AP US History Unit 4 Content Outline

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Hamilton’s Financial Plan
• Assumption of all debts of states, Revolution, & Confederation
• Protective tariff
• Excise Tax on Whiskey
• National Bank
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Whiskey rebellion
Excise Tax on Whiskey causes __________ – put down by Washington and 13,000 troops
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Jay’s Treaty
British begin taking American trade ships = ________ with British which removes British forts and preserves free trade but stops Americans from trading with france
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Federalist
The Adams Administration = _________
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XYZ Affair
France angry about Jay’s Treaty
•diplomatic incident between French and United States diplomats, Quasi-War
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Neutrality Proclamation
Foreign Policy = stay out of war (US is not strong enough to fight), ____________ by Washington
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Alien Act
____________ targets foreigners who usually became Democratic-Republicans
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Sedition Act
____________ forbid freedom of press when writing about the government
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VA and KY Resolutions
__________ condemned the Alien and Sedition Acts as unconstitutional and because they overstepped federal authority under the Constitution, they were null and void.
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Election of 1800
Revolution of 1800
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Democratic-Republicans
Federalists split, clearing the way for the ____________
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Hamilton’s
House of Representatives selected Jefferson on ____________ advice
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12th Amendment
Jefferson was stuck with VP he did not want, was fixed with the ____________ in 1804: President & Vice President run together
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midnight judges
Adams was so upset he lost and left the capital before Jefferson took office and tried to appoint the __________
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Marbury v. Madison
________________ – established judicial review
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McCulloch v. Maryland
______________ – confirmed the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution
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Gibbons v. Ogden
____________ – confirmed Fed. govt’s power to regulate interstate commerce
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Louisiana Purchase 1803
Spain gave Louisiana to France (Napoleon wanted an American Empire)
• France closed New Orleans to American ships
• Jefferson sent James Monroe to France and bought New Orleans for $15,000,000
• Eventually doubled the size of the USA for 3 cents an acre ($14.5 million)
• Went against Jefferson’s strict interpretation beliefs
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Embargo Act of 1807
__________ ending all American trade
• Disaster for the economy, and especially hated in New England
• Replaced with a ban only on trade to England and France
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James Madison
____________ (Democratic-Republican) elected in 1808
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War of 1812
British were angry with Americans for trade with France, war hawks wanted to take over Canada, Natives acquired guns from British and fought settlers, war was declared, ended in a tie
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Treaty of Ghent
_________ agreed to end the war of 1812 and keep things the same, but the war made the US recognized as a nation
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Era of Good Feeling
James Monroe (Democratic-Republican) elected in 1816 and the Federalists dissolved after Hartford creating general peace among the population with one political party
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Rush-Bagot Treaty 1817
Sets up longest undefended border in world (US/Canada, inc. Great Lakes)
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Monroe Doctrine
____________ warns European nations that the United States would not tolerate further colonization or puppet monarchs
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Missouri Compromise
____________ added Missouri as slave and Maine as free, effectively setting up a system that would be used later to admit new states and keep balance
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