Chapter 2 sections 3 and 4. Confederation and Constitution. Launching the New Nation

  

Name a Weakness of the Articles of Confederation ?

What was so great about the Great Compromise?

Created Two-House Congress

One based on equal representation (Senate)

One based on population (House)

3/5 Compromise.3/5 of a state’s slaves to be counted as part of the population

Speech

Press

Assembly

Petition

Religion

What was Alexander Hamilton job under Washington?

1st Sec of the Treasury = A. Hamilton

Created National Bank

Argued for ‘loose’ interpretation of Constitution.

Would you prefer the US to be more involved, less involved in other nations’ affairs or are you comfortable the way the US interacts with other nations?

Washington kept the U.S. out of involvement in foreign wars – NEUTRALITY 

“Steer clear of permanent Alliances with any portion of the foreign World”   - George Washington

One of Washington’s first tasks was to create a judicial system

Judiciary Act set up our justice system

The act called for a Supreme Court, federal courts, and district courts

The system guaranteed that the federal laws would remain “supreme”

Formation of Political Parties

Name the 1st Political Parties

    Federalists Jeffersonian

Republicans

                                                                                             Democratic-Republican Party 

                                                                     Anti-Administration

Who were the Anti-federalists?

Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry

What is the Whiskey Rebellion and why was it important?

The Whiskey Rebellion was the first test of federal authority in the United States. This rebellion enforced the idea that the new government had the right to levy a particular tax that would impact citizens in all states

Describe the ALIEN AND SEDITION ACTS

To counter what he considered a threat against the govn’t, (many recent immigrants and opponents of Adams were Dem/Rep) Adams passed through Congress the Alien and Sedition Acts

Alien Act raised residence requirements for citizenship from 5 to 14 years and allowed President to deport anyone

Sedition Act set fines & jail for anyone making false statements against the government

STATES ATTEMPT TO NULLIFY ALIEN & SEDITION ACTS

In an event that would foreshadow future conflicts, two Southern States (Va. & Ky.) asserted the principle of nullification

Nullification meant that a state could nullify, or consider void, any act of Congress they deemed unconstitutional

No other states agree and the topic dies out