Politics of the United States

Chapter 7 Launching the New Republic 1788-1800 Introduction 1.) Which points in Hamilton?s economic program were the most controversial and why? 2.) What was the impact of the French Revolution on American politics? 3.) What principal issues divided Federalists in the election of 1800? 4.) On what basis were some Americans denied full equality by 1800? Constitutional Government Takes Shape, 1788-1796 Introduction Although the Constitution had replaced the Articles of Confederation as the law of the land, the first test of its effectiveness was yet to come. It passed that test following the holding of the 1st national elections; the beginnings of legislative, executive, and judicial activity at the federal level; and the passage of a bill of rights Implementing Government

The Declaration of Independence contains all of the following phrases except "monarchy and hereditary succession have laid the world in blood and ashes." From the rationalist philosophies of the Enlightenment, Americans of the 1760s and early 1770s derived the idea that individuals have certain "natural rights." By 1770, after five years of debate over American sovereignty, outspoken colonial leaders had repudiated Parliament and claimed equality for their own assemblies under the king. The author of the radical pamphlet Common Sense called for independence and republicanism. Which of the following statements most accurately characterizes the Boston Massacre of March 1770 or its aftermath? Radical Whigs accused the British of deliberately planning the killings.

Chapter 10 Democratic Politics, Religious Revival, and Reform 1824-1840 Introduction 1.) How was American politics democratized between 1800 and 1840? 2.) Why was Andrew Jackson so popular with voters? 3.) How and why did the Democratic and Whig parties emerge? 4.) What new assumptions about human nature did religious reform leaders of the 1830?s make? The Rise of Democratic Politics, 1824-1832 Introduction In 1824, only one political party existed Republican It was fragmenting Pressures produced by the industrialization of the Northeast The spread of cotton growing in the South Westward expansion 2 new political parties developed Democrats Whigs Introduction (cont.) Democrats Retained Jefferson?s distrust of strong federal government Preferred states? rights Whigs