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What was the Federal Judiciary Act of 1789? |
A law that set up lower federal courts |
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What did Alexander Amilton propose? |
Paying off all war debts, raising govt. revenues and creating a national bank to strengthen the national govt. |
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What 2 purposes are tariffs used? |
To raise money for the govt. and to encourage the growth of national businesses |
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What led to the Whiskey Rebellion? |
The raise of a new tax specificallu on the manufacturing of whiskey |
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What did the US remain neutral in 1793? |
The French Revolution |
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Who founded the Democratic-Republican Party? |
Jerfferson |
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Who founded the Federalists Party? |
John Adams |
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What were the Alien and Sedition Acts |
A series of 4 laws enacted in 1789 to reduce the political power of recent immigrants |
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What theory was the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions based on? |
The idea that states have certain rights that fed. govt. can't overrule |
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What did the Federalists believe was a threat to the election of 1800? |
Radicals |
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Jefferson's first order of business was to... |
Heal political wounds, and for political enemies to unite as Americans |
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What was important with the Marbury vs Madison case? |
It was the first time the Supreme Court overruled a law passed by Congress |
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How and from whom did we buy the Louisiana Territory from? What did Jefferson want to do? |
We bought it from Napoleon (France) when Spain closed New Orleans to American Shipping. Jefferson wanted to explore the Missouri R to find a water route across the continent. |
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What is impressment and who and when was it used? |
The act of seizing by force. Used between 1803-1812 by the British who impressed 6,000 Americans to work on British ships |
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Who is Tecumseh and why did he try to unify Native Americans? |
A Shawnee Chieft who believed that Native Americans had a right to protect their land |
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What were the 3 effects of the War of 1812? |
It increased American patriotism, broke the strength of the British as well as encouraged the growth of American manufacturing |
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How did the Industrial Revolution change American lives? |
People left their family and farms to work at factories in the city |
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Where were early American factories built? |
New England because they needed water power and fast moving currents |
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What were the effects/results of the steam boat? |
It could move against the curent and strong wind |
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What were the effects/results of the telegraph? |
It only took seconds to communicate with someone in a different city |
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Who invented the cotton gin and what was its impact? |
Eli Whitney, it increased cotton production a thousanfold |
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What was the result of Nat Turner's Rebellion? |
Spread fear in the south - Whites killed more than 200 African-Americans in revenge |
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What is nationalism? What happened after nationalist feelings spread? |
A feeling of loyalty to one's country, people shifted their loyalty away from state govts. and toward the federal govt. |
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What is the Mason-Dixon Line |
The division between free and slave states, and the North and South |
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What did Monroe-Doctrine state? |
America was closed to further colonization and America would stay out of European affairs |
