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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Kidnapping people or property for government services- | Impressment |
| Pride of Patriotism in ones country- | Nationalism |
| Wanted a strong central government- | Federalist |
| Opposed a strong government | Anti federalists |
| Leader of federalists- | Alexander Hamilton |
| Leader of Democratic-Republicans- | Thomas Jerfferson |
| Taxed on Imported goods- | Protective tarriff |
| People known as radical patriots- | War Hawk |
| Congressman from SC that urged was on Britain | John C. Calhoun |
| Prevented democratic republicans from trash talking in their newspaper- | Alien and Sedition Acts |
| Went to France for the XYZ affair | Charles C. Pinkney |
| President from 1787-1801 | John Adams |
| Incident that almost led to a war against France | XYZ affair |
| Created a national currency and sense of unity | National Bank |
| Cause by the Embargo act pf 1807 between Great Britain and the U.S | War of 1812 |
| Elected representatives make decisions with the consent of the people (democracy) | Popular Sovereignty |
| The constitution limits the power of the government and protects the rights of citizens | Limited Government |
| Divided into 3 branches, is the structure of the new government | Separation of Powers |
| Each of three limits the others powers, so one doesn't have too much | Checks and Balances |
| A court can declare an order of declaration of administrative action by the people | Judicial Review |
| Divides the power between the state government and national government | Federalism |
| What did the US Constitution establish? | a limited government based on power shared between the national and state government. |
| What law provided a written guaranteed of the highest rights? What law was the highest in the US? | The Bill of Rights |
| What is the legislative branch? | The US Congress which makes the laws -Congress in a two-house legislative |
| What is the judicial branch? | consist of federal courts -the highest is the supreme court: it determined if laws made by Congress are constitutional |
| What is the executive branch? | headed by the President and carries out laws -the vice president and Secretaries of all departments are also in the Executive branch |
| What was the first plan of government for the US called? | Articles of Confederation |
| Explain 2 facts about this government | -weak plan of government -could not solve problems of indebtedness and depression for the nation |
| What is the significance of Shay's Rebellion? | led to a call for a stronger central government that could control future rebellions |
| Why was the constitutional convention of 1787 called to order? | To revise the Articles of Confederation |
| List 4 major weaknesses of the Articles. | -could not tax -could not control trade -had no court system -had to ask states for soldiers |
| True of False SC supported a weaker national government | False |
| True of False SC supported the Virginia Plan | True |
| True or False SC did not want the slaves to be counted | False |
| true or false SC believed that everyone should be able to hold office | False |
| SC believed that individual states should decide on voting requirements | True |