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Ch 8 Study Guide THE REPUBLIC LAUNCHED
PEOPLE, PLACES & EVENTS
1. The whiskey tax of 1791
2. The late 1700s & the American population
3. The Constitution & semi-subsistence farmers versus the commercial economy
4. Crèvecoeur & an American society of relative equality of wealth and status
5. Characteristics of the commercial versus the semi-subsistence barter economy
6. Indian economies & frontier American semi-subsistence agriculture
7. The Constitution, the frailty of republics & George Washington
8. Measures passed in the first months of the First Congress in 1789
9. Civil liberties spelled out in the Bill of Rights
10. The Bill of Rights & the concept of personal liberty in the United States
11. Goals underlay Alexander Hamilton’s financial proposals
12. Hamilton, the national debt & the issue of revenue and credit
13. The First Congress & Hamilton’s economic proposals
14. The first political parties: Jefferson and Hamilton
15. Opponents to Hamilton’s programs
16. Federal Indian policy
17. Foreign policy during the Federalist period:Pinckney’s treaty with Spain
18. The emergence of true popular political parties in the U.S
19. Foreign policy issues & the emergence of political parties in the U.S
20. The war in Europe, the Washington administration & neutrality
21. Jay’s Treaty & the Northwest.
22. Washington’s farewell address & the dangers of political parties
23. Jefferson’s Republican Party & the fear of commerce and urbanization
24. The Federalist Party in government promotes commerce and industry
25. Charles Willson Peale’s museum & the ideals of order and harmony
26. Adams & French insults and violations of American rights
27. The XYZ affair & French-US negotiations
28. The Alien and Sedition acts & the Republican party
29. The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions & the powers of the states
30. The Federalist party & national power and stability
COMPLETION
1. [ ] was the man who symbolized the republic as it was launched—a man embittered by criticisms he felt were undeserved.
2. [ ] was the man with a practical vision for strengthening the republic by winning the support of its wealthy elites for the national government.
3. [ ] was the man who took the lead in organizing the Republican party opposition.
4. [ ], at the cost of his political future, steered the nation away from war by reopening negotiations with France.
5. [ ], rather accidentally, was elected Vice-President in 1796.
IDENTIFICATION QUESTIONS
Students should be able to describe the following key terms, concepts, individuals, and places, and explain their significance:
Terms and Concepts
|funding and assumption |Tariff |
|Bank of the United States |Jay’s Treaty |
|implied powers |enumerated powers |
|Pinckney’s Treaty |Washington’s Farewell Address |
|Bill of Rights |Whiskey Rebellion |
|Quasi-War |XYZ Affair |
|Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions |Judiciary Act of 1789 |
|Washington’s proclamation of neutrality |Alien and Sedition Acts |
Individuals and Places
|Alexander Hamilton |Thomas Jefferson |
|John Jay |Citizen Genêt |
|Benjamin Franklin |Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur |
|John Adams |James Madison |
|Aaron Burr | |
MAP IDENTIFICATIONS
Students have been given the following map exercise: On the map on the following page, label or shade in the following places. In a sentence, note their significance to the chapter.
1. Commercial America
2. Boston
3. New York
4. Philadelphia
5. Charleston
6. area of 18 or more people per square mile
7. Ohio River
8. Mississippi River
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