Question 1

Discuss the basic beliefs and characteristics of the Republican faction, and explain how the actions and decisions of the Republicans demonstrated those beliefs.

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Question 2

Map Exercise 7-1
You will need four pens of different colors for this exercise. On the outline map that follows:
 
-Refer to Map Exercise 7-1. Label each of the following rivers and bodies of water: Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of Mexico Mississippi River St. Lawrence River

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Question 3

Discuss the similarities and differences between the social, economic, and political philosophies of Alexander Hamilton and the Federalists on the one hand and Thomas Jefferson and the Republicans on the other. Why did these political factions emerge? How did each view the other? From what segments of society did each faction draw its support?

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Question 4

Alexander Hamilton advocated assumption of state debts, creation of the Bank of the United States, enactment of protective tariffs, and enactment of an excise tax on whiskey. Discuss the political, social, and economic concepts on which Hamilton's proposals were based, and explain what each proposal was designed to achieve. Were the proposals enacted into law? Why?

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Question 5

Compare and contrast the impact of the Revolution on the position of women and on the position of African Americans in American society. How, in the years following the Revolution, was the revolutionary commitment to equality denied to women and African Americans? How was this denial justified?

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Question 6

Defend or refute the following statement: "In retrospect, Washington's and Hamilton's reaction to the Democratic societies seems hysterical, overwrought, and entirely out of proportion to whatever challenge they may have posed to the administration."

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Question 7

Discuss the impact of revolutionary ideology on concepts pertaining to education in the new American republic. How did the educational reform movement of the 1780s and 1790s affect women? What was the particular contribution of Judith Sargent Murray?

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Question 8

Discuss the basic beliefs and characteristics of the Federalist faction, and explain how the actions and decisions of the Federalists demonstrated those beliefs.

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Question 9

Discuss the decisions made by the First Congress in response to three major problems:
a. the addition of a bill of rights to the Constitution
b. setting up and organizing the executive departments
c. organizing the federal judiciary

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Question 10

Examine the Alien and Sedition Acts, the reasons for their passage, and the reaction of Jefferson and Madison to these acts. Were the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions a proper response to the Alien and Sedition Acts, or were they an overreaction?

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Question 11

Map Exercise 7-1
You will need four pens of different colors for this exercise. On the outline map that follows:
 
-Refer to Map Exercise 7-1.
Part 1
Use a different color pen for each of the four nations holding territory in North America in 1783. Indicate your color choice by coloring the labeled boxes in the map legend.
Part 2
Color the area corresponding to the territory held by each of the following with the color chosen to represent each, and label each area on the map:
United States Spain
Great Britain France

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Question 12

Indicate the provisions of the Jay Treaty, and examine the debate and final vote in the House of Representatives over appropriation of funds to carry out the treaty's provisions.

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Question 13

Discuss the conflict between the Indian tribes of the Northwest Territory and the new American republic, and explain how the conflict was settled.

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Question 14

After listing some sixteen areas over which Congress has power, Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution stipulates that the Congress shall have the power "To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution of the Government of the United States." In light of Article I, Section 8, discuss the dispute over whether Congress had the authority to establish the Bank of the United States.

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Question 15

Map Exercise 7-2
You will need three pens of different colors for this exercise. On the map that follows:
 
-Refer to Map Exercise 7-2. Label the following bodies of water: Green Bay
Lake Erie Lake Huron Lake Michigan Lake Ontario
Mississippi River Ohio River
St. Lawrence River

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Question 16

Discuss the domestic political ramifications of the XYZ Affair. Concentrate on the extent to which the reactions of the two political factions to this affair confirmed in the minds of opposition leaders that the other party intended to subvert the republic's ideology.

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Question 17

Compare and contrast the reactions of the Federalists and the Republicans to foreign policy problems and decisions between 1789 and 1800. What impact did the debate over foreign policy issues have on domestic affairs?

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Question 18

Examine Alexander Hamilton's proposal concerning assumption of state debts, and discuss the social, economic, and political concepts on which the proposal was based. Why did the proposal arouse opposition in Congress? How was the issue resolved?

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Question 19

Examine and evaluate President John Adams's leadership in the area of foreign policy.

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Question 20

Discuss the forces between the 1780s and the 1800 that challenged the system of race relations that had evolved in the American colonies and the new American republic. In what way was Gabriel's Rebellion a manifestation of these forces?

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Quiz 7: Forging a Nation