Homwork 11 – Chapter 6 - Launching the New Nation
Read pages 180 to 205. Answer the questions.
Section 1: Washington Heads a New Government
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Read page 182. What anxieties did Washington have before taking office?
What was the great challenge that Washington faced?
What did Madison say about the first days of the Constitution at work?
What was the Judiciary Act of 1789?
Why was this act essential to the judicial branch?
Look on the right side of p 183. What is the Cabinet?
Why was the Cabinet necessary for the president to be effective?
Who were the first 3 members of the cabinet?
Why did Jefferson and Hamilton distrust each other so deeply?
What is the Report on Public Credit?
How did Hamilton plan to bail the nation out of debt?
Why were southerners opposed to Hamilton’s ideas?
What was the Bank of the United States?
Why was it so controversial?
What do the terms loose interpretation and strict interpretation mean?
Do you think Hamilton was correct in his loose interpretation of the Constitution?
Explain why.
How did Hamilton win over the support of Jefferson and the south?
Who were the designers of the District of Columbia?
What were the names of the 2 political parties?
Why was Washington skeptical of a two party system?
What are the advantages of a two party system?
What are the disadvantages of a two party system?
What is a protective tariff and a excise tax?
Why were rural farmers in Pennsylania so upset with the Whiskey Tax?
What did they decide to do about it?
How did George Washington respond to the rebellion?
What is ironic about Washington’s actions?
Section 2: Foreign Affairs Trouble the Nation
1. Look on page 190. What did Gouverneur Morris observe during the French Revolution of 1789?
2. How did Americans react to the French Revolution?
3. What position did George Washington take when confronted with picking either the British or French Side in
the war of 1793?
4. Who was Citizen Edmond Genet?
5. What did he do to upset the US Government?
6. Why did the US want to gain control of the Mississppi River?
7. Who was Thomas Pincnkey?
8. How did Pinckney’s Treaty/San Lorenzo Treaty aid the US?
9. What problems did western pioneers face as they crossed the Appalachians into Ohio territory?
10. Who was Little Turtle and what was he trying to accomplish?
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How did the Battle of Fallen Timbers settle disputes with the Indians?
What did the Treaty of Greenville determine?
Why was John Jay’s Treaty controversial?
Why was the Jay Treaty a major breakthrough for the US?
Who won the election of 1796?
What unexpected problem arose because of the election of 1796?
How did the French threaten the US economy in 1797?
What was the XYZ Affair?
Why did Americans want to go to war with France because of the XYZ Affair?
How did John Adams respond to the affair?
Was it the right answer? Why?
What contributed to the anti French and anti British sentiment that Americans had towards foreigners?
How did Congress and John Adams respond to this?
What was morally wrong with the Alien and Sedition Acts?
What did Jefferson and Madison do in response to the Alien and Sedition Acts?
How did the Va and Ky Resolutions threaten the Constitution?
What is the principle of nullification?
What happened to George Washington in 1799?
Section 3: Jefferson Alters the Course of the Nation
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Who were the two explorers of the Louisiana Territory?
What observations of journey did Patrick Gass make?
Who almost won the election of 1800?
How did this happen?
Who really won the election?
Look to the left of page 198. What were the results of the Burr and Hamilton Duel?
In what way is Jefferson’s Election in 1800 a “Republican Revolution”?
Exactly what steps did Jefferson take to simplify and limit government?
What is free trade and why did Jefferson believe in those so strongly?
What was life like in Washington DC during Jefferson’s term of office?
Which region of the US dominated politics during this time?
Who was John Marshall?
What was the Judiciary Act of 1801?
Who were the midnight judges?
What was decided in the case Marbury v. Madison?
What is the power of judicial review?
Why is it essential to a functioning government and Constitution?
How many people had moved to Ohio by 1810?
What was the Louisiana Purchase?
How much did it cost?
In what way is this the triumph of Jefferson’s career?
What role did Sacajawea play in the exploration of Louisiana?
Section 4: War of 1812
1. When was the War of 1812?
2. How was the character Uncle Sam created?
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What is a blockade and how did Britain use it to defeat Napoleon?
What happened to over 1,000 US ships?
What is the policy of impressments?
What happened to the USS Chesapeake?
How was the embargo supposed to save the US from war with Britain?
Why did it utterly fail?
Who was William Henry Harrison?
Who was Tecumseh?
Why did Techumseh turn to the British for help?
Who were the war hawks?
What was their goal and how did they achieve it?
When Madison declared war on the British where did the US strike first?
Why was the invasion of Canada a disaster?
What led to the great success of the US Navy in the many battles fought against the British Navy?
How did the British embarrass the US very badly?
But it did not matter, we won the most important battle of the war. What was it?
How did Andrew Jackson emerge as the great hero of the battle?
What event ended the War of 1812?
What settlement did the US and Britian agree to?