Chapter 8: The Republic Launched

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Ch 8 Study Guide THE REPUBLIC LAUNCHED

PEOPLE, PLACES & EVENTS

1. The whiskey tax of 1791

2. The late 1700s & the American population

3. The Constitution & semi-subsistence farmers versus the commercial economy

4. Crèvecoeur & an American society of relative equality of wealth and status

5. Characteristics of the commercial versus the semi-subsistence barter economy

6. Indian economies & frontier American semi-subsistence agriculture

7. The Constitution, the frailty of republics & George Washington

8. Measures passed in the first months of the First Congress in 1789

9. Civil liberties spelled out in the Bill of Rights

10. The Bill of Rights & the concept of personal liberty in the United States

11. Goals underlay Alexander Hamilton’s financial proposals

12. Hamilton, the national debt & the issue of revenue and credit

13. The First Congress & Hamilton’s economic proposals

14. The first political parties: Jefferson and Hamilton

15. Opponents to Hamilton’s programs

16. Federal Indian policy

17. Foreign policy during the Federalist period:Pinckney’s treaty with Spain

18. The emergence of true popular political parties in the U.S

19. Foreign policy issues & the emergence of political parties in the U.S

20. The war in Europe, the Washington administration & neutrality

21. Jay’s Treaty &the Northwest.

22. Washington’s farewell address & the dangers of political parties

23. Jefferson’s Republican Party & thefear of commerce and urbanization

24. The Federalist Party in government promotes commerce and industry

25. Charles Willson Peale’s museum & theideals of order and harmony

26. Adams & French insults and violations of American rights

27. The XYZ affair & French-USnegotiations

28. The Alien and Sedition acts &the Republican party

29. The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions & the powers of thestates

30. The Federalist party &national power and stability

COMPLETION

  1. [ ] was the man who symbolized the republic as it was launched—a man embittered by criticisms he felt were undeserved.
  2. [ ] was the man with a practical vision for strengthening the republic by winning the support of its wealthy elites for the national government.
  3. [ ] was the man who took the lead in organizing the Republican party opposition.
  4. [ ], at the cost of his political future, steered the nation away from war by reopening negotiations with France.
  5. [ ], rather accidentally, was elected Vice-President in 1796.

IDENTIFICATION QUESTIONS

Students should be able to describe the following key terms, concepts, individuals, and places, and explain their significance:

Terms and Concepts

funding and assumption / Tariff
Bank of the United States / Jay’s Treaty
implied powers / enumerated powers
Pinckney’s Treaty / Washington’s Farewell Address
Bill of Rights / Whiskey Rebellion
Quasi-War / XYZ Affair
Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions / Judiciary Act of 1789
Washington’s proclamation of neutrality / Alien and Sedition Acts

Individuals and Places

Alexander Hamilton / Thomas Jefferson
John Jay / Citizen Genêt
Benjamin Franklin / Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur
John Adams / James Madison
Aaron Burr

MAP IDENTIFICATIONS

Students have been given the following map exercise: On the map on the following page, label or shade in the following places. In a sentence, note their significance to the chapter.

  1. Commercial America
  2. Boston
  3. New York
  4. Philadelphia
  5. Charleston
  6. area of 18 or more people per square mile
  7. Ohio River
  8. Mississippi River

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