This individual became president and considered himself representative of the "common man" and revolutionized the presidency by using executive powers like no president had before him.
Andrew Jackson
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This law made it illegal to criticize a national government official and it was passed as a means of crushing any dissent to Federalist politicians. Jeffersonians argued that it violated the 1st Amendment.
Sedition Act
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What was the name of the document of the FIRST national government of the United States?
The Articles of Confederation
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This law passed during President Jefferson's administration was an attempt to stop France and Great Britain from seizing American merchant ships and their cargo while both countries were at war. It instead hurt the American economy.
The Embargo Act
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This is one of the Jacksonian Era reforms and is the reason for the existence of Westside High School.
public education
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What did the Anti-Federalists demand (and the Federalists promised to do) in order for the Constitution to be ratified by enough states to become the "supreme law of the land?"
Add a Bill of Rights to the Constitution
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This political party, formed in the early years of the nation, and led by Alexander Hamilton, sought to create a stronger national government and believed that the future of the American economy was going to be based on manufacturing.
Federalist Party
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This Native American tribe was famously targeted for removal from their lands in Georgia and were forced to move west to what is now the state of Oklahoma.
Cherokee tribe
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During the Constitutional Convention what was the 3/5 Compromise?
Only 60% of a state's slave population would count towards determining the number of representatives in the House of Representatives
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This famous event is pictured here.
Trail of Tears
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Identify ONE weakness of the national government under the Articles of Confederation.
no power to tax, no power to regulate trade (commerce), no national court system, no executive, required unanimous vote to amend the Articles
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THIS individual is known as the author of the Constitution.
James Madison
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Individual who promoted no longer imprisoning the insane with other criminals but rather creating separate asylums for them.