HIST 9-10
One way in which Jefferson clearly departed from previous Federalist practice was
establishing a simple and informal style in presidential entertainment and relations with Congress.
Thomas Jefferson and the republican party essentially believed that the whole future of American society rested on an essential foundation of
free, white, educated, small landowning farmers
Hamilton's first financial policies were intended to
fund the national debt and to have the federal government assume the debts owed by the states
Thomas Jefferson's Kentucky resolutions essentially declared that
individual states had the right to nullify or refuse to obey the unconstitutional federal laws
Thomas Jefferson's failed attempt to impeach and convict Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase for "high crimes and misdemeanors" meant that
judicial independence and the separation of powers had been preserved
The case of Marbury v. Madison established the principle that
the Supreme court has the final right to determine the constitutionality of legislation.
The Federalists essentially believed that
the US should have a powerful central government controlled by the wealthy and well educated
President Washington's foreign policy rested on the firm conviction that
the United States was to militarily weak and political disunited to become involved in European wars
George Washington's successor, John Adams, was politically crippled by
the attacks and plots by enemies within his own Federalist party, including Hamilton
the first American political parties developed primarily because of
the opposition of Thomas Jefferson and his followers to Hamilton's financial policies and enhancement of federal government power
the secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton believed that federal fiscal policies should be designed to favor
the wealthy
all of the following were true of Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa except
they embraced whites' concept of ownership.
The rebellion of Pennsylvania farmers against Hamilton's whiskey excise tax
was crushed by an army led by President Washington himself.
The first ten amendments to the new Constitution
were passed to satisfy antifederalist concerns that the Constitution.
Jefferson's greatest concern about purchasing Louisiana was
whether the purchase was permissible under the Constitution
Despite the flourishing cities, America's population was still about ____ percent rural.
90
Alexander Hamilton believed that the Bank of the United States was constitutional because of the
"necessary and proper" clause of the constitution ***
One of the greatest problems that John Adams and the Federalists faced in the election of 1800 was
Adams's refusal to take the country to war against France
Jefferson's Embargo Act provided that
America would prohibit all foreign trade ***
The new Congress that met in 1811 contained a large number of members who believed that
Britain should be vigorously confronted and the Indian threat to the West eliminated.
the congressional war hawks of 1812 were especially eager to sponsor an American invasion and conquest of
Canada
the greatest impact of the Revolution of 1800 was in
Demonstrating that even a bitterly contested American election could result in the peaceful transfer of power from one party to another
all of the following were true of the Federalists EXCEPT
Hamiltonians supported full-blown democracy as the fountain of all civic good, rooted in the common folk.
The influential Founder and member of Congress who personally wrote the Bill of Rights was
James Madison
the "Father of the Constitution," Jefferson's secretary of state and fourth President of the United states
James Madison
the chief justice of the Supreme Court from 1801 to 1835 and established the principle of judicial review and expanded the power of the federal government
John Marshall
the American soldier and explorer who led the famous expedition through the Louisiana Territory over the Rocky Mountains and to the Pacific Ocean
Meriwether Lewis
the female Shoshone guide the first U.S. exploratory expedition in the Western U.S.
Sacajawea
the Shawnee warrior who sought to ally all Native American tribes east of the Mississippi River to oppose the expansion of the U.S. and advocated a return to the "old ways" for Native Americans
Tecumseh
the Bill of Rights is the name given to the provisions who actual legal form consists of
The first ten amendments to the constitution of the United States
The greatest political beneficiary of the Louisiana Purchase was
Thomas Jefferson
author of the Declaration of Independence, ambassador to France, second Vice Pres. of US, third Pres. of US
Thomas Jefferson
The Ninth and Tenth Amendments partly reversed the federalist momentum of the Constitution by declaring that
all rights not mentioned in the federal Constitution were retained by the states or by the people themselves
the Sedition Act of 1798 declared that
anyone criticizing the President or other federal officials could be fined or imprisoned
John Marshall, as chief justice of the United States, helped to strengthen the judicial branch of government by
asserting the doctrine of judicial review of congressional legislation, giving the Supreme Court the power to determine constitutionality
the new constitution did not provide for the creation of a(n)
cabinet
