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America’s  History:  Chapter  7  Video  Guide  
 
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  The  Political  Crisis  of  the  1790s    
   
  • The  Federalists  Implement  the  Constitution  
  o Devising  the  new  Government:    
  • Washington’s  Cabinet:  _________  –  Jefferson,  
  _________________  –  Hamilton,  War  –  ___________  
  • Judiciary  Act  of  1789  –  created  the  _________________  
  _______________  with  6  justices,  and  lower  courts    
  o The  Bill  of  Rights:  
  • Safeguard  against  government  power;  protection  of  
Quick  recap   ___________________  powers    
from  last   • Added  to  mollify  the  Antifederalists  to  ______________  
chapter:  What   the  Constitution  
were  the   • Hamilton’s  Financial  Program  
writings  called   o Public  Credit:  Redemption  and  Assumption    
by  Hamilton,   • Hamilton  advocated  buying  back  all  loans  plus  interest  
Jay,  and   (____________________________________________)  
Madison  to   • Controversial  plan  –  some  speculators  bought  up  bonds  
promote  the   at  cheap  prices  
Constitution?   • Hamilton  proposed  assuming  all  state  _______________  
  • Only  after  D.C.  would  be  located  in  the  South  did  his  
  plan  pass  
  • Hamilton  favored  the  national  debt  –  thought  it  was  a  
  _____________________________  
  o Creating  a  National  Bank:  
  • Bank  of  the  US  (________)  –  cornerstone  of  his  financial  
  plan;  would  provide  ___________  to  businesses  and  
  help  the  economy  
  • ______________________________  interpretation  
  o Raising  Revenue  Through  Tariffs:  
  • Excise  tax  –  tax  on  ________________  goods  
  • Tariff  –  tax  on  _____________________  goods  (revenue  
  for  the  government)  
  • Jefferson’s  Agrarian  Vision:  
  o First  party  system  (Hamiltonians/Federalists  and  ____________  
How  did  the   _______________________________)  
Whiskey   o Jefferson  believed  ________________  were  the  backbone  of  the  
Rebellion  differ   economy  
from  Shays’   • The  French  Revolution  Divides  Americans:  
Rebellion?   o Proclamation  Neutrality:  
  • Washington  issued  to  remain  _____________  in  conflict  
  between  Britain  and  France  
  o Ideological  Politics:  
  • French  Revolution  –  Jeffersonians  saw  it  as  an  
  _______________________  of  the  American  Revolution  
  • Whiskey  Rebellion  –  PA  farmers  rebelled  against  the  
  excise  tax;  ______________  by  the  national  government  
  o Jay’s  Treaty:  
   • Britain  seized  American  ships,  Jay  hoped  to  protect  ships  
  • Treaty  did  little  to  fix  problems  
  o The  Haitian  Revolution:  
  • Toussaint  L’Ouverture  helped  Haiti  gain  independence  
  • Many  US  _______________________  feared  the  impact  
  of  the  revolution  on  their  slaves  
  • The  Rise  of  Political  Parties:  
  o Republicans  tended  to  be:    
  • __________________  (west  and  south),  immigrants,  and  
  subsistence  farmers  in  the  north  
  • Pro-­‐____________  and  power  to  the  _______________  
  o XYZ  Affair  –  French  diplomats  demanded  a  bribe  from  ____  US  
  ambassadors,  war  hysteria  ensued  
  o The  Naturalization,  Alien,  and  Sedition  Acts:  
  • Meant  to  silence  ______________________________  to  
  Federalists  or  President  Adams  
  • Naturalization  –  increased  residency  requirement  from  5  
  –  14  years  
What   • Alien  Act  –  president  could  _______________  foreigners  
amendment  did   • Sedition  Act  –  illegal  to  _______________________  the  
the  sedition  act   government    
violate?   • VA  and  KY  Resolutions  –  urged  states  to  _____________  
  the  Alien  and  Sedition  Acts  (Compact  Theory)  
  o The  “Revolution  of  1800”  
  • ______________________  becomes  President,  peaceful  
  transition  of  power  between  political  parties  
  • “____________________________________________  
  _____________________________________________”  
   
  A  Republican  Empire  Is  Born  
   
  • Sham  Treaties  and  Indian  Lands:  
  o After  the  Rev.  War,  Natives  were  pushed  further  and  further  
  west  
  o The  Treaty  of  Greenville:  
  • Western  Confederacy  gave  up  most  of  _____________  
  to  Americans  
  o Assimilation  Rejected:  
  • Natives  were  encouraged  to  _______________________  
  (act  America)  
  • Most  Natives  resisted  this  –  it  ran  contrary  to  their  ways  
  of  life  
  • Migration  and  the  Changing  Farm  Economy  
  o Southern  Migrants:  
  • A  few,  wealthy  individuals  owned  significant  land  
  • ________  of  white  men  owned  no  land  in  KY  
  • Cotton!  –  King  Cotton;  _________________________  -­‐>  
  expansion  into  MI  and  AL  
  • The  Jefferson  Presidency:  
  o “Virginia  Dynasty”  –  TJ,  JM,  JM  
  o Jefferson  had  to  deal  with  a  Federalist  judiciary  branch  –  
  “midnight  judges”  
  o ***________________________________***  -­‐  S.C.  rules  a  law  
   unconstitutional  
  o Jefferson’s  administration  eliminated  the  excise  tax,  kept  the  
How  did  the   _____________  
Supreme  Court   • Jefferson  and  the  West:  
increase  the   o Pinckney’s  Treaty  –  US  and  Spain,  US  could  _________________  
power  of  the   the  Mississippi,  store  goods  in  NO  
federal   o The  Louisiana  Purchase:  
government  in   • Napoleon  gained  by  the  LA  territory  in  1803;  US  feared  
the  early  19th   they  would  be  cut  out  of  the  Mississippi  River,  so……  
century?   • Jefferson  wants  to  by  ________  
  • Impact  of  LA  Purchase?  Doubles  the  size  of  the  US,  
  Jefferson  switches  from  __________________________  
  _________________  interpretation  
  o Secessionist  Schemes:  
  • Aaron  Burr  (Jefferson’s  VP)  flees  to  the  SW,  tries  to  
  create  a  new  country  
  o Lewis  and  Clark  Meet  the  Mandans  and  Sioux:  
  • Sent  to  explore  the  newly  acquired  territory,  many  
  interactions  with  Natives  along  the  way  
   
  The  War  of  1812  and  the  Transformation  of  Politics  
   
  • Conflict  in  the  Atlantic  and  the  West  
  o __________________________  –  British  practice  of  seizing  ships  
  and  forcing  sailors  (many  Americans)  into  the  British  Navy  
  o The  Embargo  of  1807:  
  • Response  to  the  Chesapeake  incident  
  • US  cut  off  ____  trade  with  ALL  countries  –  huge  disaster  
  • Other  embargoes  follow  (Non-­‐intercourse  Act,  Macon’s  
  Bill  #2)  
  o Western  War  Hawks  (Henry  Clay!)  
  • Tecumseh  and  Natives  were  provided  guns  by  the  British  
  –  eventually  defeated  by  _________________________  
  ________  (future  President)  at  the  Battle  of  Tippecanoe  
  • _______________________!  was  elected  Speaker  of  the  
  House  on  his  first  day  of  office  
  • He  and  other  Southern  and  Western  Congressmen  (John  
  C.  Calhoun)  pushed  for  war  
  • Most  Federalists  were  against  the  war,  why?  _________  
  ______________________________________________
  ______________________________________________
  ______________________________________________  
  • The  War  of  1812  
  o Not  very  successful  
  o Washington  D.C.  and  Buffalo  were  burned  
  o Federalist  Oppose  the  War:  
  • Hartford  Convention  –  meeting  of  Federalists  to  address  
  _______________________________________  
  • Propose  some  amendments  
  • Some  urge  _______________________  
  • Huge  blow  to  the  Federalist  Party  
  o Peace  Overtures  and  a  Final  Victory:  
  • Treaty  of  Ghent  (Henry  Clay!)  
   • No  land  was  gained  or  lost  
  • 2  weeks  later,  Battle  of  ____________________  
  ________________  (Andrew  Jackson)  
  • The  Federalist  Legacy:  
  o Nationalist-­‐Republicans  pursued  policies  similar  to  the  
  Federalists  (Henry  Clay!)  
  o Marshall’s  Federalist  View:  
  • Strengthened  the  power  of  the  ____________________  
  government  AND  the  Supreme  Court  
  o Asserting  National  Supremacy:  
  • McCulloch  v.  Maryland  –  BUS  was  declared  
  __________________________________;  states  cannot  
  tax  a  federal  government  agency  
  • Gibbons  v.  Ogden  –  Only  ____________________,  NOT  
  states,  can  control  INTERstate  commerce  
  o Upholding  Vested  Property  Rights:  
  • Dartmouth  College  v.  Woodward  –  contracts  cannot  be  
How  could  the   impaired  by  the  government  
Monroe   o The  Diplomacy  of  John  Q.  Adams  (Secretary  of  State  –  stepping  
Doctrine  be   stone)  
seen  as  a   • Adams-­‐Onis  Treaty  (1819)  –  US  gained  ______________,  
continuation  of   gave  up  claims  to  TX  
Washington’s   • Monroe  Doctrine  –  Europe  must  stay  out  of  the  
Farewell   ______________________________________,  America  
Address?   will  not  get  involved  in  European  affairs  
   
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