CHAPTER 6
A STRONG START FOR THE NATION
Section 1: A Federal Government is Established
Section 2: Dealing with a Dangerous World
Section 3: The Nation Expands
Section 4: The War of 1812
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OBJECTIVES:
Section 1: A Federal Government is Established
What key decisions did the first Congress make,
and how did they affect the nation?
 What were the arguments for and against
Hamilton’s debt proposal?
 Why did some Americans oppose a national bank?
 What conflicts occurred on the frontier in the
1790s?
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GEORGE WASHINGTON
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George Washington refused to isolate himself
from the general public.
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George Washington doubted his abilities about
being president.
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KEY DECISIONS
Section 1: A Federal Government is Established
passed the Bill of Rights
 set up the federal court system with the
Judiciary Act
 created State, War, and Treasury Departments
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CRIMINAL RIGHTS AMENDMENTS
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The Seventh amendment guarantees a jury trial
in most civil cases.
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The Fourth amendment states searches and
seizures without a warrant are illegal
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The amendment that guarantees the right to a
speedy trial in criminal cases is the Sixth
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THE BILL OF RIGHTS , ACTS AND THE CABINET
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The Bill of Rights protected individual liberties.
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The Judiciary Act of 1789 established a federal
court system.
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The State Department, War Department, and
Treasury Department were initial cabinet
departments .
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HAMILTON’S DEBT PROPOSAL
Section 1: A Federal Government is Established
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Arguments for
 strengthen
the economy
 restore the government’s credit
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Arguments against
 speculators
would make a fortune
 Patriot soldiers and early investors in the U.S.
government would get nothing
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OPPOSITION TO A NATIONAL BANK
Section 1: A Federal Government is Established
southern planters feared control by
northeastern merchants
 strict constructionists believed it was illegal
 some were suspicious of all banks
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ALEXANDER HAMILTON
Alexander Hamilton believed in all of the
following :
 Federalism, Capitalism, Loose construction.
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According to Alexander Hamilton, raising taxes
was the first thing the nation needed to do in
order to strengthen itself financially.
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REPUBLICAN BELIEFS
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In a Republic people believe in:
states’ rights
 individual liberties
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CAPITALISM
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Capitalism is an economic system based on
free markets and private ownership.
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CONFLICTS OF THE 1790S
Section 1: A Federal Government is Established
the Whiskey Rebellion
 the Battle of Fallen Timbers and other conflicts
with American Indians in the Northwest
Territory
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WHAT WAS THE WHISKEY REBELLION?
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The Whiskey Rebellion was a protest against
federal taxes on whiskey
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OBJECTIVES:
Section 2: Dealing with a Dangerous World
How did Americans respond to political events
in France?
 How did political parties affect the election of
1796?
 How did conflicts with France increase tensions
between Republicans and Federalists?
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AMERICAN RESPONSE TO THE FRENCH
REVOLUTION
Section 2: Dealing with a Dangerous World
some were pleased at the French following the
American example
 many shocked at violence and beheadings
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FEAR THE FRENCH?
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Marie Antoinette was the person who
supposedly said “Let them eat cake” to a
desperate French mob.
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The revolutionaries who conducted the Reign of
Terror were from France.
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POLITICAL PARTIES IN 1796
Section 2: Dealing with a Dangerous World
made the election very contentious
 Hamilton’s cheating resulted in the president
and vice-president being from different parties
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CONFLICTS WITH FRANCE
Section 2: Dealing with a Dangerous World
threats of war allowed passage of Alien and
Sedition Acts
 Federalists used Alien and Sedition Acts to
arrest and punish Republicans
 challenging the Acts meant challenging the
federal government for Virginia and Kentucky
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AVOIDING EUROPE
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The US passed the Non-Intercourse Act to
prohibit U.S. trade with Great Britain and
France.
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OBJECTIVES:
Section 3: The Nation Expands
How did judicial decisions affect the balance of
power among the three branches of
government?
 Why did Thomas Jefferson want to purchase
Louisiana, and why did Napoleon want to give
it up?
 What was the national and international
significance of the Louisiana Purchase?
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JUDICIAL DECISIONS INCREASED THE POWER
OF THE SUPREME COURT:
Section 3: The Nation Expands
Marbury v. Madison established the court as
final interpreter of the Constitution
 position of loose constructionists expressed
regarding the national bank
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JEFFERSON WANTED TO BUY LOUISIANA:
Section 3: The Nation Expands
to expand U.S. land
 to appeal to Republican farmers
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NAPOLEON WANTED TO SELL LOUISIANA:
Section 3: The Nation Expands
to leave behind the slave revolts and disease of
the Western Hemisphere
 to get money to expand his war chest
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WHY DID IT ONLY COST 15 MILLION?
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The main reason the Louisiana Territory was
sold to the United States was because the
seller had a strong friendship with President
Jefferson.
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SIGNIFICANCE OF THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE
Section 3: The Nation Expands
added all or part of 13 states
 opened the interior of the continent to
settlement
 helped transform the U.S. into a world nation
 removed the French threat
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OBJECTIVES:
Section 4: The War of 1812
How did Tecumseh hope to hold American
Indian lands?
 Why did the United States declare war on Great
Britain in 1812?
 How did the War of 1812 affect the United
States and Great Britain?
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TECUMSEH HOPES TO PROTECT AMERICAN
INDIAN LANDS:
Section 4: The War of 1812
by forming a military alliance
 by recruiting British support
 by urging American Indians not to sell their
lands
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U.S. DECLARES WAR ON GREAT BRITAIN IN
1812 DUE TO:
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British impressments of U.S. sailors
 British support of American Indian uprisings
 general violations of neutrality
 Republican fear that not resolving the crisis
would return the Federalists to power
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WAR OF 1812 PROBLEMS FOR THE U.S.
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The United States was ill-prepared for war in
1812 because of a poorly equipped army.
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Party politics, economic concerns, and a desire
for land played a role in causing the War of
1812.
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PROBLEMS IN THE FRONTIER
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The British were to blame for the American
Indian uprisings of the early 1800s
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EFFECTS OF WAR OF 1812
Section 4: The War of 1812
conquered territory restored
 stronger U.S. control over Northwest Territory
 peace alliance between U.S. and Great Britain
 destruction of the Federalist Party
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