Test Tue, Jan 31
Test Study Guide –
Adams, Jefferson, Madison
John Adams
First political parties
Names of parties
Party leaders
Position on issues
Election of 1796
President
Vice-President
XYZ Affair
Alien and Sedition Acts
Purpose of acts
Provisions of:
Alien Act
Sedition Act
Naturalization Act
Thomas Jefferson
Election of 1800
What happened
How was the president chosen
12th Amendment
Why it was passed
What does it say
Marbury vs. Madison
What happened
What is judicial review
Louisiana Purchase
Why was New Orleans important to the U.S.
What country sold La. to the U.S.
What was the price?
How did the purchase affect the size of the U.S.
Lewis and Clark
What river did they explore
Who was their Native American interpreter and guide
How did Alexander Hamilton die
Embargo Act
What is an embargo
Why was the Embargo Act passed
What effect did the act have
James Madison
What was a War Hawk
Who were two War Hawks
War of 1812
Causes
Burning of Washington
Ft. McHenry and the Star- Spangled Banner
Treaty of Ghent
Battle of New Orleans
Industrial Revolution
Where it began
What was it
Three inventions
Erie Canal
Test Tue., Jan. 6
Study Guide – Washington and Adams
George Washington:
Precedents
First cabinet
Members
Hiring and Firing
Judiciary Act of 1789
National Debt
Hamilton’s Plan
Who was opposed and why
National Bank
Why created
Strict and Loose Construction
Whiskey Rebellion
Neutrality Proclamation
Jay’s Treaty
Pinckney’s Treaty
Washington’s Farewell
John Adams
First political parties
Names of parties
Party leaders
Position on issues
Election of 1796
President
Vice-President
XYZ Affair
Alien and Sedition Acts
Purpose of acts
Provisions of:
Alien Act
Sedition Act
Naturalization Act
Test Tue., Nov. 15.
Test will cover:
Battle of Yorktown - Why British were forced to surrender
Treaty of Paris of 1783
American representatives
U.S. boundaries
Types and forms of government (vocabulary and definitions)
Early state constitutions - typical provisions
Suffrage
What it means
Who had suffrage in early years of U.S.
Articles of Confederation
First plan of government
Weaknesses of the government under the Articles
Northwest Ordinance
Shays' Rebellion
Why farmers revolted
What Shays' followers did
How the rebellion showed the weaknesses of the national government
Constitutional Convention
When and where held
Contributions of James Madison
Virginia Plan
New Jersey Plan
Great Compromise
Three-Fifths Compromise
Definition: Federalists and Anti-Federalists
Federalist Papers
Authors
Why written
How was the Constitution ratified?
Test Tue., Oct. 25
The test will cover your notes on:
- the Declaration of Independence
- "American Crisis"
- the Battle of Trenton
- the Battle of Saratoga
- the British capture of Philadelphia
- Valley Forge
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