Articles
This ordinance was considered a strength of the articles and gave a foundation for creating new states. It provided that each township have an acre that contained a school.
Land Ordinance
The 3/5 compromise counted slaves toward population in congress. What immediate effect did this have in congress?
Gave the south more power.
The Monroe Doctrine prohibited what group from colonizing the Western hemisphere?
Europeans
What did the Federalists have to add to the constitution to compromise with the Anti-Federalists?
The Bill of Rights
What defining event convinced congress that a new government was necessary?
Shay's Rebellion
How was representation measured in the Senate?
Equal representation (2 Senators per state)
Thomas Jefferson increased the power of the presidency by doing what?
Purchasing the Louisiana territory
Who was president during the War of 1812?
Hint: He was 5'4
James Madison
List two of the four weaknesses of the Articles
Cannot tax
Cannot enforece laws
No common currency
Unanimous vote reqiured to amend
This plan was favored by big states and called for representation by population.
Virginia Plan
How did Washington prove he could enforce the law?
Whiskey Rebellion
These explorers traveled west to map the country and find the Pacific ocean through uncharted territory.
Lewis and Clark
The articles of confederation gave more power to what?
The states
Limited government was a concept that separated power between 3 branches of government to make sure no other branch outweighed the other. What is this concept called?
Checks and Balances
List 2 of the 4 precedents George Washington set
2 Term Limit
Mr. President
Cabinet
Enforce the Law
What happened to America as a result of the War of 1812?
New National Identity
This ordinance was considered a strength of the articles and banned slavery north of the Ohio river.
Northwest Ordinance
The great compromise gave us what?
Bicameral Legislature
This unpopular act made it a crime to incite rebellion and gave Adams the power to deport immigrants.
Alien and Sedition Acts
The election of 1800 was the first time in history that:
A bloodless transition of power