Exam 6: The Constitution and the New Republic

Alexander Hamilton's funding plan

Virginia and New York ratified the Constitution of 1787 under the assumption that

Why did states that initially opposed the proposed Constitution of 1787 ultimately ratify it?

Alexander Hamilton's plan for the federal government to assume state debts was passed by Congress after a deal was made to

The so-called Great Compromise settled the difficult problem of ________ at the Philadelphia convention.

In the Constitutional Convention of 1787, for the purpose of political representation, slaves were classified as

The Antifederalists' biggest complaint was that the new Constitution did not have a(n) ________.

During the late 1790s, the United States fought something called a "quasi war" with ________.

Who described the election of 1800 as the "Revolution of 1800"?

The United States and England negotiated a commercial treaty in 1794 called ________.

Which group opposed Alexander Hamilton's economic program on the grounds that they would bear a disproportionate tax burden?

Jefferson referred to his election as the "________ of 1800."

During the framing of the Constitution, there was general agreement among the founders that organized political parties should be avoided in the new republic.

A number of major compromises were made at the Philadelphia convention. Discuss three of them in detail.

Pinckney's Treaty (1795) gave the United States

Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton served as secretaries of state and the treasury, respectively, under President George Washington.

In the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions, it was asserted that

Pinckney's Treaty (1795) was negotiated between the United States and

The Constitution determined that the number of justices on the Supreme Court would be nine.

Under Alexander Hamilton's plan, a new national bank would