The Constitution and the Search for Order
National government could not collect taxes, unicameral house with equal vote, states in competition with each other.
What were the problems under the Articles of Confederation?
The Quasi-War was an undeclared naval conflict between the U.S. and this country.
France.
This U.S. policy banned all foreign trade and severely hurt the U.S. economy under Jefferson’s presidency.
What was the Embargo Act of 1807?
Arguably the most significant cause the led to the War of 1812.
What was impressment?
This man-made waterway connected New York City to the Great Lakes and spurred economic growth in the North.
What is The Erie Canal?
This plan, proposed at the Constitutional Convention, favored smaller states by calling for equal representation in a unicameral legislature.
What is The New Jersey Plan?
This act, passed in response to criticism of the government, made it illegal to speak against government officials.
What is The Sedition Act?
This group of New England Federalists plotted to secede from the Union and sought Aaron Burr’s leadership.
Who were the Essex Junto?
Treaty signed at the end of the war which declared no formal winner.
What was the Treaty of Ghent.
This invention by Samuel Morse was the most important invention for communication during the Market Revolution.
What is the telegraph?
This clause in the Constitution counted a portion of the slave population for representation purposes.
What is the Three-Fifths Clause?
This event occurred after the federal government imposed an excise tax on whiskey, leading farmers to revolt.
What is The Whiskey Rebellion?
This was the name of the large land acquisition made by Jefferson in 1803, doubling the size of the United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This meeting of New England Federalists in 1814 lead to the death of the Federalist party.
Significance of the Hartford Convention?
This was one of the key products driving the economy of the southern states
What is cotton?
This rebellion convinced many political leaders to strengthen the national government to provide stability and order.
What is Shays' Rebellion?
Prevented the new republic from coming apart.
What was Washington's greatest achievement as president?
What court case led to the concept of judicial review?
What is Marbury v. Madison?
The greatest humiliation during the war for the Americans.
General Hull's surrender.
What construction project integrated the North while further isolated the Deep South?
Significance of the Erie Canal.
The House of Representatives would be based on population, while the Senate would have 2 senators from each state.
What is The Great Compromise?
Debt-assumption bill, tarrifs & taxes, bank of the United States.
What was Alexander Hamilton's economic program?
Jefferson decided to purchase the Louisiana Territory without consulting the states first.
What was Jefferson's hypocrisy?
This battle, led by Andrew Jackson, became a symbol of American victory even though it occurred after the war had ended.
What is the Battle of New Orleans?
America became a transcontinental nation, Westward expansion, growing cities.