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 Directions: Know the answer to these questions by the time that we cover the information in class. You will be graded on how intelligently you can relate
 information to the class when called upon. 
 

Chapter 6

Section 2

Discuss the drafting, content and ratification of the Bill of Rights. What were proposed by Jefferson and Madison in the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions and why?

Section 3
Read pages 168-171
Explain Hamilton's motives for proposing his plans for taxation, assumption of debt, and currency regulation. What was it in his motives that so upset Jefferson and Madison?

Section 4
Read handouts from the teacher and a different text
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Section 5
Read pages 219-228
Discuss the rise in political parties in the U.S. When and why did the two parties develop and who led and supported each party?

Chapter 7

Section 1 pages 185-188

What were the basic changes the 2nd Great Awakening brought to religious doctrine and who were the most important persons connected with the movement?

Section 3 pages 194-204
Start with the midnight judges, discuss and explain the difficuties and experiences Jefferson had with the Judiciary during his term.

What were the characteristics of the "spirit of democratic simplicity" that was the style set by Jefferson for his administration?

Jefferson’s first term what marked by triumph and success. Discuss the achievements of Jefferson's first term.

Section  4 pages 204-208
Jefferson's second term was marked by frustration and failure. Dicuss the problems that beset his second term in office.


What were Jefferson and Madison attempting to accomplish by "peaceable coercion," and why were their efforts not successful?

Section 5 pages 209-212
What effects did the the Hartford Convention have on the Federalist party and why?

Discuss the causes of war from 1809 to 1815. Why would America go to war over sailors’ rights and free seas when the group most affected, the Northeast, was opposed to war? What are the effects of the war?

Chapter 7 Section 3

How did the Second Great Awakening help to develop national unity? What groups participated and where was it strongest?

APUSH  Study Guide Chapter 6-7

FACTS, figures, people, and places.   Be prepared to identify, define, describe, and explain the significance of the people, places, and events listed below.

1. Samuel Slater
2. Stephen Girard
3. Judiciary Act of 1789
4. Bill of Rights
5. Hamilton's Report on the Public Credit
6. James Madison
7. Hamilton's Report on a National Bank
8. Hamilton's Report on Manufactures
9. Strict interpretation
10. loose interpretation 
11. "necessary and proper"
12. Federalists versus Republicans
13. Whiskey Rebellion
14. Citizen Edmond Genet
15. Jay's Treaty
16. Treaty of San Lorenzo (Pinckney's Treaty)
17. Washington's farewell address
18. XYZ Affair
19. Quasi-War with France
20. Alien and Sedition Acts, 1798
21. Virginia and Kentucky resolutions, 1798 
22. Interposition and nullification
23. Election of 1800
24. Jefferson-Burr 
25. Twelfth Amendment
26. Handsome Lake
27. Fugitive Slave Law, 1793
28. Saint Domingue (Haiti) slave uprising
29. Gabriel Prosser 
30. Gabriel's Rebellion, 1800
31. Eli Whitney and the cotton gin
32. Tripoli (Barbary) pirates


 
 
 

33. Judiciary Act of 1801
34. Midnight judges
35. Marbury v. Madison
36. John Marshall
37. Lewis and Clark Expedition
38. Sacajawea
39. Aaron Burr conspiracy
40. British Orders in Council 
41. Napoleon's Continental System
42. Impressment
43. Chesapeake-Leopard Affair
44. Embargo and Non-Intercourse acts
45. War hawks
46. John C. Calhoun
47. Henry Clay 
48. American System
49. Tecumseh and the Prophet
50. William Henry Harrison 
51. Battles of Tippecanoe and the Thames
52. Oliver H. Perry
53. Battle of Lake Erie
54. Treaty of Ghent and the status quo ante
55. Battle of New Orleans
56. Hartford Convention
57. Era of Good Feelings
58. Dartmouth College v. Woodward
59. McCulloch v/ Maryland
60. Missouri Compromise 
61. John Quincy Adams
62. Rush-Bagot Treaty 
63. British-American Convention, 1818
64. Adams-Onis, or Transcontinental, Treaty
65. Monroe Doctrine
 
 


Essential Questions: Think about these questions before, during, and after the reading you do.  If you understand their complexity and feel confident in using information from the text and the supplementary reading in answering these very general questions, you should understand the period well. 
 

1. Explain Hamilton's reasoning in support of a loose interpretation of the Constitution and Jefferson's in defense of a strict interpretation.

2. Why did farmers object to the excise tax on whiskey? How did the Washington administration handle the rebellion? What were the significance of the actions?

3. Why was the constitution of 1787 ratified? What were the arguments for and against it? Who supported it and who opposed it and why?

4. Who was a federalist and who was a democratic-republican? What were the goals and ideals of each party? How did they view government and the economy?

5. Discuss the deteriorating positions of African-Americans and Native Americans in the post-Revolutionary War period. What were the major changes that marked the declining status of these groups.

6. Discuss the achievements of Jefferson's 1st term and the problems that beset his 2nd.

7. Why did Missouri's request for statehood touch off a sectional crisis? How was the crisis resolved, at least, in the short run?

8. Explain what the Federalists were trying to do with the passage of the Judiciary Act and appointment of midnight judges.

9. Why did the purchase of  Louisiana pose a dilemma for Jefferson? How did he justify the purchase
 


 
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