Individuals
Served as President 1796-1800
American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer and founding father
He was the primary author of the Massachusetts Constitution in 1780, which influenced the U.S. Constitution, as did his essays "Thoughts on Government."
John Adams
This political convention was held in December 1831 in Baltimore, Maryland, in order to determine the presidential nominees for the Whig Party before it was formally called that.
National Republican Convention 1831
Beyond pushing his fellow delegates to declare independence, what other important decisions did Adams serve a key role in spearheading?
- Nominating George Washington, a Virginian, as general of the Continental Army.
- Serving on the five-member committee to draft the Declaration of Independence, Adams asked Jefferson, a Virginian, to draft the document.
By 1800, what politician and his campaign machinery enabled him to control the state of New York through the local politics of New York City?
Aaron Burr
Why was the summertime a naturally slow political season, even during a Presidential Election year?
Legislators went home, farmers would tend to their fields and flocks, the rich moved to their summer homes, epidemic diseases like cholera and malaria became a threat in cities. Life slowed down and only extreme partisans paid any attention to politics. Chill vibezzzzzzz
An American social reformer, abolitonist, orator, writer, and statesman. He became the most important leader of the movement for African-American civil rights in the 19th century.
After escaping from slavery in Maryland in 1838, he became a national leader of the abolionist movement due to his personal experiences and gifted speaking and writing skills.
Fredrick Douglass
A theory promoted by John C. Calhoun during his Nullification Crisis that rejected that the people were the ultimate sovereign in accepting and interpreting the Constitution.
The theory stipulates that the states themselves are the final authority on powers of the federal government.
Compact theory
After Thomas Jefferson's arrival in Paris 1784 to join Benjamin Franklin and John Adams as ministers to France in Paris, one observer at the royal court in Versailles combared the Founding Father trio's bodies humorously to what three items?
- Adams: Cannonball
- Franklin: Teapot
- Jefferson: Candlestick
With his chief lieutenant Matthew Davis acting as his agent, what demand did Aaron Burr make of the Democratic-Republican Party leadership for delivering the state election in New York?
The Vice Presidency
By the time of the Election of 1800, Jefferson stated that what was his major interpretation of the Bible that differed from most Americans?
Jefferson believed that Jesus never professed to be God.
American historical editor, writer, politician, and diplomat who served as U.S. Minister to the United Kingdom during the Civil War.
Charles Francis Adams
In 1823-1824, a political animosity towards William Crawford developed as several politicians, led by John C. Calhoun, accused him of making poor financial decisions while leading the Treasury Department that caused financial losses for the government while attempting to further his career.
Letter were published signed with these initials, which openly attacked Crawford for his relationship with the banks. He was eventually called to testify before a committee which absolved him of any crime and tarnished his accuser's reputation before the Election fo 1824.
A.B Plot
Who gave Washington's funeral eulogy in Congress on December 26, 1799, in Philadelphia and stated "First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen."?
Federalist Rep. Henry Lee of Virginia
Everyone saw the caucus's backroom decision to equally endorse John Adams and Charles Cotesworth Pinckney equally as a move to do what?
As a move from Alexander Hamilton and his High Federalist's move to expel Adams from the White House with CCP
After the aborted slave uprising in the summer of 1800 in Richmond, Virginia, (Gabriel's Rebellion), why did Governor James Monroe want to respond with swift punishment?
To reassure citizens that they could trust Democratic-Republicans to maintain order
A prominent American politician during the first third of the 19th century.
He served in various positions in Tennessee government including filling Andrew Jackson's seat in the U.S. Senate in 1825.
He would fight against the 2nd Bank of the United States, tariffs, internal improvements, led efforts to pass the Indian Removal Act of 1830, and helped negotiate the Tariff of 1833.
Hugh Lawson White
Assumption Plan
Known as the Funding Act of 1790 during President Washington's administration, this plan led by Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton allowed the the national government to assume the debts that states had left over from the Revolutionary War and was a part of his financial strategy which included a tariff and excise tax.
This plan included a compromise of relocating the national capital to the south in present-day Washington, D.C.
Assumption Plan
What news broke from France on February 7, 1800, in the United States during the election year?
The French Republic had been overthrown by a coup led by General Napoleon Bonaparte.
Whereas President Adams was celebrated in Southern states and swing states, how was he received by states with Federalist Party and especially High Federalist support?
He receiveda chillier reception. Newark, New Jersey, where local party leaders typically staged a formal welcome whenever a president passed through, did nothing to mark the occasion.
What famed lexicographer and dictionary publisher came to John Adams's defense against Alexander Hamilton?
Noah Webster (FROM FREAKING Merriam-Webster Dictionary :O)
An American jounralist, newspaper editor, and influetnail early figure in national politics, advising several U.S. presidents across party lines.
He was an early supporter of the Democratic Party and President Andrew Jackson. From 1831 to 1845, he worked as editor-in-chief of the "Washington Globe," which served as the primary paper of the Democratic Party. He would be a member of Jackson's unofficial group of advisors known as the "Kitchen Cabinet"
He served as an advisor to President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War.
Francis Preston Blair
A Latin phrase that was used as a name for various smaller factions within the Democratic-Republican Party between 1804 and 1812.
The groups occurred in several state governments including Pennsylvania, New York, and Virginia.
Tertium Quids
What was the name of Charles Holt's newspaper, which was the first Democratic-Republican newspaper in the Federalist stronghold of Connecticut?
The Bee :3 (because of its sting...get it?)
What backroom politcal manuevering was Hamilton undertaking before the Election of 1800?
He hoped, by the Federalists winning the New York legislature, he could replace Adams as the Federalist Party nominee with South Carolina's Charles Cotesworth Pinckney.
In several private letters, what Roman historical figure did Alexander Hamilton compare Aaron Burr too and that Burr would start a foreign war to consolidate power?
Catiline (meow?)