A PUSH test unit 2

Great Compromise

House by population, Senate equal.

Three-Fifths Compromise

enslaved people counted as 3/5 for representation/taxation.

Federalists

strong central government.

Anti-Federalists

feared strong central government; wanted Bill of Rights.

Hamilton

national bank + financial plan + Federalist.

Whiskey Rebellion

proved federal government could enforce laws.

Alien & Sedition Acts

Federalist attempt to suppress opposition.

Election of 1800

peaceful transfer of power.

12th Amendment

separate electoral votes for president and vice president.

Marbury v. Madison

judicial review.

Cotton gin

increased cotton production and demand for enslaved labor.

Second Great Awakening

religious revival + reform movements.

Impressment

British forced sailors into navy.

War Hawks

mostly South/West; wanted war with Britain.

Battle of New Orleans

Andrew Jackson becomes national hero.

George Washington

First president; established precedents; Whiskey Rebellion; neutrality

Thomas Jefferson

Declaration; 3rd president; Louisiana Purchase; Democratic-Republican

Aaron Burr

Jefferson's VP; tied Jefferson in 1800

James Madison

Constitution; Bill of Rights; 4th president; Virginia Resolution

Alexander Hamilton

Treasury; financial plan; national bank; Federalist

John Adams

2nd president; Alien & Sedition Acts; lost election of 1800

John Marshall

Chief Justice; strengthened federal judiciary; Marbury v. Madison

Andrew Jackson

Battle of New Orleans; national hero; later president

Henry Clay

War Hawk; Speaker of House; Missouri Compromise; American System

John C. Calhoun

War Hawk from South

Tecumseh

United Native Americans against U.S. expansion

William Henry Harrison

Battle of Tippecanoe

Eli Whitney

Cotton gin; interchangeable parts

Samuel Slater

Father of American Industrial Revolution

Robert Fulton

Steamboat/Clermont

Roger Sherman

Great Compromise