Goal 1 Questions
1.1a
1. What was the first governing document of the United States?
2. What brought about the creation of the Constitution?
3. What brought about the creation of the Bill of Rights?
4. What does the Bill of Rights add to the Constitution?
5. Who wrote the first draft of the Constitution?
6. What are the first three Articles of the Constitution?
7. What was the significance of the Judiciary Act of 1789?
8. Who was the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?
9. Who composed Washington’s first Cabinet?
10. What is the primary difference between the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution?
1. What were the four main components of Hamilton’s economic plan?
2. Who were the players and what were the components of the Compromise of 1790?
3. What was the Whiskey Rebellion and what was its significance?
4. Why did the Democratic-Republicans oppose Hamilton’s economic plan?
5. What was the greatest problem facing the United States?
1. Why did Washington run for a second term as president?
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2. What were four components of Washington’s Farewell Address?
3. Who was Edmond Genet, and why did he come to the U.S.?
4. Discuss the Election of 1796?
5. Though Washington opposed political parties, to which party did his beliefs mostly align?
6. List some precedents set by Washington that are still followed today.
1.1b
1. What were the Alien & Sedition Acts, and what was their purpose?
2. What were the Virginia & Kentucky Resolutions and what was their purpose?
3. What is the Doctrine of Nullification?
4. What were the first two American political parties?
5. What is the purpose of a political party?
6. What is “laissez-faire” economics, and which political party supported it?
1. Discuss the candidates and outcome of the Election of 1800.
2. What was the significance of the Election of 1800?
3. What is the 12th Amendment?
4. What were the “Midnight Judges,” and how did they come about?
5. Discuss Marbury v. Madison.
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6. What is “judicial review,” and what is its significance today?
1. What was the Hartford Convention, and how did it affect the Federalist Party?
2. What was the Barbary War, and what is its significance in American history?
3. What was the significance of the Louisiana Purchase, and how did the U.S. acquire it?
4. What dilemma did Thomas Jefferson face concerning the Louisiana Purchase?
5. What was the Lewis & Clark Expedition?
6. What was the purpose of the Lewis & Clark Expedition?
1.2
1.Who is remembered for the phrase “Remember the ladies.”? Why?
2. Define suffrage.
3. What rights did women have early in our nations history?
4. Who were the leaders in and what were the results of the Battle of Fallen Timbers?
5. What was the Treaty of Greenville?
6. Who were the leaders in and what was the significance of the Battle of Tippecanoe?
7. What was the U.S. government’s policy towards Native Americans in the late 1700s and the early 1800s?
8. Who invented the cotton gin, and what was its significance?
9. Define emancipation.
1.3
1. What was the Proclamation of Neutrality?
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2. What nation was impressing American seamen, and how did it affect the relationship between the two
countries?
3. Discuss Jay’s Treaty.
4. What was the XYZ Affair, and how did it affect the relationship between the two countries?
5. What was the Quasi War, and what officially ended it?
6. What was the Embargo Act of 1807, what led to it, and was it successful?
7. What was the Non-Intercourse Act?
8. What was Macon’s Bill No.2?
1. What were “War Hawks”, and from what regions of the U.S. were they from?
2. What were the causes of the War of 1812?
3. What happened to Washington, D.C. during the war?
4. What officially ended the War of 1812?
5. What were consequences of the Treaty of Ghent?
6. What was significance about the Battle of New Orleans?
7. List five consequences of the War of 1812.
8. What was Pinckney’s Treaty?
9. What was the Adams-Onis Treaty?
10. What is significance of the Louisiana Purchase, The Treaty of Greenville, Jay’s Treaty, Pinckney’s
Treaty, and the Adams-Onis Treaty?
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