1) Discuss the significance of Thomas Jefferson's quote: "A little rebellion now and then is a good thing...God forbid that we should ever be twenty year without such a rebellion...The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
Rebellion is needed sometimes, if their were laws that you wanted to be changed.
2) Why did Shay's Rebellion happen?
Because Massachusetts passed a state constitution in 1780 that barred poor and middle class, and veterans from voting holding office. They had wondered what they had been fighting for.
3) The constitution is "a political creation, hammered together in a series of artfully negotiated compromises.
Discuss these compromises.
1. Slavery- It couldn't be shown in a negative way. And the it was allowed in the Southern Colonies.
2. Representation- Strong central government or state rights?
3. There would be two main parts of congress. The house of representatives and Senate. The house of representatives would be based on population and the each state would have two senate positions.
4) What was the Virginia Plan?
It was a plan providing for a legislature of two houses, and executive and judicial branches, to be chosen by the legislature.
5) "No person held in service" was a euphemism for what?
Slavery
6) List the basic Powers and Checks of the three branches of the government.
Legislative-
judicial- Can impeach judges, and can reject appointment of judges
executive- can impeach the president and override veto.
Executive-
Legislative- can veto laws
Judicial- appoint judges
Judicial-
Executive- can remove the president
Legislative- can declare congress unconstitutional.
7) Who wrote the Federalist Papers and why did they write them?
Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison.
They wrote them to convince the public that they needed a strong federal government.
8) Briefly outline the first ten amendments.
1. Separation of Church and State, freedom to worship, freedom of speech and the press, the right to assemble and petition for changes.
3. Soldiers cannot be housed in a private home without consent from owner.
4. The right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure.
5. Provides for laws concerning prosecution, including the requirement of a grand-jury indictment and the protection from testifying against oneself.
6. The right to a speedy public trial in district where crime was committed.
7. Guarantees trial by jury.
8. Prohibits cruel and unusual punishment.
9. Defines the rule of the construction of the Constitution.
10. Guarantees that any powers not specifically delegated to federal government or denied to the states in the constitution rest with the states or the people.
White, land-owning men. The states could make their own laws saying who could vote.
10) How did Washington D.C. come be located on the banks of the Potomac?
James Madison and Thomas Jefferson would agree to Hamilton’s plan to get America out of debt, if he would allow the new capital of the country to be in a Southern State.
11) What did Jay's Treaty do?
It had the british withdraw soldiers from the last outposts in America.
12) What was the "Whiskey Rebellion" and how was it put down?
Farmers prtoestes against the heavy taxes on whiskey. President Washington went out with 13,000 men to stop the men rebelling.
13) Describe the election of 1800? How was it finally resolved?
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14) Who was John Marshall?
He was Adams secretary of state, as Chief justice of the supreme court.
15) Why did France sell its North America possessions (the Louisiana territory) to the U.S.?
Napoleon Bonaparte wanted to take some power of the New World, but disease got in the way. He thought that money would be better, so he sold the Louisiana territory.
16) What did Lewis and Clark do? Describe their journey?
They were selected by Jefferson to explore the land they had just purchased(Louisiana Purchase).
They started in the winter of 1803 and worked their way upstream, to what is now North Dakota. In the spring of 1805 they set our west along with a French-Indian trapper and Sacagawea. They then had reached the Pacific Coast. They then started heading home over the rockies, split up then met at in St. Louis in september 1806.
17) How did Hamilton incur the wrath of Aaron Burr? Was he right in what he did? How did the ordeal end?
(Hamilton beat burr in the election, so they meet for a duel. Burr shot Hamilton and he died.)??
18) What was Jefferson's Embargo Act? Why was it unpopular and what was it suppose to do?
The Embargo Act prohibited all exports into America. It was supposed to stop any economic benifit for england. It was unpopular, because the americans couldn't receive, rum, silk, and other goods.
19) What did Tecumseh try and do?
Get all the Indians together for an alliance. Individually they could not stand up to the united states.
20) Describe the Battle of Tippecanoe?
Victory for united states.
21) Most historians call the War of 1812 a draw. Why?
They are back at where they started. They treaty doesn't do anything. No one gets any advantages out of it.
22) Describe the Battle of New Orleans.
The Americans were really out numbered, but they won anyway. Only 8 americans died, and about 2000 british were killed.
23) What did the Monroe Doctrine state?
That the united states would not tolerate intervention in the Americas by European nations. Also it promised that the united states would not wouldn't interfere with already established colonies or with governments in Europe.
24) What was the Missouri Compromise?
Missouri would become a slave state, but slavery would not be allowed anywhere else north of Missouri's southern border.
25) How was the election of 1824 decided? Why was it called a "corrupt bargain"?
Adams cheated, so they called him out. He was so embarrassed so he dropped out of the race.
26) List some of the labels attached to Andrew Jackson.
-Murderer
-Adulterer
-Indian fighter
-War hero
27) Was Andrew Jackson an Indian hater? What did the natives call him? What "Indian Wars" did he fight in and what was the outcome? What was his native "policy" as President?
He was not. He just wanted what the Indians had. Which was land. The natives called him Long Knife. He fought in the creek war of 1814, he took land away from the natives. In 1819, he fought in a war in florida, killing natives, are destroying spanish native forts. His policy instructed America that they would remove Natives from their current lands and place them somewhere else.
28) How did Jackson come to symbolize the common people?
His opinion and political party represented what the middle-class people wanted.
Polly you need to go further with questions 2 and 22.
ReplyDeleteLook over questions 13, 17, and 20.