Unit 4 - Review

1
Unit 4 - Review

• Jefferson and the Era of Good Feelings

2
Categories

• Decisions, decisions
• What the heck is an overture?
• Dead political parties
• Jefferson Commander Chief

3
Decisions, decisions
Marshalls rulings upheld a defense of property
rights against public pressure in what case?
Fletcher v. Peck
4
Decisions, decisions
Marshall uttered his famous dictum that the
power to tax involves the power to destroy in
McCullough v. Maryland
5
Decisions, decisions
In Marbury v. Madison, Marshall successfully
argued that the Supreme Court could
declare federal laws unconstitutional.
6
Decisions, decisions
In which case did Marshall assert that Congress,
not the states , possessed the power to control
interstate commerce?
Gibbons v. Ogden
7
Decisions, decisions
In writing his decisions, John Marshall .

1. Maintained strict impartiality
2. Was not a judicial statesmen
3. Applied his Hamiltonian political ideas
4. Strengthened the cause of states rights

C
8
Overture?
The War of 1812 initially was strongly supported
by these TWO geographic areas of the country
The West and Southwest
9
Overture?
The key battle which protected the U.S. from a
full-scale invasion was the
Battle of Plattsburgh
10
Overture?
Probably Americas most effective fighting force
during the war was its.

1. Navy
2. Militias
3. privateers
4. regular army

C
11
Overture?
Probably the most significant outcome of the war
from a United States perspective
was a stimulus toward patriotic nationalism.
12
Overture?
As a result of the Treaty of Ghent, the US
received
nothing beyond restoration of the status quo.
13
Federalists
Why did many Federalists oppose the acquisition
of Canada?
It would likely be agrarian and lead to future
states which would put New England in a greater
minority.
14
Federalists
Perhaps predictably, after Jefferson began to
implement Federalist ideas, the Federalists
sounded more like Democratic-Reps.
15
Federalists
The Federalist party died out due in part to its
.

1. inability to appeal to commoners
2. attempt to change too quickly
3. lack of past achievements
4. lack of political talent

A
16
Federalists
The resolutions from the Hartford Convention
helped to cause the death of the party.
17
Jefferson
When the United States entered the War of 1812,
its military was
unprepared due largely to Jeffersons pacifism.
18
Jefferson
The highlight of Jeffersons presidency was
undoubtedly
The Louisiana Purchase of 1803
19
Jefferson
Jeffersons failed attempt to impeach SC Justice
Samuel Chase meant that
judicial independence and the separation of
powers had been preserved.
20
Jefferson
To guard American shores, Jefferson the
construction of
200 tiny gunboats.
21
Jefferson
The Embargo Act of 1807 hurt which of the
following the MOST?

1. England
2. France
3. New England
4. the South
5. Spain

C
22
Jefferson
Jeffersons election caused the Demo-Rep party to
grow less unified as he got away from party
policies.
23
War of 1812

• After the War of 1812, Europe

(A) became more democratic and liberal. (B)
developed very close ties to the United
States. (C) continued to have an important impact
on American shipping. returned to conservatism,
illiberalism, and reaction.