Federalist Era Review

Following the revolution, women were responsible for educating their children on the virtues of democracy

• Suffrage

• Democratic Motherhood

• Republican Motherhood

• Federalist Motherhood

The role of women expressed in the cult of domesticity had its roots in

• Progressive Era urban reform

• republican motherhood

• the early twentieth-century suffrage movement

• the reaction against feminism after the Second World War

Which of the following was NOT a goal of Alexander Hamilton's Financial plan?

• Pay off the National Debt by assuming (taking on) all of the state's debts.
• Impose high import taxes on liquor to raise money for the Federal Government.
• Create a National Bank to deposit funds, develop one federal currency, and collect/dispense taxes.
• Unlimited subsidies to farmers. (Subsidies are loans that keep a person out of bankruptcy).

When Spain and France allied during the Napoleonic Wars, England and the United States nearly created an alternate alliance, which TERRIFIED Spain (their alliance would be too strong and pose a threat to Spain). To prevent this alliance, Spain signed the Pinckney Treaty with the USA, which opened the Mississippi River to American trade. Furthermore, Spain later agreed to the "Right of Deposit" which said:

• Americans could trade and transfer cargo in New Orleans without being taxed.
• Illegally seizing American cargo ships headed to France was illegal.
• Congress had the right to raise taxes on imported whiskey by 25%.
• Land west of the Mississippi River would be given to the United States following the election of 1800.

Democratic-Republicans, like Thomas Jefferson, would have preferred all of the following EXCEPT:

• more power to the States
• taking a strict view of the Constitution
• lowering federal taxes
• a strong national bank

President John Adams worked to pass the "Alien and Sedition Acts." When it came to the "Alien" part of the Act, what was his goal?

• Removing all aliens (that had come from outer space) from American soil.
• Establishing a residency requirement for immigrants, and allowing the Executive Branch the right to deport any foreigner the President deemed a threat.

Thomas Jefferson and James Madison felt that John Adams' Sedition Act was unconstitutional. "Sedition" means ___; they felt it violated ___.

• speaking harmfully against the government; the 1st amendment (freedom of speech, etc)
• speaking harmfully against the President; the 2nd amendment (right to bare arms in order to form a militia)
• speaking harmfully against farmers; State's Rights
• speaking harmfully against whiskey owners; the Whiskey Rebellion

In what way did the XYZ Affair affect the Presidential Election of 1800?

• The public detested France's attempt to bribe the US (via the XYZ Affair) and made Adams aware of their pro-war opinion. Instead of going to war, he ignored the general public, and in turn, the Federalist Party lost popularity, and the Democratic Republicans won the Election of 1800.
• Under the XYZ Affair, John Jay accepted an unpopular peace treaty with England, which led to American Cargo ship s being seized by the British Navy.
• Spain agreed to open up the lower Mississippi River to American trade in exchange for details of the XYZ Affair...this led to Thomas Jefferson being elected in a landslide because he was from Mississippi.
• The XYZ Affair refers to the "Right of Deposit", a no tax plan that led to Anti-Federalists winning the elections of 1800.

In the 1800's (following the XYZ Affairs in France), British Generals - who felt betrayed by America's policy of neutrality during the Napoleonic Wars - began to seize US Merchant Ships and "impress" our sailors. What was meant by the term "impressment"? 

• Blocking American ships from entering British ports.
• Capturing and forcing military service of American sailors by the British.
• Prohibiting importation of American goods.
• The resale of seized American goods by Great Britain and France.

John Jay's Treaty with Britain in 1794 led to all of the following responses EXCEPT:

• Britain agreeing to pay damages for seizing American ships
• Increased interest by France and Spain to make a treaty of their own with America
• An unlikely alliance of the former Sons of Liberty & Democratic Republicans in the form of a call for war against Great Britain
• Outrage, mobs and riots by Americans, especially Democratic Republicans (Jeffeson's strongest supporters)