Articles of Confederation
These were the two major weaknesses of the Articles.
What were Congress couldn't tax or regulate commerce/trade?
The "father of the Constitution."
Who was James Madison?
Name one of Washington's precedents.
What are selecting a cabinet, Mr. President, and serving two terms?
First constitution of the United States.
What was the Articles of Confederation>
Adams's vice president.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
Event that showed the federal government under the Articles was weak.
What was Shays's Rebellion?
Created a Senate with equal representation and a House of Representatives based on population.
What was the Great Compromise?
Major domestic policy issue that led to the First Party System.
What was the dispute over the Bank of the United States (Hamilton's economic program)?
Issued by Washington in response the to French Revolution.
What was the Neutrality Proclamation?
Undeclared navy war with France.
What was the Quasi War?
Primary author of the Articles.
Who was John Dickinson?
Power is shared between the national and state governments.
What is federalism?
Major foreign policy issue that led to the First Party System?
What was the French Revolution?
Promised by the Federalists to get Massachusetts to ratify the Constitution.
What was a Bill of Rights?
Acts passed to silence critics of the Federalists.
What were the Alien and Sedition Acts?
Allowed for a peaceful purchase of land and promoted an orderly expansion westward.
What was the Land Ordinance of 1785?
The indirect method for selecting the President.
What is the electoral college?
Democratic-Republican belief in a literal interpretation of the Constution.
What was strict contructionism?
A woman’s responsibility was to teach and raise good citizens of the republic.
What is republican motherhood?
Documents written by Jefferson and Madison that declared that states could nullify federal laws they believed unconstitutional.
What were the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions?
Stated that when a territory had 60,000 inhabitants, it could write a state constitution and send it to Congress for approval.
What was the Northwest Ordinance?
The original way Senators were selected.
What was appointed by state legislatures?
Hamilton based the Federalist belief in loose construction on what clause/concept?
What was the elastic or necessary and proper clause OR implied powers?
Incident where France demanded a bribe to negotiate with Adams's envoys.
What was the XYZ Affair?
Treaty that ended the Quasi War and the Franco-American Alliance.
What was the Convention of 1800?