AP US History Unit 4 Content Outline

Hamilton’s Financial Plan

• Assumption of all debts of states, Revolution, & Confederation
• Protective tariff
• Excise Tax on Whiskey
• National Bank

Whiskey rebellion

Excise Tax on Whiskey causes __________ – put down by Washington and 13,000 troops

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

Federalist

The Adams Administration = _________

XYZ Affair

France angry about Jay’s Treaty
•diplomatic incident between French and United States diplomats, Quasi-War

Neutrality Proclamation

Foreign Policy = stay out of war (US is not strong enough to fight), ____________ by Washington

Alien Act

____________ targets foreigners who usually became Democratic-Republicans

Sedition Act

____________ forbid freedom of press when writing about the government

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.

Election of 1800

Revolution of 1800

Democratic-Republicans

Federalists split, clearing the way for the ____________

Hamilton’s

House of Representatives selected Jefferson on ____________ advice

12th Amendment

Jefferson was stuck with VP he did not want, was fixed with the ____________ in 1804: President & Vice President run together

midnight judges

Adams was so upset he lost and left the capital before Jefferson took office and tried to appoint the __________

Marbury v. Madison

________________ – established judicial review

McCulloch v. Maryland

______________ – confirmed the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution

Gibbons v. Ogden

____________ – confirmed Fed. govt’s power to regulate interstate commerce

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

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

James Madison

____________ (Democratic-Republican) elected in 1808

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

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

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

Rush-Bagot Treaty 1817

Sets up longest undefended border in world (US/Canada, inc. Great Lakes)

Monroe Doctrine

____________ warns European nations that the United States would not tolerate further colonization or puppet monarchs

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