Mrs. Jordan
U.S. History
Chapter 6:Launching the New Nation
Chapter 6 Section 1 Washington Heads the New Government: Use pages328-336of your textbook, or online sources to define/explain the significance or importance of the terms (within the context of the chapter), and answer the questions below.
1. Where and when did Washington take the oath of office?
2. Judiciary Act of 1789
3. What do the following Departments deal with? Who was the head of each?
a. State
b. Treasury
c. War
4. What were these departments referred to as collectively?
5. How did Jefferson and Hamilton’s views of government differ?
6. In his Report on Public Credit, how did Hamilton propose to pay the nation’s debt?
7. Use the SKILLBUILDER chart on page 333 to answer the two questions below.
a. Whose view of the federal government was a wealthy person more likely to favor?
1. Why?
b. What seems to have been each man’s view of human nature?
1. Hamilton
2. Jefferson
8. The Bank of the United States
9. “strict interpretation”
10. “loose interpretation”
11. “elastic clause”
12. How was the location for the District of Columbia chosen?
13. How did the Federalists and Democratic-Republicans differ from one another?
14. protective tariff
15. excise tax
16. How did the Washington administration respond to the Whiskey Rebellion?
Review 6.1: On page 337 of your book you will find the Section Assessment. Complete each of the five questions:
- Tap the circle next to the letter of the answer you think is correct.
- The circle next to the answer and the “check answer” box will turn blue.
- Tap on the “check answer” box
- the circle will turn green if you answer the question correctly and you can hit the “clear answer” box at the bottom and hit the arrow key at the bottom of the box to proceed to the next question.
- the circle will turn red if you answer the question incorrectly and you can hit the “try again” box at the bottom to answer the question again until you get the correct answer. Then hit the arrow key at the bottom of the box to proceed to the next question
- Record the correct answers to the review questions in the space providedhere.
6.1 Review Question answers:
- 2.3.4.5.
Chapter 6 Section 2 Foreign Affairs Trouble the Nation: Use pages347-357of your textbook, or online sources to define/explain the significance or importance of the terms (within the context of the chapter), and answer the questions below.
1. Why did the United States want to maintain its neutrality with regard to the French
Revolution?
2. Edmond Genet
3. Summarize the terms of Pickney’s Treaty of 1795.
4. Why did Native Americans demand negotiations with the United States over the Northwest
Territory?
5. Little Turtle
6. Battle of Fallen Timbers
7. John Jay
8. Why were so many Americans dissatisfied with the terms of Jay’s treaty?
9. What advice did Washington leave the nation with in his “Farewell Address”?
10. How did political parties affect the outcome of the election of 1796?
11. XYZ Affair
12. alien
13. sedition
13. Why did the Federalists push the Alien and Sedition Acts through Congress?
14. nullification
6.2 Review Question answers:
1. 2.3.4.5.
Chapter 6 Section 3 Jefferson Alters the Nation’s Course: Use pages360-366of your textbook, or online sources to define/explain the significance or importance of the terms (within the context of the chapter), and answer the questions below.
1. Election of 1800
2. 12th Amendment
3. What was Jefferson’s philosophy of government?
4. Why did the Federalist party begin to experience a decline in influence beginning with
Jefferson’s presidency?
5. John Marshall
6. Judiciary Act of 1801
7. midnight judges
8. Explain the significance of Chief Justice John Marshall’s ruling inMarbury v. Madison.
9. Why was the United States concerned about the LouisianaTerritory?
10. Louisiana Purchase
11. Sacajawea
6.3 Review Question answers:
1. 2.3.4.5.
Chapter 6 Section 4 The War of 1812: Use pages370-376of your textbook, or online sources to define/explain the significance or importance of the terms (within the context of the chapter), and answer the questions below.
1. Why were American ships targeted by the British beginning in 1807?
2. embargo
3. Why was the embargo lifted in 1809?
4. William Henry Harrison
5. Tecumseh
6. Why did Tecumseh want to form an Indian confederacy?
7. Battle of Tippecanoe
8. Why did the war hawks call for war with Britain?
9. Oliver Hazard Perry
10. Battle of the Thames
11. Battle of Horseshoe Bend
12. Andrew Jackson
13. Battle of New Orleans
14. Treaty of Ghent
6.4 Review Question answers:
1. 2.3.4.5.