, despite still being mobilized | 28 | |
| 7608439642 | Shays Rebellion | the rebellion of debt-ridden farmers in western Massachusetts in the winter of 1786-1787 against the Massachusetts state government's efforts to tax them? | 29 | |
| 7608453655 | Northwest Ordinance | one of the 36 sections created by this survey system would be reserved to support schools. | 30 | |
| 7608470549 | Joseph Brant | leader of the Mohawks, resisted American settlement in the Ohio River Valley after the Revolutionary War? | 31 | |
| 7608501336 | Georgia and South Carolina | The planter elite in these two states were determined to reestablish an economic way of life that depended on slavery. | 32 | |
| 7608528930 | Republican Motherhood | Advocated higher education for women, that they should serve as advisors to their husbands | 33 | |
| 7608549352 | Judith Sargent Murray | developed a vision of republican womanhood that argued for full equality between men and women and promoted equal education of women and men? | 34 | |
| 7608562753 | Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Women | served as the intellectual inspiration for many of the ideas of republican womanhood in the United States? | 35 | |
| 7608856562 | Gradual emancipation | States Moves slowly towards freedom for Slaves. This system delayed emancipation for decades, although every northern state had started the process of ending slavery before 1800 | 36 | |
| 7632912292 | Daniel Boone | This individual's exploration led to the settlement of the territory that would become Kentucky | 37 | |
| 7632925105 | Benjamin Banneker | This individual wrote Thomas Jefferson, he was critical of the position that " all men are created equal" regarding the status of slaves | 38 | |
| 7632948098 | James Madison | his notes of the Constitutional Convention offered key insight to the development of our government. He was also one of the key authors of the Federalist Papers | 39 |
