Unit 3 Study Guide
All test questions are derived from the key terms list and the questions on this study guide. QUESTIONS
FROM PAST UNITS WILL ALSO BE ON THIS TEST.
1. What resulted from the Philadelphia/Constitutional Convention?
2. What were the contributions of the following during the Philadelphia/Constitutional Convention?
a. George Washington
b. James Madison
c. Alexander Hamilton
d. Benjamin Franklin
e. Roger Sherman
3. Name and define the seven principles of the Constitution.
4. What did the Virginia and New Jersey Plans suggest?
5. What were the terms of the Great Compromise?
6. What are terms of the 3/5 Compromise?
7. How were Federalists and Anti-Federalists different on the following?
a. View on the Constitution
b. Location
c. Types of Supporters
d. View on where government power
e. Interpretation of the Constitution
f. Bill of Rights
8. What were the major ideas of Federalist No. 10?
9. What were the major ideas of Federalist No. 51?
10. What were Congress’ first actions?
11. Describe Washington’s cabinet.
12. What is a tariff? What are their positive consequences and negative consequences?
13. What was the purpose of Hamilton’s Financial Plan?
14. Describe the four parts of Hamilton’s Financial Plan.
15. How did the North react to each part of Hamilton’s Financial Plan?
16. How did the South react to each part of Hamilton’s Financial Plan?
17. What caused the first political parties to form?
18. How were the Federalist and Democratic-Republicans different on the following?
a. Leaders
b. View on Hamilton’s Financial Plan
c. View on government power
d. Location of supporters
e. Types of supporters
f. Vision for country
19. What happened in the Whiskey Rebellion and why was it significant?
20. How did political parties react differently to the French Revolution?
21. Describe Washington’s foreign policy.
22. What is impressment?
23. What were the terms of Jay’s Treaty?
24. What were the terms of Pinckney’s Treaty?
25. Why was there conflict between American settlers and Native Americans?
26. What was the purpose of the Treaty of Greenville?
27. List and define the three major themes of Washington’s Farewell Address.
28. What was Washington’s legacy as president?
29. What were the causes and effects of the XYZ Affair?
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What caused the Quasi-War, and what ended it?
What did the Alien and Sedition Acts do and what were their effects?
How did some states react to the Alien and Sedition Acts?
What is nullification?
What happened in the Election of 1800?
What was the result of the duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr?
What were the “midnight judges?”
What was the significant result of Marbury v. Madison?
What was the Louisiana Purchase and what were its benefits?
How did Thomas Jefferson go against his constitutional principles in agreeing to the Louisiana
Purchase?
What was the primary purpose of the Lewis and Clark expedition, also called the “Corps of
Discovery”?
Why is Sacagawea significant?
What were consequences of the Lewis and Clark expedition?
What were the four causes of the War of 1812?
What happened during the Chesapeake Affair?
What was the purpose of the Embargo Act of 1807?
What were the positive and negative results of the Embargo Act of 1807?
Who were the “war hawks,” and where were they from?
Why is Henry Clay significant?
Why did fighting Native Americans cause tension between America and Britain?
Why is Tecumseh significant?
What happened at the Battle of Tippecanoe?
Who favored war with Britain? Who did not?
What major events happened on the Canadian border during the War of 1812? What was the
result?
What happened at Washington, D.C. during the War of 1812?
What happened at the Battle of Baltimore?
What happened at the Hartford Convention, and what was the eventual result?
What happened at the Battle of New Orleans, and who became a war hero as a result?
What were the terms of the Treaty of Ghent?
How did the War of 1812 affect the American economy?
How did the War of 1812 affect politics?
How did the War of 1812 affect foreign relations?
How did the War of 1812 affect nationalism?