Articles of Confederation & Shays Rebellion
The lack of this led to the inability of the federal government to be able to put down Shays Rebellion in a timely manner.
What is the ability to create a standing army.
The Constitutional Convention took place in this Northeastern city in 1787, during one of the hottest summers on record to date.
What is Philadelphia?
This term describes the division of powers between the Executive, the Legislative, and the Judicial branches in our Federal government.
What is Separation of Powers?
Washington established this precedent that presidents serve for this many terms before they relinquish the presidency.
What is two-terms?
The burning of this historic American building on August 24, 1814 was a turning point in the War of 1812, leading to a stronger resistance of American armed forces in the last year of the conflict.
What is the White House?
The Articles of Confederation gave the majority of the power to these because of American's fear of another king.
What is states?
The initial task of the Constitutional Convention was not to create a new constitution but to do this to try to fix the issues of the document.
What is revise or address the problems under the Articles of Confederation?
This goal of the Preamble focus on giving the federal government the power to raise and support armies, maintain a navy, and regulate land and naval forces.
What is Provide for the Common Defense?
Washington established this precedent of creating a group of group of advisors to help them make informed decisions.
What is the cabinet?
This cause of the War of 1812 was related to the British practice of kidnapping American sailors at sea and forcing them to serve in the British Royal Navy.
What is Impressment?
This bright spot of the Articles of Confederation set up the standards and regulations for establishing territories as new states in 1787.
What is the Northwest Ordinance of 1787.
This compromise established a bicameral legislature for Congress with the House of Representatives being based on population and the Senate being based on equal representation.
This goal of the Preamble relates to using tax money to build roads and bridges, fund fire departments, and run schools.
What is Promoting the General Welfare?
This Supreme Court Case in 1803 established the principle of judicial review, allowing the Supreme Court to determine the Constitutionality of laws passed by Congress.
What is Marbury v. Madison (1803)?
Key naval battles were fought on these group of lakes during the War of 1812 were crucial in determining the outcome of the conflict.
What is the Great Lakes?
In response to the value of American currency dropping after the American Revolution, states demanded that they be in control of producing this which is used in trade.
What is currency/state currencies.
This compromise related to the fight over representation and taxation over enslaved persons between the North and the South.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
The 10th Amendment to Constitution established this principle of limited government where the powers not given to the federal government in the Constitution are henceforth delegate to the states.
What is Federalism?
This 1798 Federalist-passed law (1798) criminalizing "false, scandalous, and malicious writing" against the U.S. government, targeting criticism of President John Adams and the Federalist party, especially from Democratic-Republican newspapers.
What is the Sedition Act of 1798?
This American policy given in an 1823 State of the Union address declared that the United States would protect the sovereignty of Latin American countries.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
Under the Articles, _____ would serve as the final court between disputing states.
What is Congress?
This compromise allowed Congress to regulate interstate commerce and prohibited banning the slave trade for 20 years.
What is the Commerce Compromise?
This political party believed that the Constitution provided all necessary protections of rights for the common person and that a strong central government was necessary for our nation to run effectively.
What is Federalists?
This Supreme Court case decision established that Congress has implied powers to create institutions like the Second Bank of the United States under the Necessary and Proper Clause, and affirmed the Supremacy Clause, ruling that states cannot tax federal entities because "the power to tax involves the power to destroy," thus reinforcing federal power over state power.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)?
The American victory in the War of 1812 led to a rise in this, leading to America starting to see itself on the same level as European powers of the age across the Atlantic ocean.
What is Nationalism?