McManis 1st Quarter History Test 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Henry Knox | Secretary of War under George Washington |
| cabinet | President's hand picked advisors |
| George Washington elected | 1788 |
| Judiciary Act of 1789 | established court system in US |
| elastic clause in Constitution | Article 1, section 8 a law can be made if it is good for the US |
| Washington's Proclamation of Neutrality | 1794 We will not interfere with war between England and France b/c we wanted to trade with both countries |
| John Jay | First Chief Justice of the Supreme Court |
| Jay Treaty | treaty with Great Britain not popular but prevented war with GB |
| Pickney Treaty | Treaty with Spain popular b/c it gave US the right to trade on the Miss River |
| Battle of Fallen Timbers | At Fort Miami in present day Ohio between Mad Anthony Wayne's soldiers and Native Americans |
| Mad Anthony Wayne | waited three days to attack Indians at Battle of Fallen Timbers crushed them |
| Treaty of Greenville | Treaty after battle of Fallen Timbers and Indians had to surrender homelands in present day ohio |
| Washington's Farewell address | keep religion in your lives, stay neutral, don't have political parties |
| Hamilton's Economic plan | established plan after Revolution with 4 parts: pay all debts, establish National bank, establish protective tariff and establish excise tax |
| Alexander Hamilton | Secretary of Treasury under Washington |
| excise tax | tax on goods within the US |
| tariff | import tax on goods coming to US |
| Protective Tariff of 1792 | heavy tax on goods coming into US so it would force Americans would buy american goods |
| Pierre L'Entant | French engineer who designed Washington DC |
| Whiskey Rebellion | farmers in Penn rebelled against the tax on whiskey so Washington sent 13,000 troops into Penn to enforce its laws |
| Benjamin Banneker | first African American to be given an important job in govt by a President; he helped design Wash DC |
| John Adams elected President | 1796 |
| Presidential Election of 1796 | John Adams (federalist) vs Thomas Jefferson (dem-rep) Pres and a VP from different political parties |
| Federalist creator | Alexander Hamilton |
| Dem-Rep creator | Thomas Jefferson |
| Federalist | wealthy people from New England: wanted a strong govt run by rich people, loose interpretation of Const. and tough voting requirements, Favored England |
| Dem-Reps | poor farmers from South and West: wanted states to have more power than federal government, easy voting requirements, strict interpretation of constitution, favored France |
| XYZ Affair | France hijacking US ships so US sent diplomats to France. XYZ bribed us we became mad at them and wanted to go to war. Pres. John Adams said no to war which was unpopular with US people so he lost election of 1800. Result: US built up their Navy. |
| Alien Act | John Adams and Federalists created to keep people from becoming Dem-Rep. This increased the time from 7 years to 14 for immigrants to become US citizens |
| Sedition Act | Federalist created to keep people from becoming Dem-Rep. Took away our freedom of speech and press. Cant say anything negative about the govt. |
| Virginia and Kentucky Resolution | written by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in response to the Alien and Sedition acts. Stated that the states could declare a law unconst. and null & void |
| Null and Void | states have power to declare a law made by congress unconst. thereby making it invalid |
| Marbury vs Madison | famous Supreme Court case; first time they declared a law made by Congress unconstitutional. Established judicial review and strengthened Supreme COurt |
| John Marshall | Second Chief Justice of Supreme Court, ruled for 33 years, made SC powerful |
| Thomas Jefferson elected President | 1800 |
| Presidential election of 1800 | Aaron Burr vs Thomas Jefferson tied and it went to the House of Representatives 36 times Alex Hamilton persuaded 3 members to vote for Jefferson. Significance: 12 Amendment |
| 12th Amendment | electors now vote separately for President and VP |
| Aaron Burr | VP under Jefferson, challenged Alex Hamilton to a duel and killed him. Left US for France and became a traitor |
| Barbary Pirates | blocked our entrance into the Med Sea unless we paid them so we went to war with them at the Battle of Tripoli and won. Significance: stood up to the pirates and gained more respect |
| Stephen Decatur | War hero who fought the Barbary pirates at the Battle of Tripoli |
| Louisiana Purchase | 1803 we bought land from France for 3 cents an acre which was $15 million. It doubled the size of the US best real estate deals in history |
| Napoleon Bonaparte | Emperor of France who sold us Louisiana Purchase He wanted to rule the world. He needed $ to fight Britain. |
| James Monroe | One of the diplomats sent by Jefferson to buy New Orleans |
| Lewis & Clark Expedition | 1804 |
| William Clark | one of the explores of the Louisiana Purchase |
| Meriwether Lewis | Helped Clark explore the Louisiana Purchase |
| Sacagawea | teenage Native American who guided Lewis and Clark while carrying her child |
| York | African American slave who explored Louisiana Purchase with Clark |
| Zebulon Pike | explored southwest and discovered Pike's Peak |
| Freedom of Seas violation | French and British searched all US ships and forced US citizens to become British soldiers |
| James Madison elected President | 1808 - 4th President |
| Tecumseh | Great Native American leader who wanted to unite all Native Americans against white men in Northwest territory |
| the Prophet | brother of Tecumseh, religious leader of Native AMericans, put a curse on US Presidents, one eye |
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