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1. Understand the Land Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787.

2. Spain closed the________________ River to American traffic after the Revolutionary War.

3. Who was considered the most gifted political philosopher at the Constitutional Convention? James Madison

4. Be aware of the elements of the Virginia Plan, the New Jersey Plan and the Great Compromise.

5. Which branch of government has authority over naturalization?

6. Did the Federalist argue that in a large and diverse country no one faction could come to dominate the government?

7. What did most anti-Federalists want to add to the constitution?

8. Know Alexander Hamilton’s vision for America.

9. Why did Madison change his mind and decide to support assumption of state debts?

10. The purpose for establishing a National Bank was to___________________.

11. Know the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution. : said that powers not specifically given to the national government remained with the states or the people

12. Were Indians a threat to western settlement in 1790? Yes.

13. What was the Whiskey Rebellion?

14. The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions in effect said that states can __________________________.

15. Was Jefferson conciliatory in his inaugural address?

16. Understand the importance of Marbury v. Madison.

17. What made the Louisiana Purchase possible and why did Jefferson have a problem with it?

18. Know the purpose of the Twelfth Amendment.

19. Define “peaceable coercion.”

20. Name one strength the U.S. had at the outset of the War of 1812.

21. One of the major reasons Jefferson agreed to the Louisiana Purchase was to control the port at___________________.

22. How did most Americans feel after the War of 1812?

23. Be aware of the many improvements in transportation in the early 19th century.

24. What advantage did clipper ships have over traditional merchant vessels? Speed

25. A communications revolution was triggered by the development of the _____________by the 1840s. Telegraph

26. Name the consequences of the development of the cotton gin.

27. What was the Preemption Act of 1830?

28. Who made up the bulk of the employees at the Lowell factories? women

29. Why did so many Irish come to America in the 1840s and why was there so much anti-Irish prejudice?

30. Why was the Second Bank of the United States createed?

31. What was the purpose of the tariff of 1816?

32. Who was Henry Clay and what did he advocate?

33. Define the Rush-Bagot agreement.

34. What was the most important factor behind the U.S. acquisition of Florida in 1819?

35. Did John Marshall’s decisions reflect national authority or did they lean toward a states rights interpretation?

36. What was the “corrupt bargain”?

37. Name Jackson’s main vulnerability during the campaign of 1828.

38. Why did Jefferson think Jackson unfit for the presidency? His violent temperament

39. Jackson vetoed the Maysville Road bill because________________.

40. What was the key point of the South Carolina Exposition and Protest? argued that states could nullify federal legislation

41. How did Jackson deal with the Indians? removal to lands west of the Mississippi

42. Know Worcester v. Georgia.

43. Understand the Bank War and its outcome.

44. What united members of the new Whig party?