Chapter 9-10 quiz.
APUSH 2010/2011
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| 94679438 | Daniel Shays | led a rebellion because farmers were unable to pay in Continental Dollars and banks were foreclosing farms in Massachusetts. | |
| 94679439 | Alexander Hamilton | wants a strong central government, wants national bank, very loose interpretation of the Constitution, believes the wealthy should rule. | |
| 94679440 | James Madison | Father of the Constitution, federalist. | |
| 94679441 | Thomas Jefferson | wants a weak central government, strict interpretation of the Constitution, saw America as a society of farmers. | |
| 94679442 | checks and balances | created because of the bicameral legislature. | |
| 94679443 | confederation | a loose alliance made for defense. | |
| 94679444 | republican motherhood | women had to teach sons how to be good citizens of the U.S...women are the core of republicanism. | |
| 94679445 | mobocracy | more lower class people than rich... means for another rebellion. | |
| 94679446 | civic virtue | notion that democracy depended on the unselfish commitment of each citizen to the public good. | |
| 94679447 | ratification | approving the Constitution. | |
| 94679448 | Constitutional Convention | convenes to revise Articles of Confederation, suggested that a new Constitution be written. | |
| 94679449 | Society of the Cincinnati | a group of ex-army officers created this society for intellectual purposes...but it was more of an elitist group. | |
| 94679450 | Great Compromise | aka the Connecticut Plan, combined the Large State Plan and the Small State Plan... created the bicameral legislature (House of Representatives and Senate). | |
| 94679451 | Articles of Confederation | road map for a central government, had pros (loose alliance, postal system, make treaties with foreign countries, etc.) and cons (one state one vote, no power to regulate trade, could not tax/enforce taxes, no executive or judicial branch). | |
| 94679452 | Land Ordinance of 1785 | land in the northwest would be surveyed and then sold to help pay debt. | |
| 94679453 | Three-Fifths Compromise | 3 out of 5 slaves would be counted for representation... 3/5ths of a man...aimed at the south because of their huge populations that were predominantly black slaves. | |
| 94679454 | Northwest Ordinance of 1787 | all new lands would be turned into separate and equal states. | |
| 94679455 | Antifederalists | those who didn't want to ratify the Constitution...mostly because there wasn't a Bill of Rights (ex. Jefferson, lower class merchants). | |
| 94679456 | Shay's Rebellion | 1786-1787: farmers couldn't pay their debts with Continental Dollars, banks were foreclosing farms in Massachusetts, rebellion led by Daniel Shays...articles need to be revised. | |
| 94679457 | Federalists | those who wanted to ratify the Constitution (ex. Madison, Hamilton, Washington, John Adams, wealthy people). | |
| 94679458 | Large State Plan | said that the number of representatives should be based on population. | |
| 94679459 | Small State Plan | said one state, one vote. | |
| 94679460 | Second Continental Congress | asked all states to write a constitution. | |
| 94679461 | primogeniture | this disappeared... new inheritance laws formed. | |
| 94679462 | Henry Knox | Secretary of War that served under Washington. | |
| 94679463 | John Jay | sent by Washington to France in order to try to avoid war. | |
| 94679464 | Citizen Edmond Genet | French emissary that lands at Charleston, South Carolina and seeks support for France... wants the south to ally with France. | |
| 94679465 | Talleyrand | French foreign minister. | |
| 94679466 | excise tax | tax on some domestic items, most importantly whiskey. | |
| 94679467 | impressment | forcible enlistment of sailors. | |
| 94679468 | Cabinet | created by Washington to help him. | |
| 94679469 | Bank of the United States | 1791, gives sense of unity, debt shouldered by federal government, place to keep money. | |
| 94679470 | French Revolution | Federalists (Hamiltonians) are appalled by the killing in this war, while the anti-federalists (Jeffersonians) believe it is ok to kill a few aristocrats to gain independence. | |
| 94679471 | Jay's Treaty | when the British promised to evacuate their posts on U.S. lands and pay the damage on seized U.S. ships. | |
| 94679472 | Convention of 1800 | annulled the peace treaty between America and France, also made France pay money for damaged American ships. | |
| 94679473 | Whiskey Rebellion | farmers in west Pennsylvania had to turn their corn into whiskey to get it to the markets, also opposed the excise tax, Washington sends in federal troops, shows the federal government's power. | |
| 94679474 | Ninth Amendment | stated that those rights not stated in the Constitution are given to the people. | |
| 94679475 | Pinckney Treaty | makes a treaty with Spain to give up territory north of the Florida panhandle, opened the port of New Orleans. | |
| 94679476 | Tenth Amendment | stated that those rights not given to the Federal Government are given to the states. | |
| 94679477 | Neutrality Proclamation of 1793 | when Washington proclaimed neutrality between Britain and France. | |
| 94679478 | Alien and Sedition Acts | president could deport any alien in time of peace and jail them in time of war...president could jail anyone talking/writing out against the government. | |
| 94679479 | Farewell Address | Washington urged against permanent alliances. | |
| 94679480 | Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions | written anonymously by Jefferson and Madison, result of the Alien and Sedition Acts, said that a state can nullify a law of the national government if it doesn't agree with it. | |
| 94679481 | Judiciary Act of 1789 | set up a Supreme Court and lower circuit courts. | |
| 94679482 | XYZ Affair | U.S. sends an emissary to France to speak to Talleyrand, France wants a lot of money, so U.S. leaves. | |
| 94679483 | Miami Confederacy | an alliance of 8 Indian nations that terrorized Americans. | |
| 94679484 | House of Representatives | based on population. | |
| 94679485 | Senate | every state gets 2. |
