Vocabulary
a formal meeting (during the Rev. War)
What is a convention?
This was the U.S. first constitution.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
These are the first 3 articles of the Constitution. (Say in order)
What is Legislative, Executive and Judicial?
This was stopped by Washington using the military making the Constitution work unlike Shay's.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
The political group Jefferson belonged to.
What is Anti-Federalist/D-Rs?
a government in which citizens rule through elected representives.
What is a Republic?
This document was written before the A of C that John Hancock signed to say, If I am going to commit treason, the king needs to see my name.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The Father of the Constitution.
Who is James Madison?
Washington's Secretary of Treasury that wanted to create a National Bank.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
This was bought from Napoleon and doubled the size of the U.S.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
A formal request
What is a petition?
This document was written after the A of C that promised statehood, banned slavery and promised education.
What is the Northwest Ordinance?
This article is how we change or add to the Constitution.
What is Article 5?
This war was a result of Washington's stance on neutrality. But it began under the next president.
What is the Quasi-War?
These two men were commissioned by Jefferson to explore the newly acquired part of the U.S.
Who is Lewis & Clark?
a list of fundamental laws to support a government
What is a constitution?
This document replaced the A of C when they went to rewrite it.
What is the Constitution?
This political group was not going to include a Bill of Rights and felt the Constitution was enough.
Who were the Federalists?
Washington was the president over this before he was president over the U.S.
What is the 2nd Continental Congress?
She was a help to expedition men who went exploring Jefferson's newly acquired land.
Who was Sacagawea?
The freeing of someone's enslaved persons
What is a manumission?
This event showed the weaknesses of the A of C, due to not being able to have a federal army.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
This was developed to count enslaved people to determine the number of delegates in the H of R.
What is the 3/5 Compromise?
Washington decided to stay neutral between Britain and France because of this British practice towards American sailors.
What is impressment?
What court case did Jefferson's new appointee not get his position because of John Adams' anger with Jefferson.
What is Marbury v. Madison?