Early Republic

Match the term with the correct description:

Challenges facing the Early Republic

• Large debts from American

  Revolution needed to be repaid. 

  The country’s economic system was

  unstable. 

  The authority of the central

  government needed to be defined 

  A court system had not yet been

  created.

• Created a new process for

  choosing president and vice-

  president.

  

  Did away with presidential

  runner-up becoming vice-

  president.

  

  Led to the concept of “running

  mates”.

• The Federalist and Democratic-

  Republican parties were formed as a

  result of disagreements about how

  much power the federal government

  should have and how the country’s

  economy should develop

• Supreme Court case; Chief Justice

  John Marshall ruled that federal

  courts have the power to determine

  the constitutionality of a law;

Origin of Political Parties

• The Federalist and Democratic- Republican parties were formed as a result of disagreements about how much power the federal government should have and how the country’s economy should develop

• War between United States and Great Britain over interference with American shipping during a war with France; Britain blockaded American port cities during the war

• South Carolina, led by Vice President John C. Calhoun, declared a federal tariff “null and void”, claiming it was unconstitutional. As tensions increased, South Carolina threatened to secede from the United States

• This established the Supreme Court’s power to strike down laws or acts deemed unconstitutional. This power is known as judicial review, which is an example of checks and balances.

Washington’s Farewell Address

• Foreign policy issued by the United States during the Era of

  Good Feelings (following the War of 1812)

• Alexander Hamilton created an economic plan involving a national

  bank

• To prohibit future attempts by European countries to colonize of

  the Americas (the Western Hemisphere)

• Speech given at the end of first presidency; warned against

  permanent foreign alliances and the formation of political parties

Marbury v. Madison

• Supreme Court case; Chief Justice John Marshall ruled that federal

  courts have the power to determine the constitutionality of a law;

• Supreme Court case; Chief Justice John Marshall ruled that

  Cherokee people were a sovereign nation and an Anti- Cherokee Georgia state law had no authority over them.

• War between United States and Great Britain over interference with

  American shipping during a war with France; Britain blockaded American port cities during the war

• South Carolina, led by Vice President John C. Calhoun,

  declared a federal tariff “null and void”, claiming it was unconstitutional. As tensions increased, South Carolina threatened to secede from the United States

The Twelfth Amendment

• Created a new process for choosing president and vice-

  president.

• Speech given at the end of first presidency; warned against permanent foreign alliances and the formation of political parties

• This established the Supreme Court’s power to strike down laws or acts deemed unconstitutional.

• To prohibit future attempts by European countries to colonize of

  the Americas (the Western Hemisphere)

The War of 1812

• War between United States and Great Britain over interference with

  American shipping during a war with France; Britain blockaded American port cities during the war

• The Supreme Court ruled that Georgia did not have legal authority over the Cherokees living in the state.

• South Carolina, led by Vice President John C. Calhoun, declared a federal tariff “null and void”, claiming it was unconstitutional. As tensions increased, South Carolina threatened to secede from the United States

• The Federalist and Democratic- Republican parties were formed as a result of disagreements about how much power the federal government should have and how the country’s economy should develop

Monroe Doctrine

• Foreign policy issued by the United States during the Era of

  Good Feelings (following the War of 1812) Stated that North America and Latin America were off limits to European powers

• Supreme Court case; Chief Justice John Marshall ruled that

  Cherokee people were a sovereign nation and an Anti-Cherokee Georgia state law had no authority over them.

• Supreme Court case; Chief Justice John Marshall ruled that federal courts have the power to determine the constitutionality of a law;

• Speech given at the end of first presidency; warned against

  permanent foreign alliances and the formation of political parties

Worcester v. Georgia

• Supreme Court case; Chief Justice John Marshall ruled that Cherokee people were a sovereign nation and an Anti-Cherokee Georgia state law had no authority over them.

• Supreme Court case; Chief Justice John Marshall ruled that federal

  courts have the power to determine the constitutionality of a law;

• Speech given at the end of first presidency; warned against

  permanent foreign alliances and the formation of political parties

• War between United States and Great Britain over interference with

  American shipping during a war with France; Britain blockaded American port cities during the war

Nullification Crisis

• South Carolina, led by Vice President John C. Calhoun, declared a federal tariff “null and void”, claiming it was unconstitutional. As tensions increased, South Carolina threatened to secede from the

  United States

• The Federalist and Democratic- Republican parties were formed as a result of disagreements about how much power the federal government should have and how the country’s economy should develop

• Speech given at the end of first presidency; warned against

  permanent foreign alliances and the formation of political parties

• To prohibit future attempts by European countries to colonize of the Americas (the Western Hemisphere)