Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Jeffersonian Era
A stack of flashcards to prepare you for a test about 1796-1814
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Washington’s presidency | Responded to the Whiskey Rebellion by Sending General Henry Lee and 13,000 soldiers to western Pennsylvania Responded to the French Revolution by Remaining Neutral Only served 2 terms |
| Precedent | An action someone takes that they expect others to follow with |
| Cabinet | A group of people who help the President to make important decisions |
| Secretary of State | Oversees foreign relationships |
| Secretary of the Treasury | Manages the Government's money |
| Secretary of war | Helps make important military decisions |
| Attorney General | Advises the president on legal matters |
| President Washington’s Secretary of State | Thomas Jefferson |
| President Washington’s Secretary of the Treasury | Alexander Hamilton |
| President Washington’s Secretary of War | Henry Knox |
| President Washington’s Attorney General | Edmund Randolph |
| First Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | John Jay |
| Hamilton’s Financial Plan | Federal government would pay off all of the war debt of the states Tariff-Tax on imported goods National Bank |
| Tariff | A tax on imported goods |
| French Revolution (Washington’s action) | Remained Neutral |
| Neutral | To not suppport or help one or the other |
| Whiskey Rebellion (including Washington’s action) | Sent General Henry Lee and 13,000 soldiers to western Pennsylvania |
| Political Party | a group of people who try to promote its beliefs and run the government |
| Federalists | Strong National Government Loose Interpretation of the Constitution Economy based on Shipping and Manufacturing Supported Tariff Supported the National Bank |
| Democratic-Republicans | Weak National Government Strict interpretation of the Constitution Economy based on farming Did not support Tariff Opposed the National Bank |
| Loose interpretation of the constitution | If the Constitution doesn't say you can't do it then you can do it |
| Strict interpretation of the constitution | If the Constitution doesn't say you can do it then you can't do it |
| Election of 1796 | President=John Adams Vice President=Thomas Jefferson |
| Alien and Sedition Acts | A set of laws that limited the rights of immigrants |
| Election of 1800 Candidates Outcome Resolved | Canidates - Charles Pickney, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Aaron Burr Problem- Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr tied at 73 electoral votes Outcome-The House of Representatives chose the President Thomas Jefferson is president and Aaron Burr is Vice |
| 12th Amendment | A created separate ballot for the president and vice-president |
| Changes to the Federal government under President Jefferson | Repealed the Whiskey Tax Repealed the Alien and Sedition Acts Reduced the size of the federal military and Federal Government |
| Marbury v Madison | John Adams elected a bunch of judges before leaving office Decided by John Marshall Marbury had the right to get his commision It decided that The supreme court's place in government, as a co-equal branch |
| Judicial Review | The power to accept or reject a law based on how constitutional it is |
| Louisiana Territory | President Jefferson offered to buy New Orleans from Napoleon Napoleon asked if the United States wanted to buy the entire L.T Reason-France needed the money to fund it's war with Great britain Size-Larger than the entire United States at the time |
| Jefferson’s dilemma regarding the Louisiana Purchase | Jefferson was thrilled at the idea of doubling the size of the U.S Constitution said nothing about the president's power to buy land Jefferson believed in a strict interpretation of the Constitution If it doesn’t say you you can, then you can't |
| Lewis and Clark | Chose Captain meriweather Lewis to lead an expedition Lewis asked Lieutenant William clark to organize a group to support them |
| Impressment | Kidnapping sailors to work on your countries ship |
| Embargo Act | Ban trade with all other countries |
| Non-Intercourse Act | Ban trade with Great Britain and France only |
| Election of 1808 | James Madison is elected into office |
| Causes of the War of 1812 | Impressment- Capturing of sailors to work on ships for another country War Hawks- members of Congress that wanted to declare war on Great Britain Native American resistance in the west British were arming native americans in the west to resist |
| War Hawks | Members of Congress that wanted to declare war on Great Britain |
| Battle of Washington | -British capture Washington D.C -Burn the White House, Capitol, Library of Congress |
| Battle of Fort McHenry | - Francas Key Scott was a Prisoner of war - Wrote the Star Spangled Banner on the boat which he was enslaved on - Woke up and expected to see the British Flag but saw the American Flag flying through |
| Results of the War of 1812 | Gave the U.S a national Identity Neither side gained nor lost anything Created a hero in William Henry Harrison and Andrew Jackson |
Created by:
Iron Senator7s5a
Popular U.S. History sets