Unit IV Flashcards

1. Unit IV Flashcards Chapters 7 and 8

2. #1 Alien Act Review Act passed by Congress in 1798 that authorized the President to imprison or deport suspected aliens during wartime. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

3. #2 Annapolis Convention Review Conference of state delegates at Annapolis, Maryland, that issued a call in September 1786 for a convention to meet at Philadelphia to consider fundamental changes. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

4. #3 Anti-Federalists Review Opponents of the Constitution in the debate over its ratification. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

5. #4 Articles of the Confederation Review Written document setting up the loose confederation of states that comprised the first national government of the United States. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

6. #5 Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom Review A bill authored by Thomas Jefferson establishing religious freedom in Virginia. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

7. #6 Bill of Rights Review A written summary of inalienable rights and liberties. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

8. #7 Constitution Review The written document providing for a new central government of the United States. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

9. #8 Constitutional Convention Review Convention of delegates from the colonies that first met to organize resistance to the Intolerable Acts. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

10. #9 Continental Army Review The regular or professional army authorized by the Second Continental Congress and commanded by General George Washington during the Revolutionary War. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

11. #10 Federalists Review Supporters of the Constitution who favored its ratification. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

12. #11 Great Compromise Review Plan proposed at the 1787 Constitutional Convention for creating a national bicameral legislature in which all states would be equally represented in the Senate and proportionally represented in the House. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

13. #12 Intercourse Act Review Passed in 1790, this law regulated trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes and declared public treaties between the U.S. and Indian nations the only means of obtaining Indian lands. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

14. #13 Jay’s Treaty Review Treaty with Britain negotiated in 1794 in which the United States made major concessions to avert a war over the British seizure of American ships. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

15. #14 Judicial review Review A power implied in the Constitution that gives federal courts the right to review and determine the constitutionality of acts passed by Congress and state legislatures. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

16. #15 Judiciary Act of 1789 Review Act of Congress that implemented the judiciary clause of the Constitution by establishing the Supreme Court and a system of lower federal courts. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

17. #16 Land Ordinance of 1785 Review Act passed by Congress under the Articles of Confederation that created the grid system of surveys by which all subsequent public land was made available for sale. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

18. #17 Loyalists Review British colonists who opposed independence from Britain. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

19. #18 New Jersey Plan Review Proposal of the New Jersey delegation for a strengthened national government in which all states would have an equal representation in a unicameral legislature. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

20. #19 Northwest Ordinance of 1787 Review Legislation that prohibited slavery in the Northwest Territories and provided the model for the incorporation of future territories into the union as co-equal states. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

21. #20 Patriots Review British colonists who favored independence from Britain. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

22. #21 Quasi-War Review Undeclared naval war of 1797 to 1800 between the United States and France. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

23. #22 Sedition Act Review An act passed by Congress in 1798 that provided fines for anyone convicted writing, publishing, or speaking out against the government or its officers. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

24. #23 States’ rights Review Favoring the rights of individual states over rights claimed by the national government. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

25. #24 Suffrage Review The right to vote in a political election. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

26. #25 Tories Review A derisive term applied to Loyalists in America who supported the king and Parliament just before and during the American Revolution. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

27. #26 Treaty of Greenville Review Treaty of 1795 in which Native Americans in the Old Northwest were forced to cede most of the present state of Ohio to the United States. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

28. #27 Virginia Plan Review Proposal calling for a national legislature in which the states would be represented according to population. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

29. #28 Whiskey Rebellion Review Armed uprising in 1794 by farmers in western Pennsylvania who attempted to prevent the collection of the excise tax on whiskey. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

30. #29 XYZ Affair Review Diplomatic incidents in 1798 in which Americans were outraged by the demand of the French for a bribe as a condition for negotiating with American diplomats. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

31. Reference Faragher, J. M., Buhle, M. J., Czitrom, D., & Armitage, S. H. (2009). Out of many: A history of the American people, Vol. I (5th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. END REVIEW