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14 Cards in this Set
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Articles of Confederation
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gave state govts. lots of power;
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Virginia Plan
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Madison’s blueprint for new national government with proportional representation; favored large states (he was from Virginia)
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Jersey Plan
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every state had one vote; favored small states
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Alien and Sedition Acts (1798)
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targeted Republicans and violated their rights to freedom of the press and freedom of speech; used to suppress the aFeds and lessen the opposition to the Feds
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James Monroe
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seemingly “hand picked” by Madison to be the next president he marked the end of the Feds consequential influence in national politics
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Burr
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made numerous attempts to gain power (presidency, governor of NY, and eventually plotting to insurrect and separate the south from the north)
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Thomas Jefferson
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Anti-Federalist; believed that the future of America was in the great potential for farming in the west; held an extremely strict interpretation of the constitution, until he became president and he was able to change some of his idealistic views
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Alexander Hamilton
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Federalist; believed that the future of America was in the cities; held a very loose interpretation of the constitution
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Significance of Louisiana Purchase
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1) America nearly doubled in size
2) Abolish slave imports 3) No need to ally with Britain |
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Government Assumption of Sate's Debt
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issued bonds which put the success of the government in the people's best interest
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Political Ramifications of Louisiana Purchase
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1) feds lost power because it took the focus of America's future away from the cities
2) afeds gained power because it emphasized the importance of the western expansion 3) diffusion of interests |
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Diffusion of Interests
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when factions began to split up and they werent as concentrated which lessened their influence
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Federalists Views
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saw the future of America in the cities of New England
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A-Federalists Views
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saw the future of America in the western frontier
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