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Chap 6 History Gr.10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Washington and the Presidency | was humbled when asked to serve, he doubted his abilities and was afraid people would think he wanted to be a king. |
| Bill of Rights | First ten amendments to the US constitution and meant to protect individual liberties. |
| First U.S. Cabinet positions | Secretary of State, Secretary of War, and Secretary of the Treasury |
| Hamilton and his beliefs | first secretary of treasury, he was a federalists, capitalists, protected interest of the rich and believed in a loose constructionists's view of the conststitution |
| Judiciary Act of 1789 | passed by congress to establish a federal court system |
| 4th Amendment | prohibits searches and seizures without a warrant |
| 6th Amendment | guarentees right to a speedy trial by an impartial jury |
| 7th Amendment | guarentees a jury trial in most civil cases |
| Washington and the General Public | was common for people to ask to visit Washington, refused to isolate himself from the public |
| Anthony Wayne | American general who was given command to protect 3,000 soldiers on the fronteir |
| Treaty of Greenville | agreement between Indians and the US government that granted lands that make up much of present-day Ohio and parts of Indiana |
| Whiskey Rebellion | challenged federal authority on passing a new taxon whiskey |
| Marie Antoinette | Wife of King Louis XVI. She said the remark "let them eat cake" after demands for bread by the French poor in the food shortage |
| The Bastille | Famous prison in France. On July 14, 1789 Revolutionaries stormed it, that started the French Revolution |
| Reign of Terror | 1793-1794 in France. Thousands were beheaded due to the Revolution. The guillotine, which was named after a doctor. |
| Impressment | British policy of seizing American ships on the Atlantic. They took supplies and made sailors become British |
| Edmund Genet | French diplomat known as "Citizen Genet" came to US in 1793 to convince Americans to fight in Revolution. GW said no |
| Treaty of Paris | was violated by the British who the started to assist Indians in Northwest Territory |
| Jay's Treaty | British would stop arming indians in the Northwest Territory and agree to abandon their Northwestern forts |
| Right of Deposit | A right given to the US to temporarily unload goods at New Orleans without paying duties to Spanish governments |
| Jefferson and Madison's party | Democratic-Republian |
| Democratic-Republican beliefs | feared a strong federal government and supported the idea of states rights |
| Adams and Hamilton's party | Ferderalists |
| 1800 Election | Electoral tie between Jefferson and Burr. 12th amendment ratified in 1804 to prevent this from occuring again. |
| Burr's Deul | Occurred on cliffs overlooking the Hudson,Burr and Hamilton fought, Burr shot Hamilton and won |
| Judicial Review | power given to the Supreme Court to declare the constitutionality of the Congressional Acts |
| Marbury v. Madsion | The first Supreme Court to make use of the judicial review |
| William Clark | Along with Merriwheter Lewis, explored new Western Territories gained as a result of Louisiana Purchase |
| Napoleon Bonaparte | French emperor who decided to unload his American land holdings to raise $ for armies fighting in Europe |
| Main reasons for sale of Louisiana by French | when French lost Haiti in a slave revolt, they decided to concentrate on European affairs |
| Sacagawea | became an American legend after she helped Lewis and Clark navigate through Louisiana Territory |
| Barbary Pirates | From North Africa, harassed all ships sailing into the Mediterranean Sea |
| Orders in Council | British laws passed in 1807, aimed at stopping neutral ships from trading with France |
| Embargo Act | American act that stopped American Ships from trading with ALL foreign ports, to maintain neutralists |
| Non-Intercourse Act | Loss of revenue due to embargo. Forced Americans to stop trade ONLY with France and England |
| U.S. Preparedness for War of 1812 | Not prepared, due mostly to a poor, practically non-existent army and navy |
| Causes of the War of 1812 | Economic concerns plus party politics between the Republicans and Federalists, plus a desire for new land |
| U.S. and Indian uprisings in early 1800s | Americans had become convinced that it was the British responsible for the Indian uprisings |
| Battle of New Orleans | Strangely occurred after the war ended-Americans, nevertheless, won over heavily favored British |
| Francis Scott Key | In Baltimore, while watching the bombing of Ft. McHenry he noticed the American flag was there and jotted down lyrics which became our National Anthem |
| Treaty of Ghent | Ended War of 1812 with conditions that were the same as the ones before the war |
| Hartford Convention | unhappy with the Federal Government and their prosecution of the War of 1812 |
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