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APUSH period 3 pt2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Strengths of the Articles | Strengths: -central government can wage war, make treaties, borrow $ -settle disputes between states (central government) -people can move/do business in all states without extra taxes -extradition for crimes -Northwest Ordinance |
| Northwest Ordinance | -a strength of the Articles -outlaws slavery -civil liberties -public education -admission of new states |
| Weaknesses of the Articles | -central government couldn't tax citizens, enforce laws, regulate trade among states, small state control -no national currency -no national court system -no executive branch -2/3 majority needed to pass laws -one vote/state -couldn't draft troops |
| Shay's Rebellion | -Mass. gov. raised taxes, farmers rebelled, one of the leaders being Daniel Shays -Shay and many farmers headed to a state arsenal to seize weapons -governor sent militia to defend the arsenal and opened fire, 4 farmers died -ppl wanted stronger CG |
| constitutional convention | -delegates gathered to revise the Articles -3 major compromises: Great Compromise, 3/5 Compromise, Electoral College |
| Great Compromise | established US legislator as a bicameral |
| 3/5 Compromise | 3 out of 5 slaves counted for determining state's population |
| Electoral College | -each state gets as many electors as they have members of congress -compromise between congress voting for president and the people voting for president |
| how did the Articles address the fear of tyranny? | -established a weak central government -most of the power in the hands of the states |
| how did the Constitution address the dear of tyranny? | -separation of powers -checks and balances |
| federalists: | -wanted strong central gov and weak state gov -Ben Franklin, Alexander H, John Jay, James Madison, George Washington -favored constitution -believed constitution was sufficient to protect individual rights -largely in urban areas |
| anti-federalists: | -wanted power in states, not central gov -John Hancock, Patrick Henry, Richard Henry Lee, George Mason, Mercy Otis Warren -favored Articles -believed the Constitution was not sufficient to protect individual rights -largely in rural areas |
| Hamilton and Jefferson: which with the Federalists and Democratic Republicans? | Hamilton with Federalists, Jefferson with DR |
| federalists vs. DR FEDERALISTS | -North East -Hamilton -strong central gov -loose interpretation of Constitution -no bill of rights in Constitution -merchants, etc. -preferred Britain |
| federalists vs. DR DR | -South West -Thomas Jefferson -weak central gov -tight interpretation of Constitution -bill of rights in Constitution -farmers -preferred France |
| Washington and Adams- commitment to neutrality | GW: -Jay's Treaty -Pinckey's Treaty Adams: -XYZ Affair |
| Jay's Treaty | -Britain promised to evacuate its remaining forts on the western frotier but didn't address impressment -Washington signed it |
| Pinckey's Treaty | resolved territorial disputes between US and Spain and granted American ships the right to free navigation of the Mississippi River as well as duty-free transport through the port of New Orleans, then under Spanish control |
| XYZ affair | Adams sent a delegate to France to avoid war with France after the French warship and privateers were seizing US ships |
| Washington- Whiskey Rebellion | -The Whiskey Tax was made to raise federal revenue (part of -farmers from W Pennsylvania rose up in protest of the taxation and provided GW with a crisis -Washington organized a militia force and led the farmers back towards Western Pennsylvania |
| Washington's Farewell Address | -he declined to run for a 3rd term and wrote a speech -in this address, he warned: --not to get involved in European affairs --to avoid “permanent alliances” --not to form political parties or fall into sectionalism |
| Adams-XYZ Affair | -French warships- seizing US ships -to seek a peaceful resolution, Adams sent a delegate to France who was asked for a bribe for the “privilege” of opening negotiations -enraged Americans -Adams resisted popular sentiment and avoided war with France |
| Adams-Alien and Sedition Act | Federalists passed a law that made it possible to deport enemy aliens (Democratic-Republicans) and made it illegal for newspapers to criticize the president or Congress |
| Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions in response to the Alien and Sedition Acts | Jefferson and Madison responded with the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions, that could nullify federal laws that they deemed unconstitutional |
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