Unit 4: Early Republic

The power of the courts in our country to examine the actions of the legislative and executive acts are unconstitutional as in the case of Marbury vs Madison. Chief Justice John Marshall declared that the Supreme Court’s duty is to interpret the law according to the US Constitution.

• Executive Order

• Congressional Session

• Judicial Review

• Subpoena

Peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 and restored relations between the U.S. and Britain to pre-war status. Both sides signed it on December 24, 1814.peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 and restored relations between the U.S. and Britain to pre-war status. Both sides signed it on December 24, 1814

• Treaty of Paris 1783

• Treaty of Paris 1763

• Adam Onis Treaty

• Treaty of Ghent

With its origins found in the Federalist Papers urging its creation, the war had left the US in debt. Some states were bankrupt. We needed one unified currency. Hamilton suggested a central bank to create a standard form of currency.

• Bank of the United States

• First Continental Congress

• Protective Tariffs

• Fiat Monetary System

December 2, 1823 President announces in his State of the Union Address, warning European nations that the United States would not tolerate further colonization or puppet monarchs. European powers should interfere in the affairs of a nation in the Western Hemisphere.

• Eisenhower Doctrine

• Truman Doctrine

• Nixon Doctrine

• Monroe Doctrine

Warned against “entangling alliances”, warned of evils of political parties, and set precedent or two-term presidency.

• Washington's Farewell Address

• James Madison's State of the Union Address

• FDR Speech (Pearl Harbor)

• Theodore Roosevelt 1912

Appointed by John Adams that cemented the powers of judicial branch under Marbury vs Madison, Gibbons vs Ogden, and McCullough vs Maryland and shaped the balance of power between the federal government and states during the Early Republic.

• Chief Justice Robert Livingston

• Chief Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

• Chief Justice John Marshall

• Chief Justice Earl Warren

Created the first organized territory in the United States.

1) Settlers had to appoint a Governor to govern the territory 2) Once 5,000 free adult males could elect a territorial legislature 3) Once 60,000 people settled in territory it could become a government with it’s own Constitution.

• Oregon Territory

• Spanish Territory

• Northwest Ordinance 1787

• Adam Onis Treaty

Rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government.

• States Rights

• Bill of Rights

• Rights of the Accused

• Civil Rights

Created 3 levels of federal courts and defined their powers and relationship to the states courts. 1) Set up federal courts 2) Set up circuit court of appeals 3) President nominates federal judges

• Federal Judiciary Act of 1789

• Federal Judiciary Act of 1801

• Federal Judiciary Act of 1963

• Federal Judiciary Act of 1971

Conflict between Britain and the United States, fought between 1812 and 1815. Has also been called the second American war for independence. Impressment of US sailors and a blockade created by Britain was one of the many forces driving US into this conflict.

• War on Algiers

• Civil War

• War of 1812

• American Revolution