US History I (H) Name:
Chapter 6 Study Guide
USIH24.28
ungraded
Directions: This study guide contains all the possible ideas from which will be
derived the chapter quest. In order to prepare correctly for the test, completion
of the study guide is important.
Key Terms, Names and People: Number your answers as they appear here- even the
ones you might not get the answer for..
## means a class specific/non-Brinkley topic ##
1. Newburgh Conspiracy/story of Cincinnatus/Society of the Cincinnati
2. Provide and explain four arguments in support of creating a Constitution:
3. Who were the earliest advocates of overhauling the Articles of Confederation?
4. What impact did Shays’ Rebellion have on the country in 1787?
5. What are some general characteristics of the men who attended the Const.
Convention?
6. Identify the essential features of the Virginia Plan
7. What differentiated the New Jersey Plan?/William Paterson
8. What were the concerns of delegates from states with large slave populations?
9. Explain the role of Benjamin Franklin at the Const. Convention.
10. Great Compromise - def.
11. Three-Fifths Compromise - def.
12. What decision was made with regard to the slave trade?
13. Why was James Madison initially opposed to a Bill of Rights?
14. How did the Framers of the Constitution adopt a new definition of sovereignty?
15. Explain how the Const. Represented an improvement over the A. of C.
16. What viewpoints expressed by Montesquieu are represented in the U.S. gov.?
17. Provide three examples of how check and balances work:
18. How did the Framers protect against the “excesses of democracy?”
19. What was the citizenship status of Native Americans?
20. Did Jefferson and others advocate for natural rights for the slaves?
21. What did the Federalists believe (3 ideas)/who were prominent Federalists?
22. What did the Antifederalists believe (3 ideas)/who were prominent
Antifederalists?
23. Describe the ratification process.
24. Explain the purpose of the Bill of Rights/identify five rights granted American
citizens
25. How was the judiciary set up in 1789?
26. Explain why the presidential cabinet was created and what the early positions
were
27. What was the acrimony which underlie American politics in the 1790s?
28. ##Why did Jefferson revere the “yeoman farmer”?##
29. Reinforce the idea that Hamilton was the dominant figure in Washington’s Admin.
30. Report on Public Credit - def.
31. Report on a National Bank - def.
32. Report on Manufactures - def.
33. What was the deal struck to secure passage of Hamilton’s program?
34. How well did Hamilton’s program initially function?
35. Why was the Republican Party (i.e. the Democratic-Republican) formed?
36. Explain the attachment the Republican Party felt for the French Revolution
37. Causes and outcome of the Whiskey Rebellion
38. What issue with the Native Americans was the new US government not able to
settle?
39. Citizen Genet Affair - def.
40. How can Jay’s Treaty be looked upon as both a success and failure?
41. ##What was the public reaction to Jay when he returned to the US?##/effigy-
burning
42. Why can Pinckney’s Treaty be considered a success for the US?/Jay-Gardoqui
Treaty
43. Provide the two most important features of Washington’s Farewell Address
44. The election of 1796/unpopular John Adams - why?
45. XYZ Affair/Quasi War/USS Constellation##/Thomas Truxton##
46. What did the Alien Act do?/What did the Sedition Act do?/story of Luther
Baldwin
47. Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions - def.
48. How did the election of 1800 represent a flaw in the Constitution?
49. ##Burr/Hamilton squabble was due to what?##
50. Judiciary Act of 1801/how did Adams use this to the Federalists’ advantage?
51. Why did Jefferson consider the election of 1800 revolutionary?
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