These were mostly urban and commercial type folks, who supported ratification
Who were the Federalists
These people tried to convince people not to ratify the Constitution because they invested too much power into the central government and there was no Bill of Rights
Who are the Anti-Federalists
This is the branch responsible for making laws
What is the legislative branch
This is the branch responsible for carrying out and enforcing the laws
What is the Executive Branch
This is the branch responsible for interpreting laws to make sure they align with the Constitution
What is the Judicial Branch/Supreme Court
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay create these essays to explain why the Constitution needed to be ratified.
What are the Federalist Papers
This does not mean a strong federal government, but rather the sharing of power between the national government and the state government.
What is Federalism
This is the idea that no one branch has all the power and includes the veto
What are Checks and Balances
This man's plan for a bank would unify the states and improve credit, absorb each state’s debt into a national debt (increases credit)
States with no debt do not want to pay the national debt and were against this
national bank
This treaty adressed tensions between the US and Britian
Wjhat is Jay’s Treaty
This is the year states ratify the Constitution of America
What is 1788
The cabinet was a part of this
What is the unwritten constitution
This rebellion was in respinse to Congress passinng a bill to tax whiskey
What is the Whisky Rebellion of 1794
The British and French did this to American ships during the war
what is attack
This clause allowed the government to interpret the constitution however they want
What is the Enumerated Powers of Congress, or Elastic clause
This made the constitution the supreme law of the land
What is Article IV, Supremacy Clause
Who established executive departments. (treasury, war department, state, justice) department each headed by a secretary and what were these a part of
This proclomation stated the US wouldn't involve itself in the french Revolution.
What is the proclomation of neutrality
In this battle U.S. Army clashed with a confederacy of American Native tribes and defeated them which lead to Natives surrendering all of lands in Ohio River Valley
What is 1798 Battle of Fallen Timbers
This adress promoted nuetraliyu
What is Washington’s Farewell Address
This affair had the US send a delegation to France three Frenchmen who met them on behalf of the French government demanded a bribe, increasing tension
What was the XYZ Affair 1797-98
This ammendment said “The powers not delegated to the United States… are reserved to the states.”
What is the Tenth Amendment
This treaty allowed the US to use ports at New Orleans for trade along the Mississippi River
What is Pinckney Treaty in 1795
Double Jeopardy! These acts were anti-immigration & prevented the government from being criticized. These stated states had a right to nullify any law passed by the federal government
What are the Alien and Sedition Acts 1798
What are the
Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions