Identify the major domestic issues and conflicts experienced by the

nation during the Federalist Period

Week 1

Days 1 and 2

Macro Concepts Micro Concepts

• Revolution-complete change and alteration in the way something is done.

• Conflict-problem or issue that is controversial and can cause problems without compromise.

• Power-authority of a government to carry out the law.

• Change-transformation of a person, place or thing.

• Leadership-act of leading others in order to accomplish something positive.

• States’ rights-belief that individual states have authority to control their own affairs by passing laws.

• Nationalism-extreme pride and patriotism in one’s country.

• Nullification-act of cancelling out a rule, regulation or law because it’s considered wrong, immoral or oppressive.

Strict & Loose Interpretation of the U.S. Constitution

Different opinions or points of view about what portions of the Constitution really mean [ex. Right to bear arms is absolute or limited].

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Judiciary Act of 1789

• Law passed by Congress that created a federal court system including U.S. District Courts, Appeals Courts and Supreme Court.

• Judges are appointed by the president and approved by the U.S. Senate.

Hamilton’s Economic Plan

• Alexander Hamilton was the Secretary of the Treasury [person in charge of America’s money].

• His plan wanted to start a national bank to: [a] borrow money from foreign countries [b] collect taxes placed on whiskey and imports [c] pay off debts from the Revolution

Laissez faire

• The French term for Let it be or Leave alone.

• Describes the idea that governments should leave businesses and citizens alone. Not pass too many laws interfering in peoples’ lives.

Bill of Rights

• First 10 Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

• Including the rights and freedoms of all U.S. citizens. Such as freedom of speech, religion and the right to bear arms.

Whiskey Rebellion

• Makers of whiskey in the U.S. refused to pay a tax placed on the manufacture of Whiskey in 1791.

• Makers of whiskey terrorized tax collectors, stop court proceedings and robbed U.S. Mail as a way to protest the tax.

Democratic-Republican Party

• Political party created by Thomas Jefferson in order to speak out against the Federalists. The Democratic-Republicans wanted to keep strong state governments.

Federalist Party

• Group of people led by Alexander Hamilton who wanted to create a strong central government that united all 13 original states under one set of laws.

Alien & Sedition Acts

• Alien-person who is not a citizen of a country.

• Sedition-the act of betraying your country

• Two laws passed by Congress to make it harder for aliens to become citizens or criticize the U.S. government.

Virginia & Kentucky Resolutions

• Laws passed by the lawmakers of Virginia and Kentucky giving them power to ignore or reverse laws passed by the federal government.

• These were passed to try to get around the Alien and Sedition Acts.

• Neither of these laws were successful.

Midnight Judges

• Judges selected by outgoing president John Adams the midnight before he left his job as U.S. President.

• Many of these judges did not receive their jobs because the new president did not want them.

Election of 1800

• Presidential election between 3 candidates: Jefferson, Burr and John Adams.

• None of the candidates received 51% of the citizens’ votes so the House of Representatives selected the president.

• Thomas Jefferson was chosen as president

Marbury vs.Madison [1803]

• Landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that gave the Court the power to reverse lower court decisions or declare laws unconstitutional

John Marshall

• First Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court who wrote many important decisions that influenced American laws.

Louisiana Purchase

• Land deal completed by president Jefferson that more than doubled the size of the United States.

• The Louisiana territory was bought from France.

Hartford Convention

• Meeting held in Connecticut to create amendments to the U.S. Constitution to increase the power of New England states because they were not in favor of the War of 1812