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Homework 1-10 (100 points): Ratification-Jeffersonian Democracy
Use your notes to answer the following questions. Make sure your answers are in complete sentences. Answers should be written in
BLUE OR BLACK PEN on a separate piece of paper (Or you can type them!).
I. The Constitutional Convention/Constitution (Wait, I thought we already did this?)
1. Identify one major right for each of the 1st ten amendments (I know this one is brutal)
II. The Presidency of George Washington
2. What precedents did Washington set during his presidency?
3. What was the major impact of the Judiciary Act of 1789 passed by Congress during the early day of Washington’s administration?
4. How did the French Revolution impact Washington’s views on foreign policy? (Know who Citizen Genet was)
5. Describe the major impact of the Proclamation of Neutrality (1793)
6. Describe the impact of Jay’s Treaty (1794) and Pinckney’s Treaty (1795).
7. What was the cause of the Whiskey Rebellion?
8. Why was the Whiskey Rebellion different than Shay’s Rebellion?
9. Describe three major ideas expressed in Washington’s Farewell Address (1796)
10. What were the goals that Alexander Hamilton set for the nation as the first Secretary of the Treasury?
11. Identify the four parts of Hamilton’s financial plan?
12. Why was the nation’s capital moved to Washington D.C.?
13. Why did the first two political parties emerge in the United States?
14. Describe three major principles of the Federalists and the Democratic Republicans.
15. Evaluate the difference between a strict and loose construction (interpretation) of the Constitution.
III. The Presidency of John Adams
16. What previous position did Adams hold? What was unique about his political stance?
17. Describe the causes of the XYZ Affair
18. How did Washington almost reverse his stance on isolation due to the XYZ Affair?
19. Why is the XYZ affair considered a major success for President Adams?
20. Did your teacher mention the Quasi War with France under Adams? If so, describe it here.
21. Identify the Alien and Sedition Acts (if your teacher gave you the four acts describe them here)
22. What was so controversial about these acts?
23. Who wrote the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions (1799)? What were the three major provisions presented in them?
24. Describe the major controversy of the Election of 1800. Why can’t this happen today?
25. How did Hamilton factor into the end result of the election? What would happen to him because of this?
26. Why is the election of 1800 considered a “revolution?”
27. Why does Jefferson’s first inauguration address usually get ranked as one of our country’s strongest?
IV. The Presidency of Thomas Jefferson
28. What were some of the major changes that Jefferson made to the Federal government? Why do these changes make sense based
on his political ideology?
29. Describe the background for the Louisiana Purchase. What geographic feature was at the center of the purchase?
30. What did Jefferson have to violate to make the purchase?
31. What powers did Congress use to allow the purchase to happen?
32. Describe the major effects of the Louisiana Purchase.
33. What was the major purpose and impact of the Lewis and Clarke expedition?
34. Know everything about the case of Marbury v Madison (1803)-what important power did the Supreme Court gain because of this
case?
35. Discuss the rise and fall of Aaron Burr (including why he was charged with treason).
36. How did the Barbary pirates impact Jefferson’s foreign policy actions? How can this be seen as breaking with his view of
government?
37. Finish this sentence: The largest failure of Jefferson’s presidency was… (“OGRABME”)