Items to Review – Chapter 6, American History Honors

 

  • Hamilton’s Financial Program – details, results, selecting of the national capital
  • Definitions: tariff and excise taxes
  • Know the differences in beliefs of the Federalists and Democratic-Republicans in the 1790s (Washington-Adams years) and in the era of the War of 1812
  • Whiskey Rebellion (why/significance)
  • Washington’s Neutrality Proclamation
  • Edmond Genet
  • Washington’s Farewell Address
  • Jay’s Treaty
  • Pinckney’s Treaty
  • Thomas Jefferson’s political beliefs
  • XYZ Affair and results
  • Alien and Sedition Acts
  • Virginia and Kentucky Resolves
  • Fears of the French Revolution – people’s fear of Jefferson’s support of the French
  • Judiciary Act of 1801, midnight judges
  • “We are all republicans – we are all federalists”
  • Louisiana Purchase (constitutional? results?)
  • Lewis & Clark Expedition
  • Marbury v. Madison (results, significance)
  • Tecumseh
  • Jefferson’s Embargo Act
  • Who supported (or wanted) the War of 1812?  What region of the country did they represent?
  • Major battles of the War of 1812
  • Burning of Washington, Battle of Baltimore (or Ft. McHenry)
  • Treaty of Ghent – details
  • Hartford Convention and growing sectionalism during the War of 1812
  • Battle of New Orleans and Andrew Jackson