During debate over the Constitution, the plan proposing a bicameral legislature with representatives determined by proportional representation.
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New Jersey Plan
During debate over the Constitution, the plan proposing one legislative body for the country, with each state having one vote.
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Great Compromise
Connecticut plan stated that one house of Congress would be based on population while in the other house all states would have equal representation.
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Electoral College
Procedure for electing the president and vice-president of the United States as outlined in the Constitution; electors from each state, and not the popular vote, ultimately elect the president.
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Three-Fifths Compromise
As the Constitution was being created, the plan stated that slaves would be counted as three-fifths of a free person when determining a state’s population for tax purposes and electing members of the House of Representatives.
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Federalists
Party in the first years of the republic that favored a larger national government; was supported by commercial interests. Federalists were opposed by Jeffersonians, who wanted a smaller national government.
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Alien and Sedition Acts
Proposed by President John Adams, gave the president power to expel “dangerous” aliens and outlawed “scandalous” publications against the government.
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1787
Constitutional Convention ratifies U.S. Constitution
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1788
U.S. Constitution ratified by states
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1789
Washington sworn in as first president
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1790
Hamilton issues plans proposing to protect infant U.S. industries
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1791
Establishment of First National Bank Ratification of the Bill of Rights
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1793
Democratic-Republican clubs begin to meet
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1794
Whiskey Rebellion begins
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1795
Jay’s Treaty with England/Pinckney’s Treaty with Spain
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1796
John Adams elected president, Thomas Jefferson, vice-president (each from a different political party)
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1798
XYZ Affair Sedition Act of John Adams issued Kentucky and Virginia Resolves
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1800
Convention of 1800 Thomas Jefferson elected president
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May 25, 1787
delegates from all 13 states met in Philadelphia.
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George Washington
President of Constitutional Convention
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Virginia Plan
James Madison's ___ dominated the Constitutional Convention debate.
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legislative, executive, and judicial branches
Madison's framework called for a federal government with ________________.
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James Madison
Father of the Constitution
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New Jersey Plan
Proposed a unicameral, one-vote Congress.
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Great Compromise
The advocates of the two competing plans argued until Connecticut delegates proposed the ____. This called for proportional representation in the lower house and two upper house seats for each state.
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**Constitutional Convention**
The delegates at the **_______** were not believers in *pure democracy*. They believed an unchecked majority could be as tyrannical as a king.
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Three-Fifths Compromise
The delegates settled on the ________, which allocated House seats based on a state's slave population.
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Federalists
They believed the new federal government would meet national needs and protect American liberties.
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Anti-Federalists
They were unwilling to trust a stronger central government. They pointed out that the proposed consitutions had no bill of rights
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July 26, 1788
New York became the eleventh state to ratify the Constitution on _______.
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September 13, 1788
Congress ratified the Constitution on _________
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May 29, 1790
Rhode Island ratified the Constitution last on ______.
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George Washington
First US President
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Bill of Rights
It has become a symbol of American freedoms like religion, speech, and assembly.
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Bill of Rights
It protected the right to bear arms and prohibited soldiers from living in homes.
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Bill of Rights
It also protected defendants with jury trials and a ban on "cruel and unusual punishments."
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Ninth Amendment
This states that listing rights in the Constitution does not "disparage" others held by the people.
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Tenth Amendment
This gives states and people all powers not granted to the federal government or forbidden to them by the Constitution.
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John Jay
In 1794, the British began searching and seizing American ships trading with the French West Indies. Washington sent Chief Justice ________ to London to resolve these issues.
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Thomas Pinckney
He negotiated with Spain to open the Mississippi River to American navigation.
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John Adams
He served two terms as Washington’s vice president. In the election of 1796, he ran as a Federalist.
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Executive Mansion
In 1800, Adams became the first president to live in the _______.
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1778 alliance
The French resented the US's failure to uphold the ______ with the overthrown royal government.
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XYZ Affair
American public opinion supported the Americans' indignant refusal. This was named after Talleyrand's emissaries' codes.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
By 1800, he had taken control of France, and diplomacy resumed.
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Alien Act
This allowed the president to imprison or deport "dangerous" aliens.
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Sedition Act
This allowed the president to prosecute "malicious" administration critics.
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French Revolution
This began in summer 1789, just months after George Washington became president.
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Declaration of Neutrality
President Washington issued a _________. He hoped the US could avoid joining the world war.
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Public Credit
Hamilton realized that the US's chaotic finances had to be addressed if it was to become a great commercial and manufacturing power. His Report on ________ proposed a bold plan to stabilize the US economy.