Name ______
Unit 2: A New Nation
Chapter 5 Outline ______(100)
Chapter 6 Outline ______(100)
Chapter 7 Outline ______(100)
Chapter 8 Outline ______(100)
Overall Grade ______(800)
Chapter 5: Shaping a New Nation
Section 1: Confederation
1. The plan for our new nation was outlined in the ______.
2. Under the Articles, the federal government consisted of one body…______.
Directions: Complete the charts & questions below.
Congressional Powers
TRUE/FALSE: The Articles had a President.
TRUE/FALSE: The Articles created a Supreme Court
3. Under the Articles, how many members sat in Congress? ______
Opening Western Lands
Land Ordinance of 1785 / Northwest Ordinance of 1787Section 2: The Constitution
Directions: Complete chart below.
Problems with Articles of Confederation
1. ______caused many American leaders to seek a convention to amend the Articles.
2. In may of 1787, state delegates met in ______to discuss the problems of the new nation.
Directions: Complete the chart below.
Problem / Ideas / SolutionsRepresentation / VA Plan—
NJ Plan—
How did VA want to count their slaves?
How did NJ want to count slaves? / Connecticut or Great Compromise—
3/5 Compromise—
3. The Framers wanted to create a new federal government based on the concept of ______, which divides power between the states and a national government.
Directions: Complete the chart below.
Problem / Ideas / SolutionsPowers / Federalists—
Anti-Federalists— / Division of Powers—
Checks & Balances—
Directions: Complete the chart below.
Problem / Ideas / SolutionsRatification / All 13 states must vote for passage.
The Constitution must contain a Bill of Rights.
Executive Branch must be elected by the people. / 1. How many states needed to vote yes in order to pass? ______
2. The Bill of Rights was added as the first ______Amendments to the Constitution.
3. The President would be chosen by a combination of popular vote and the ______.
Chapter 6: Launching the New Nation
Section1: Washington Heads Government
1. In order to help manage the executive branch of government, Congress created ______positions that were to be filled by George Washington.
Directions: Complete the chart below.
Department / Head of Department / DutiesSecretary of state / Manages the domestic & foreign affairs.
Secretary of Treasury / Alexander Hamilton
Henry Knox / In charge of the nations military
Attorney General / The nations lawyer.
Directions: Complete matching below.
A) Hamilton B) Jefferson
_____ 1. Power should be concentrated in the national government.
_____2. Power should be placed in the hands of the people.
_____3. Feared “mob rule.”
_____4. Felt a national bank would better manage the nation’s money.
_____5. Feared a strong national government would create absolute power.
_____6. Favored farmers and “plain people.”
_____7. Favored merchants, manufacturers, and landowners.
2. In order to secure the passage of a national bank, Hamilton moved the nation’s capital from NY City to a city in the south which would be called the
______.
3. The split between Jefferson & Hamilton caused the creation of America’s two-party system. The ______supported Hamilton, and the ______(today’s version of the Democrats), supported Jefferson.
4. The ______marked the first major challenge to the new federal government. Northern farmers were upset with an excise tax on whiskey. In response to this rebellion, Washington used the new federal army and squashed it.
Section 2: Domestic & Foreign Affairs
Directions: Use the knowledge your learn about each event to answer the question.
Event / Question1793—Declaration of Neutrality / What were the reasons for issuing this declaration?
1794—Battle of Fallen Timbers / What resulted from this US victory?
1794—Jay’s Treaty / What did Britain and the US agree to?
1795—Pinckney’s Treaty / What did Spain and the US agree to?
1796—Adams elected President / What problems did this election underscore?
1796—XYZ Affair / What effect did the affair have on US-French relations?
1798—Alien & Sedition Acts / What measures were contained in these acts?
1798—VA & KT Resolutions / What did these resolutions declare?
Section 3: Jefferson
Directions: Complete the chart below.
Election of 1800
What was it? / What reason did it come about?12th Amendment
Judiciary Act of 1801
Midnight Judges
Marbury v. Madison
Judicial Review
1. How did Jefferson simplify the federal government?
2. How did the Louisiana Purchase go against Jefferson’s view of government?
3. Who was called upon by Jefferson to lead an expedition across the Louisiana Purchase?
Section 4: The War of 1812
Directions: Complete the charts below.
1. President Jefferson
2. President Madison
A) The War itself
1. Who declared war on Britain? ______
2. What is the War of 1812 also called? ______
3. Who led numerous victories in the North for the US? ______
4. In the summer of 1814, the ______burned down our capitol.
5. Who commanded and won many American victories in the south? ______
6. What was so ironic about the Battle of New Orleans? ______
7. The ______officially ended the war.
B) Results
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Chapter 7: Nationalism & Sectionalism
Section 1: Regional Economic Differences
Vocabulary
· Factory System—
· Mass Production—
· Industrial Revolution—
Directions: Complete Chart.
Regional Economy / Regional Agriculture1. What was the North’s economy based on? / 2. What were the main elements of northern agriculture?
3. What was the South’s economy based on? / 4. What were the main elements of southern agriculture?
1. Who proposed the idea of the American System? ______
What were the two main goals of the American System?1.
2.
Section 2: Nationalism
Directions: Complete the chart below.
What did it do? / How did it promote nationalism?Gibbons v. Ogden
McCulloch v. Maryland
Fletcher v. Peck
Dartmouth College v. Woodward
Adams-Onis Treaty
Monroe Doctrine
Missouri Compromise
Section 3 & 4: Andrew Jackson
Directions: Complete Chart.
The Democratic-Republicans (Democrats)
Event / What Happened? / Impact?Election of 1824
Spoils System
Indian Removal Act 1830
Worcester v. Georgia
Nullification Theory
Webster/Hayne Debate
John C. Calhoun Resigns
Pet Banks
Whig party
Panic of 1837
Election of W.H. Harrison
Chapter 8: Reforming America
Directions: Complete the chart below
Reform / Leaders / Goals2nd Great Awakening
Transcendentalism
Asylums & Prisons
Education
Abolitionist
Women’s Rights