Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Chapter 11 KUQ #4

1) What were the real causes of the War of 1812? Was the declaration of war a “mistake,” or the result of deliberate policies by the new American political forces?

Chapte 11 KUQ #3

1) What were the political and economic consequences of the Louisiana Purchase?

Chapter 11 KUQ #2

1) How did the conflict between Federalists and Republicans over the judiciary lead to a balance of power among political interests and different branches of government?

Chapter 11 KUQ #1

1) What was the significance of the Jeffersonian “Revolution of 1800” in relation to the new republican experiment and the fierce political battles of the 1790s?

Chapter 10 KUQ #3

1) How did the following items create the poisonous political atmosphere of the early republic? XYZ Affair, Naturalization Act, Alien Act, Sedition Act, Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions.

Chapter 10 KUQ #2

1) What were the philosophical and political disagreements between Hamilton and Jefferson that led to the creation of the first American political parties?

Chapter 10 KUQ #1

1) What were the most important issues facing the new federal government, and how did the Washington administration address them?

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Unit 3 KUQ #3

3) Who were the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists, what were the issues that divided them, and why did the Federalists win?

Unit 3 KUQ #2

2) Which problems of the post-Revolutionary period and weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation led to the adoption of a new Constitution?

Unit 3 KUQ #1

1) How did the revolutionary American ideas of natural human rights, equality, and freedom from governmental tyranny affect the new state constitutions and legislatures in the post-Revolutionary period (1783-1789)?