Federalists
Who was the Federalist Leader?
Hamilton
Who was the Dem-Rep's Leader?
Jefferson
Who was George Washington's Secretary of State?
Thomas Jefferson
What was Impressment?
British capturing American sailors and forcing them to fight for the British Navy
America's first encounter with the Islamic world was in what war?
Barbary War
What kind of central gov did the Fed's want?
Strong
How did the Dem-Reps feel about a national bank?
Opposed to it because the creation of the national bank was not directly stated in Constitution.
Why was the Louisiana Purchase ironic?
It demonstrated a large use of executive power and was not directly listed as a power in the Constitution and Jefferson had a strict view of the constitution.
What did the Americans accuse the British of?
Backing the N.A. attacking the U.S.
What was the Convention called where the Federalists voiced their grievances?
Hartford Convention
What was the Elastic Clause?
Implied powers not stated in the Constitution
What kind of interpretation did the Dem-Reps have of the Constitution?
Strict
What were the long-term goals of Hamilton's Financial Plan?
To make the U.S. a major commercial and military power.
The 23 million acres ceded to the fed gov dictated by Jackson after the Battle of Horseshoe Bend was taken from who?
Both hostile and friendly N.A.
Adam's acceptance of defeat established what vital precedent?
The peaceful transfer of power from a defeated party to its successor.
Who was the Fed's support base?
Urban populace
Who was the Dem-Rep's support base?
Agrarian
What did the French Officials want in the XYZ affair?
Wanted bribes to stop plundering American ships
What was the Battle of New Orleans fought after the signing of the Treaty of Ghent?
News of the treaty did not reach America until after the battle.
Why did the Haitian Revolution scare White Americans?
Haitian refugees were coming and telling tales of massacres of slaveowners and burning plantations, which made white Americans fearful of slave insurrection at home.
What foreign power/policy did the Feds favor?
They were Anglophiles
What Foreign power/policy did the Dem-Reps favor?
They were Francophiles
What did the Sedition Act do?
Authorized the prosecution of virtually any public assembly or publication critical of the gov.
How did the War contribute to the end of the Federalist Party?
They were seen as unpatriotic
Virginia legislature tightened its controls over the black population after what event?
Gabriel's Rebellion