AP US HISTORY UNIT 3 GUIDE
Covering Pageant Chapters 9-10
KEY PEOPLE
Abigail Adams
Daniel Shays
Alexander Hamilton
James Madison
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Henry Knox
John Jay
Citizen Genet
Anthony Wayne
Talleyrand
Matthew Lyon
KEY CONCEPTS
primogeniture
federation
checks and balances
sovereignty
"mobocracy"
consent of the governed
republicanism
states' rights
popular sovereignty
anarchy
Society of Cincinnati
"Great Compromise"
Articles of Confederation
Electoral College
Land Ordinance of 1785
"three-fifths compromise"
Northwest Ordinance
Anti-federalists
Shay's Rebellion
Federalists
"large-state plan"
Constitution of the U.S.
The Federalist
Funding at the par
Strict construction
Implied powers
Tariff
Excise tax
Compact theory
Nullification
Cabinet
Bank of the United States
Bill of Rights
Jay Treaty
Convention of 1800
Neutraility Proclomation
Whiskey Rebellion
Pinckney Treaty
Alien and Sedition Laws
Battle of Fallen Timbers
Washington's Farewell Address
Virginia-Kentucky Resolutions
Jeffersonian Republicans
Judiciary Act of 1789
Treaty of Greenville
XYZ Affair
POSSIBLE ESSAY QUESTIONS
1. Compare and contrast the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution,
especially in regard to specific powers given to the national government.
2. Historian Charles Beard described the Constitution as the "reactionary" phase
of the Revolutionary era. What did he mean by this, and what could have led
him to this conclusion?
3. A diplomatic historian has said in reference to early American foreign policy
that "Europe's troubles became America's opportunities." What events of the
1790's would best illustrate the truth of this remark? Why?