STUDY GUIDE FOR UNIT III THE FEDERALIST ERA AMERICAN GOVERNMENT 1789-1828 CHAPTERS 7-9 This unit covers the first six presidents and the years 1789-1828. Over the course of the next three weeks, you can expect to learn about the ways that our government was taken out of the Constitution and put into practice. Among the key concepts are the Bill of Rights, the start of the financial system, the early presidencies, the early Supreme Court, the War of 1812 and many changes in democracy. It is probably the most difficult unit of the first semester and arguably the most important. DAYTOPICHOMEWORK DUEMonday 10/13Finishing DBQs and making sense of the processNone Tuesday 10/14Changing the Constitution and the EconomyRead 192-201Wednesday 10/15Washingtons…
The late 1700’s were a time where politics and economics were not at ease. During these times America had a war, the separation of the colonies from England, and a constitution all in just over a decade. At this time the secretary of the treasury was established which the first person with the title of Secretary of the Treasury was Alexander Hamilton. The Secretary of the Treasury is responsible for giving domestic, international financial, economic, and tax Also, George Washington was elected as president during the same year as the Secretary of the Treasury was established. At this time America was in debt from the Revolutionary War. America had bad relations with Britain which they banned Americans from trading…
Alexander Hamilton, one of the most important people of the time, was the first Secretary of the Treasury. Utilizing federal power to modernize the nation, he convinced Congress to use an elastic interpretation of the Constitution to pass laws that Jefferson deemed unconstitutional. These laws included federal assumption of the state debts, creation of a national bank, and a system of taxes through a tariff on imports and a tax on whiskey. Hamilton was also the creator of the Federalist Party. In contrast, Thomas Jefferson was born to a wealthy family but was nonetheless an anti-federalist. He was sympathetic towards the poor people and advocated state’s rights.…
With many different views on how to run the government, it was hard to depict which parties’ group would be the strongest and the best fit to control the country: the Federalists’ or the Democratic-Republicans. The Federalists’ wanted a very strong government to bring together the bickering states. On the other hand, the Democratic-Republicans pictured more independent state governments to rule the people. Although they didn’t agree on many things they did have one idea in common, such as, both parties wanted to follow the Constitution, but in different ways.…
It made a combined republic with forces assigned between the state governments and the national government. In any case it didn't tackle the issue of individual state obligation. In 1789, the U.S. Treasury Department was shaped, with Alexander Hamilton as the first Treasury Secretary. Hamilton persuaded Congress to expect all state obligation that stayed from the Revolution. That would require the new national government to run in the red, however Hamilton was not worried. As speculation streamed to the new U.S., capital would be made. In any case Hamilton favored a constrained, controllable obligation. It ought to “be remolded into such a shape as will bring the expenditure of the nation to a level with its income,” he argued in 1790. “Till this shall be accomplished, the finances of the United States will never wear proper countenance.” Hamilton was particularly stressed over the injuring threat of interest installments. “Arrears of interest, continually accruing, will be as continual a monument, either of inability or of ill faith and will not cease to have an evil influence on public credit.” Thomas Jefferson, at that point serving as Secretary of State, overwhelmingly restricted Hamilton's…
Coming into office George Washington knew that the best results could not be achieved over night; he did not expect everything to work out in the first couple months, he knew it would take years to fix this dysfunctional country (Flexner, 548). What George Washington did in office during the time of his presidency has impacted the way America has functioned for over 200 years now. On the agenda was talk about strengthening the country and the Washington’s cabinet. The confederation government was not a well-functioning government. The powers were inadequate to maintain respect for American shippers and merchants overseas, to protect…
Examining the Federalist Party's Achievements and Shortcomings The Federalist Party, despite its many shortcomings and its callow attitude towards the people actually managed to accomplish quite a bit while in power in the early days of America. The most noteworthy accomplishment of the Federalists of the era was certainly the National Bank. This bank provided for a stable economy that could secure America's prosperity. Without the Federalist Bank, America would have floundered and quickly imploded. The Bank was the early sustenance of a debt-ridden, inflation-cursed nation. Another Federalist achievement was accomplished by one of the party's most esteemed members " Chief Justice John Marshall. His ruling in Marbury v. Madison was critical in determining judicial review and setting up the precedent of just exactly "who" got the right to examine the constitutionality of congressional laws. Adams, the sole Federalist president, achieved another great laurel for the party. While President, perhaps his greatest gift to the nation was not going to war with France. The French diplomatic and maritime agitations set all of America in a war-frenzy, hastily clamoring for war with France. Adams, realizing the fledgling US could not hope to win, kept the US out of the war and in doing so tarnished his own reputation.…
As years pass from America’s independence from Great Britain in 1783, the United States acquires a taste of freedom from its oppressors. Within building a new nation, promoting the general welfare was a necessary idea that needed to be taken in careful measures. America has successfully ensured the prosperity of the economy for the country and its people. Alexander Hamilton created a program in order to ensure economic development and to stabilize the nation financially. Within Hamilton’s program some of his most important measures to ensure economic growth was to create a new national debt and credit.…
With the U.S. Constitution being the longest written constitution throughout the whole world's history, there were many debates and arguments against it prior to its indoctrination (Wallace, 2015). Anti-Federalist mainly preferred small government tactics of the Democratic-Republic (Schultz, 2016). In contrast, the Federalist believed that its current government was too weak to enforce its laws under the Articles of Confederation (Wallace, 2015). In return, this brought about the Federalist fight for a stronger central government. Also, Federalist wanted to develop a first-class industrialist country that distributed throughout the whole world to other economies (Schultz, 2016). Federalist argued that a large, diverse, and populated country…
Antigone is a great example of a pagan hero. She is willing to lose her life by going against Creon’s proclamation and his authority in order to give her brother a proper burial. Her defense is based on obeying the Gods, whose eternal laws are of greater importance than her own life. She states: “Yes, it was not Zeus that made the proclamation; nor did justice, which lives with those below, enact such laws as that, for mankind.” Antigone does not believe that Creon’s proclamation has power to change the “God’s ordinances.” She continues: “They are not of today and yesterday; they live forever”(Antigone, line 500).…
In order to understand the concept of national debt, it is important to know exactly where the money is derived. The funds owed by the United States federal government are either private (external) or public funds. If the funds are private, they are owed to foreigners in the form of securities such as Treasury Bills, Notes, Bonds, TIPS, Savings Bonds, and the State and Local Government Series securities. If the funds are owed by the public that means that large American corporations have purchased these securities and therefore America owes these corporations that amount plus interest.…
In contrast, critics of preemption contend that congressional efforts to override state authority violate states’ rights principles, which hold that state legislators know best what policies are most appropriate for their states.…
Australia chose a federal government system because of the advantages, some of these included: economic, trade transport and communication, power checking, provides choice, a feeling of belonging (nationalism), helped with fear of other races, states were given more independence (thus allowing the states to tackle their own problems and develop strategies to overcome these) and these states that were distant from Canberra were easier to govern with a federal system. Most evidently, a federal system would tackle social, economic and cultural differences.…
* 3. Which “level” of government is best-suited to handle various issues? (That is, who should do what?)…
Federalism is a form of government that was created during the US Constitution. Federalism is essentially an agreement of powers between the national and state governments. Each of which the governments enforce their own laws, although neither of the two governments can alter their arrangement without the approving. There are specific powers that are handled directly by the national government, while others are dealt with by the state government. Now, when powers are held by both governments it is called concurrent powers. Although it is said that the national government is supreme the state government also has the same sovereignty on certain issues.…