Unit 4 The Early National Period

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Who was the first president of the United States

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George Washington

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What act set up the judicial ( court ) system

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Judiciary act of 1789

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What 3 executive departments were created while George Washington was president

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Departments of state, treasury, and War

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Who was Washington's Secretary of Treasury ?

What was a key part of his economic plan?

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Alexander Hamilton, establishing a bank in the U.S

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When France and Britain went to war in the 1790s, what did Washington decide to do

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Stay Neutral

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In Jay's Treaty, what did Britain agree to Do?

What Issue was not addresed?

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evacuate its forts in the west, Britains harassment of American ships

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What was the name of the first two political parties

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Federalists and Democratic- Republics

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Called for a weak national government

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Democratic- Republics

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Support came from farmers, artisans, and frontier settlers in the South & West

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Democratic- Republics

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Called for a commericial economy

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Federalists

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Called for a strong national government

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Federalists

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Called for an agricultural economy

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Democratic- Republics

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Support came from bankers and buusiness interests in the Northeast

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Federalists

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Opposed Jay's Treaty and the Bank of the U.S.

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Democratic- Republic

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Supported the Bank of the U.S. and favored Britain over France

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Federalists

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Who were the leaders of the Federalists

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John Adams and Alexander Hamilton

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Who was the leaders of the Democratic- Republics

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Thomas Jefferson and James Madison

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Who defeated whom in the Election of 1796

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John Adams defeated Thomas Jefferson

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What laws passed during John Adams Presidency, made it illegal to criticize the government

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Alien and Sedition Acts

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What resolutions were written to denounce the Alien and Sedition Acts as unconstitutional

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Virgina and Kentucky Resolutions

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What country did Adams carry out an undeclared naval war with?

Whom did the outrage?

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France, Democratic- Republicans

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Whom defeated whom in the Election of 1800

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Thomas Jefferson defeated John Adams

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Why was the Election of 1800 important

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1st peaceful transfer of power

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As Americans moved west, they pushed Indians out of what areas

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Old Northwest and Southwest

Front 25

What president bought the Louisiana Purchase?

What country did he buy it from?

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Thomas Jefferson, bought it from France

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Whom did Jefferson send to explore the Louisianna Territory

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Lewis and Clark

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What Indian women acted as a guide and translator for the Lewis and Clark expedition

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Sacajawea

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What Supreme Court chief justice made decisions that showed the Supreme Court was equal to the other branches

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John Marshall

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In what court case did the Supreme Court establish the principle of "Judicial review"?

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Marbury V. Madison

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What court case confirmed the federal government's power over commerce

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Gibbons V. Ogden

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What were 2 causes that led to the United states to go to war in the War of 1812

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British interference with American Shipping, British aid to the Indians in the west

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What president called for war in the War of 1812

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James Madison

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Who supported Madison's call for war?

What is the name of the Americans who supported the war so they could take land from the Indians in the West?

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Southern and Western Democratic- Republicans, War Hawks

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Who opposed the War?

Why?

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Federalists in the Northwest, because Northeastern federalists made money trading with Britain and they felt the war helped southerners and westerners at their expence

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Whom did the United States beat in the War of 1812

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Britain

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What did the Federalists discuss doing a the Hartford Convention

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Breaking or Seceding from The U.S.

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What were 3 effects of the War of 1812 on the U.S.

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Shared claim to Oregon Territory, Increase Migration to Florida, Assertive Forein Policy

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In what Treaty did the U.S. acquire Florida

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Adams-Onis Treaty

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What country gave Florida to the U.S.

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Spain

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What is the name of the statement by James Monroe in which he warned Europe against future colonization in the Americans or interference with the Western Hemisphere

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Monroe Doctrine

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What did Europe have?

What did the Western Hemisphere have?

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Monarchies, Republics

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Where was the early industrial revolution centered

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Northeast

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What program funded transportation improvements?

Who developed this program?

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American System, Henry Clay

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What were some of the types of transportation improvements

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Roads, Canals, Steamboats, Railroads

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Who invented the Cotton Gin

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Eli Whitney

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What became the nickname of the Deep South since so many people started growing Cotton there

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Cotton Kingdom

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What was the effect of the Cotton Gin on slavery

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Increased and expanded Western

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What compromise drew an imaginary line through the Louisiana Purchase

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Missouri Compromise

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In the Missouri Compromise, What state was a slave state and what was a free state

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Missouri, Maine

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What kind of economy developed in the North?

What type of economy developed in the South?

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Free, Slave

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What was the name of the broad religious movement that swept through the country in the early-mid 1800s

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Second Great Awakening