AP US History
Study Sheet – Unit 3
Chapter 8
Mingo Creek/Whiskey Rebellion: causes
Nationalists: who were they?
Great Compromise: guarantees & provisions
3/5 Compromise: provisions
The Federalists Papers: purpose
Ratification debate: federalist rationale (think factions)
Anti-Federalist criticisms: Bill of Rights
Hamilton & the National Bank: justification regarding interpretation of Constitution
Ware v. Hylton, Hylton v. US: significance regarding Supreme Court & Congress
Washington Admin. & the debate upon French alliance: basis of disagreement
Citizen Genet: significance
Indian Intercourse Act of 1790: precedent regarding US/Indian relations
Pinckney’s Treaty: relation to Jay’s Treaty
Washington’s Farewell Address: key points, warnings
Federalists and the passage of Alien and Sedition Acts: primary purpose
Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions: purpose/significance regarding States
Jefferson’s political philosophy: key beliefs
Chapter 9
Jefferson’s political philosophy: key beliefs
Marshall Supreme Court: agenda/significance of rulings
Marbury v. Madison: precedent
The Louisiana Purchase: Jefferson’s dilemma
Embargo Act: regional impact upon United States
Handsome Lake & Tenskwatawa: message
War of 1812: pro-war sectionalism
War Hawks: who were they?
Hartford Convention: assertion
Henry Clay’s American System: three elements
Stay Laws: purpose
Panic of 1819: significance regarding changes in the national economy
Missouri Compromise: major issues behind compromise
Adams-Onis Treaty: provisions
Monroe Doctrine: provisions
Chapter 10
Extension of Suffrage: geographic trends
Extension of Suffrage: percent of white males eligible by 1840
Corrupt bargain
Spoils system
Jackson’s view on the presidency
Leading sectional politicians: North & South
John Calhoun’s Exposition and Protest & the Tariff of 1828: cause for protest
Force Act
Maysville Road Bill veto: Jackson’s rationale
Transportation revolution: effects
Gibbons v. Ogden, Dartmouth College v. Woodward: significance regarding Commerce
Tariff debate, Virginia & Kentucky Resolves, Hartford Convention: common theme
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, Worcester v. Georgia: ruling of court
Trail of Tears
Bank War: impact on political party system
Second Bank of the United States: argument of those opposed
Jackson’s veto of the renewal of the Bank of the United States: explanation
Whig Party: ultimate cause of death
Essays:
1. Compare and contrast the social, political, and economic philosophies of Thomas Jefferson
and Alexander Hamilton.
2. The Jacksonian Period (1824-1848) has been celebrated as the era of the “common man.”
To what extent did the period live up to its characterization? Consider two of the following
in your response.
 Economic development
 Politics
 Reform movements