Articles of Confederation
Uprising by farmers in western Massachusetts, they were upset by state taxes and the Federal government couldn't help.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
The first ten amendments to the Constitution.
What are the Bill of Rights?
Elected president in 1789.
Who was George Washington?
The Constitution didn't specify that the President could buy territory from a foreign country but Jefferson used "implied powers" to make this purchase.
What was the Louisiana Purchase?
Possessing supreme or ultimate power.
What is a sovereign?
In order to gain support from southern slaveowners this was added to the Constitution.
What was the Three/Fifths Compromise?
U.S. President's key advisors, the heads of executive departments (like State or Treasury) and the Vice President; an advisory body responsible for implementing laws and managing major federal agencies, appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate.
What is the cabinet?
One of the rare successes of the Articles of Confederation, this brought in the future states of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin.
What was the Northwest Ordinance?
Number of votes each state held in Congress under the Articles of Confederation.
What is one?
Buying a newspaper after church and meeting your friends to complain about government actions described are protected by this amendment.
What is the First Amendment?
The two early political parties, one led by Alexander Hamilton and the other led by his rival Thomas Jefferson.
Who were the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans?
President Jefferson charged these two men with exploring new lands west of the Mississippi.
Who were Lewis and Clark?
John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison wrote these to support the ratification of the new Constitution.
What were the Federalist Papers?
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.” This is introduces the Constitution.
What is the Preamble?
What was the Monroe Doctrine?
Jefferson wanted to purchase the Port of New Orleans from this European nation.
What is France?
This group, including Jefferson, saw no need for a Constitution and thought the Articles of Confederation were strong enough.
What were the Anti-Federalists?
He was the principal author of the Constitution.
Who was James Madison?
“Foreign alliances might be easy to forge and seem appealing, but such attachments or alliances are particularly alarming to the truly enlightened and independent patriot…Such attachment of a small or weak nation to a great and powerful nation dooms the smaller weaker nation to become a dependent of the great and powerful nation." This comes from this famous American speech.
What was George Washington's Farewell Address?
The Northwest Ordinance, the Louisiana Purchase, and the Erie Canal all led to Westward Expansion, or this term.
What was Manifest Destiny?