Ch 4 Study Guide

American History

 

  1. For what reason was the cabinet created?

 

 

  1. What positions made up Washington’s cabinet and who held each?

 

 

 

 

  1. What was the biggest problem facing the new American gov’t?

 

 

  1. How did Hamilton and Jefferson/Madison disagree on the matter of state debt? What kind of agreement did they reach?

 

 

 

 

  1. Who supported the BOTUS? Why did he feel it was necessary? Why did he feel the gov’t had power to make it?

 

 

 

 

  1. Who opposed the BOTUS? Why did he oppose it? Why did he feel the gov’t did not have power to create it?

 

 

 

 

  1. What was the Whiskey Rebellion about?

 

 

 

 

  1. What is an excise tax?

 

 

  1. What was the result of the Whiskey Rebellion? Compare and contrast with Shay’s Rebellion.

 

 

 

 

 

  1. What were the 1st 2 political parties in America? Who was the main player in each? What was their stance on the power of gov’t?

 

 

 

  1. How did the French Revolution make for a hard decision for the US in who to support?

 

 

 

 

  1. How did our neutrality in the war between Britain and France get us in hot water with first Britain and later France? What did these countries do to us as a result?

 

 

 

 

  1. What does Jay’s Treaty do? Who does it get us in trouble with?

 

 

 

  1. What were two warnings Washington gave the country when he left office?

 

 

 

  1. What was the XYZ Affair over? With what country did it almost bring the US to war with?

 

 

 

  1. What was the Quasi War and who was it with?

 

 

  1. What were the goals of the Alien and Sedition Acts? Who was President at the time?

 

 

 

  1. What is an alien? How did the Alien Act affect them?

 

 

  1. What was the Sedition Act?

 

 

 

  1. What was the main point of the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions?

 

 

 

  1. What is the concept of state’s rights?

 

 

  1. What were Jefferson’s main goals in regards to gov’t when he came into office? How did he attempt to do this?

 

 

 

 

  1. What was the Louisiana Purchase? Why is this territory available to the US?

 

 

 

  1. Why did the British stop US shipping in the years leading up to the War of 1812? What else were they doing that upset the US?

 

 

 

  1. What is impressment?

 

 

  1. What is an embargo? Against whom did the US have one?

 

 

 

  1. What was the term for people who supported a war against Britain in 1812? From what regions were most war supporters? Why did these regions support war?

 

 

 

 

  1. What were the differences between the 1st part of the War of 1812 and the 2nd part? Why was there a shift?

 

 

 

  1. What happened at the Battle of Ft. McHenry?

 

  1. What ended the War of 1812? What was the main result?

 

 

  1. Why did the Battle of New Orleans take place after the Treaty? Why was this a win for the US?

 

 

  1. What were the main effects of the War of 1812 on America?

 

 

 

  1. What is the difference between a protective tariff and a revenue tariff?

 

 

 

  1. What did the US need to spend $ on after the war? What region of the country would benefit from this the most?

 

 

 

  1. What region of the country would benefit the most from protective tariffs? Why?

 

 

 

  1. Why does the US invade Florida? What is the result?

 

 

 

  1. What is the Monroe Doctrine? Why did the US feel it was necessary to make such a statement?