Study Guide
Unit 3 and 4 Exam
Vocabulary
Constitution:
Articles 1, 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7
Amendments 1-10 (Bill of Rights), 12
Legislative Branch – Congress, House of
Representatives, Senate
Executive Branch
Judicial Branch
Elastic clause
Strict constructionist
Loose constructionist
Federalist
Anti-Federalist
Federalism
Separation of powers
Checks and balances
Popular sovereignty
James Madison
Three-Fifths Compromise
Great Compromise
Electoral College
Commerce Compromise
Federalist Papers
Ratification debate
George Washington Administration
Neutrality
Thomas Jefferson
Alexander Hamilton
Henry Knox
John Jay
John Adams
Whiskey Rebellion
Jay’s Treaty
Pinckney’s Treaty
Judiciary Act 1789
National Bank
Battle of Fallen Timbers
Mad Anthony Wayne
Washington, D.C.
Excise tax
Tariff
Funding at par
Assumption of debt
Fugitive Slave Act 1793
Farewell Address
John Adams Administration
Election of 1796
XYZ Affair
Alien and Sedition Act
Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions – nullification,
states’ rights
Nationalism
Midnight judges
Thomas Jefferson Administration
Election of 1800
Revolution of 1800
Judiciary Act of 1801
Marbury v. Madison 1803
Judicial review
John Marshall
Barbary pirates
Louisiana Purchase – Robert Livingston, Napoleon,
France, New Orleans
Lewis and Clark Expedition - Sacagawea
Aaron Burr
Embargo Act
Study Guide
Unit 3 and 4 Exam
James Madison Administration
Non-Intercourse Act 1809
Tecumseh and the Prophet
Battle of Tippecanoe
William Henry Harrison
War of 1812
 War hawks and doves
 Causes – impressment,
 Turning point
 Key events – Star Spangled Banner, Francis
Scott Key and Fort McHenry,
 Effects/results
 Battle of New Orleans and Andrew Jackson
 Hartford Convention
 Treaty of Ghent
Tariff of 1816
Nationalism
American System
Henry Clay
James Monroe Administration
Era of Good Feelings
Panic of 1819
Wildcat banks
Sectional tensions
Missouri Compromise
Marshall Court
 McCulloch v. Maryland
 Cohens v. Virginia
 Gibbons v. Ogden
 Fletcher v. Peck
 Dartmouth College v. Woodward
 Commonwealth v. Hunt
Westward expansion
 Northwest Territory
 Louisiana Territory
 Florida
 Oregon
Industrial Revolution
Factory System
Waltham-Lowell Mill System
Loom and Samuel Slater
Telegraph and Samuel Morse
Cotton gin and Eli Whitney and interchangeable
parts
Sewing machine and Elias Howe
Vulcanized rubber and Charles Goodyear
Mechanical Reaper and Cyrus McCormick
Steam engine
Culture
Second Great Awakening
Role of women
Art and literature
Transportation
Steamboat and Robert Fulton
Railroads and land grants
National (Cumberland Road)
Canals
Immigration
Irish
Germans
Nativism
Know Nothing Party
As you study these terms, think about their significance, cause and effect relationships, and the time
period.