Jeffersonian Era
A political movement supporting states’ rights, limited government, and farmers.
What is Jeffersonian Democracy?
Giving government jobs to political supporters
What is the Spoils System?
The first Secretary of State.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Shays’ Rebellion took place in this state.
What is Massachusetts?
Freedom of Religion
What is A: First Amendment Rights?
Jefferson's belief that the farmer was the backbone of the country
What is agrarianism
Law that forced Native Americans west of the Mississippi River.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
This department handled foreign policy and relationships with other nations.
What is the Department of State?
Shays’ Rebellion showed this was too weak.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
Freedom of the Press
What is A: First Amendment Rights?
The belief that states can refuse to follow unconstitutional federal laws.
What is nullification?
Conflict over whether states could ignore federal laws due to the tariff that forced Britain to stop buying cotton from the south
What is the Nullification Crisis?
The first Secretary of War.
Who is Henry Knox?
The reason farmers rebelled
They were losing land because of high taxes and debt?
The right to a fair trial
What is C: Legal Rights & Protections of the Accused?
This purchase from France doubled the size of the United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
A strong feeling of pride and loyalty to one’s country.
What is nationalism?
The first Secretary of the Treasury.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
The rebellion was led by this former Revolutionary War soldier.
Who is Daniel Shays?
Unreasonable searches and seizures
What is B: Protected Rights?
Name one of Jefferson’s main domestic goals.
Shrink the federal govt
Eliminate hamilton’s internal taxes
Shrink the military
Favor agrarianism
Andrew Jackson opposed this because he believed it favored the wealthy.
What is the National Bank?
This department managed military affairs and national defense.
What is the Department of War?
What major result came from Shays’ Rebellion?
What is the Constitutional Convention / need for a stronger federal government?
Quartering of soldiers
What is B: Protected Rights?