Important people
Elected president 1796 Federalis; signed Alien Sedition Acts
John Adams
Added to constitution 1791
Bill of Rights
Court case- DC president deposed by trustees, NH legislature attempted to force college to become public institution
Dartmouth College v. Woodward
Abolition of slavery
13th Amendment
1794-tries to recruit Americans to invade Florida and Louisiana
Citizen Genet
First secretary of the treasury
Alexander Hamilton
1789-1799 of radical social and political upheaval in France; people were against privileges enjoyed by elites during financial crisis
French Revolution
1810 court case - first case in which SC ruled state law unconstitutional; created growing sanctity for legal contracts and hinted that natives did not hold title to own lands
Fletcher v. Peck
Ratified 1791- Federal government possesses only the powers delegated to it by the states or people
10th Amendment
Political party organized by Alexander Hamilto; believed in strong federal authority to restrain excesses of popular majorities
Federalists
French military & political leade who rose to power during latter stages of French Revolution
Napoleon Bonaparte
Passed 1798- Allowed deportation of people from abroad deemed dangerous & authorized prosecution of any public assembly/publication critical of gov’t
Alien and Sedition Acts
Jefferson and Burr received same number of electoral votes; Hamilton, although for a different party, gave Jefferson the final vote because he believed he wouldn’t dismantle federalist financial system and also feared Burr’s power-obsession
Election of 1800
1830- Jackson was authorized to negotiate with Indian tribes in the south to remove them to territory west of Mississippi
Indian Removal Act
Political party organized by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison; believed in small federal gov’t with most power given to states
Democrati-Republicans
French bishop; Napoleons chief diplomatic aide
Talleyrand
1794- Protest to Washington and Hamilton’s tax on distilled spirits
Whiskey Rebellion
John Adams with Pinckney (federalists) vs. Thomas Jefferson with Burr (republicans)- Adams became president with Jefferson as VP
Election of 1796
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
15th Amendment
Native American leader of the Shawnee and a large tribal confederacy; opposed US in self-named war; became ally of Britain in war of 1812
Tecumseh
4th Chief Justice, most noted for reinforcing principle of judicial review
John Marshall
1797- American diplomats sent to Paris to negotiate treat, French officials demanded bride before negotiations could even begin
XYZ Affair
1803 court case- Adams appointed justice, but Madison refused to issue commissions; judges sued for their offices. Supreme Court (Marshall) declared that judiciary act was unconstitutiona.
Marbury v. Madison
Ferguson case of 1896, the Supreme court unanimously ruled that “separate, but equal” was unconstitutional and that the segregation of public schools, and other public spaces, violated the Thirteenth and Fourteenth amendments.
Jim Crow laws
Spokesman for American nationalism and key Whig leader; believed in modernization, banking, and industry
Daniel Webster