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23 Cards in this Set
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1. Alexander Hamilton
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An economist and founding father who saved the US economy by tying it to that of the wealthy people and he also assumed the people's debt.
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2. The Founding Fathers
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A group that is credited for establishing or founding their nation. Ours includes over 60 people.
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3. The Virginia Plan
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Proposed by James Madison and included solutions to the issue of legislature representations statewide, and three branches of gov' with checks and balances.
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4. The Great Compromise
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It was an agreement between large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution. It proposed a bicameral legislature, resulting in the current United States Senate and House of Representatives.
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5. James Madison
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proposed the Virginia Plan and was an influential founding father
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6. Sovereignty
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Is the quality of having supreme, independent authority over a territory.
Similar to hegemony. |
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7. Separation of Powers
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A system of checks and balances that balance the powers of the government
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8. Federalists
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Statesmen and public figures supporting the administrations of Presidents George Washington (1789–1797) and John Adams (1797–1801). Especially in the later years they were also called the Federalist Party, founded by Alexander Hamilton and supported by James Madison, who would become the fourth President of the United States. It opposed the Democratic-Republican Party during the 1800s.
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9. Anti Federalist
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Say that the central governing authority of a nation should be equal or inferior to, but not having more power than, its sub-national states.
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10. The Federalist Papers
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A series of 85 articles/essays advocating the ratification of the United States Constitution
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11. The Bill of Rights
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The first ten amendments to the constitution in which rights are given to the people.
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12. The Cabinet
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A council of the high ranking members of the government that makes decisions. They are lead by the president.
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13. Bank of the United States 1790’s
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The First Bank was a bank chartered by the United States Congress on February 25, 1791. The charter was for 20 years. The Bank was created to handle the financial needs and requirements of the central government of the newly formed United States, which had previously been thirteen individual colonies with their own banks, currencies, financial institutions, and policies.
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14. Whiskey Rebellion
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A tax protest in Pennsylvania in the 1790s, during the presidency of George Washington. The conflict was rooted in western dissatisfaction with a 1791 excise tax on whiskey. The tax was a part of treasury secretary Alexander Hamilton's program to centralize and fund the national debt.
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15. Citizen Genet
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Was a French ambassador to the United States during the French Revolution.
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16. Jay’s Treaty
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Was a treaty between the United States and Great Britain that is credited with averting war, solving many issues left over from the American Revolution and the Treaty of Paris of 1783, and opening ten or more years of mostly peaceful trade between the United States and Britain
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17. Pinckney’s Treaty
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d, was signed in San Lorenzo de El Escorial on October 27, 1795 and established intentions of friendship between the United States and Spain. It also defined the boundaries of the United States with the Spanish colonies and guaranteed the United States navigation rights on the Mississippi River
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18. The Quasi War
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as an undeclared war fought entirely at sea between the United States and France from 1798 to 1800
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19. The XYZ Affair
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a diplomatic event that strained relations between France and the United States, and led to an undeclared naval war called the Quasi-War. It took place from March of 1798 to 1800.
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20. Alien and Sedition Acts
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-were four bills passed in 1798
-Proponents claimed the acts were designed to protect the United States from alien citizens of enemy powers and to prevent seditious attacks from weakening the government. The Democratic-Republicans, like later historians, denominated them as being both unconstitutional and designed to stifle criticism of the administration, and as infringing on the right of the states to act in these areas. They became a major political issue in the elections of 1798 and 1800. |
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21. Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
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were political statements drafted in 1798 and 1799, in which the Kentucky and Virginia legislatures resolved to not abide by Alien and Sedition Acts.
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22. Aaron Burr
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- Third Vice President
- member of the Democratic-Republican Party - rival with alex Hamilton |
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23. The Judiciary Act of 1801
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represented an effort to solve an issue in the U.S. Supreme Court during the early 19th century. There was concern, beginning in 1789, about the system that required the justices of the Supreme Court to “ride circuit” and reiterate decisions made in the appellate level courts. The Supreme Court justices often took advantage of opportunities to voice concern and to suggest that the judges of the Supreme and circuit courts be divided
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