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AP US History, 1st Semester Test, Part 2

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Hamilton's Financial Plan
Pay off all war debts, raise government revenues, create a national bank
Philadelphia Convention
This was a 1787 meeting called by Congress to amend the Articles of the Confederation. Created the Constitution
Bill of Rights, 1791
The Bill of Rights is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. Proposed to assuage the fears of Anti-Federalists
Jay's Treaty
Treaty signed in 1794 between the U.S. And Britain in which Britain sought to improve trade relations and agreed to withdraw from forts in the northwest territory (which they didn't do)
Federalists
A term used to describe supporters of the Constitution during ratification debates in state legislatures.
Antifederalists
Opponents of ratification of the Constitution and of a strong central government, generally.
Marbury v. Madison (1803)
Established judicial review; "midnight judges;" John Marshall; power of the Supreme Court.
Mc Culloch v Maryland
Supreme court case that denied Maryland the right to to tax the bank of the US (established supremacy of the federal government over the states)
Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions (1798)
Statements authored secretly by James Madison and Thomas Jefferson in response to the Alien and Sedition Acts. The Resolutions asserted the right of states to veto federal legislation (supports inreposition and nullification)
Alien and Sedition Acts (1798)
passed by Federalists, signed by President Adams;; increased waiting period for an immigrant to become a citizen from 5 to 14 years, empowered president to arrest and deport dangerous aliens, & made it illegal to publish defamatory statements about the federal government or its officials.
Monroe Doctrine
an American foreign policy opposing interference in the Western hemisphere from outside powers (isolationist in nature)
trail of tears
The Cherokee Indians were forced to leave their lands. They traveled from North Carolina and Georgia through Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, and Arkansas-more than 800 miles (1,287 km)-to the Indian Territory. More than 4, 00 Cherokees died of cold, disease, and lack of food during the 116-day journey.
Missouri Compromise of 1820
Allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state, Maine to enter the union as a free state, prohibited slavery north of latitude 36˚ 30' within the Louisiana Territory (1820)
Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)
Proposed by Senator Douglas (Illinois) and advocated popular sovereignty in Kansas and Nebraska territories (vote by people of territory whether they would be slave or free state). Led to "Bleeding Kansas"
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
allowed government officials to arrest any person accused of being a runaway slave; all that was needed to take away someone's freedoms was word of a white person; northerners required to help capture runaways if requested, suspects had no right to trial (infuriates northerners)
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