1. HIST 151 Essay 5: “Religion and Morality Are Indispensable Supports”

2. “Religion and Morality Are Indispensable Supports”
Washington’s Administrations
Setting Precedents
Executive Title
Removal Power
Treaty-making
Executive Privilege

3. “Religion and Morality Are Indispensable Supports”
Washington’s Administrations
2. The ____________
Department of State
Department of Treasury
Department of War
Department of Justice

4. “Religion and Morality Are Indispensable Supports”
Washington’s Administrations
3. Bill of Rights
Congressman James Madison
Protection of the individual from the abuse of power by the _____________
First 10 Amendments to the US Constitution

5. “Religion and Morality Are Indispensable Supports”
5th Amendment – _____ ___________ of Law
“no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law”
Law must follow established “formal procedures”
Law must have “generality, regularity, fairness
Law must conform to political principles and philosophy as stated in the Declaration
Due Process of Law ensures that laws are just and that those implementing and enforcing them do not violate fundamental rights and liberties of all people

6. “Religion and Morality Are Indispensable Supports”
4. Judiciary Act
Established the first federal court system
District courts
____________ (Appeals) Courts

7. “Religion and Morality Are Indispensable Supports”
5. _______________ – Loose Construction
The National Bank
Protective Tariff
Federal Taxation
Strong ________government
Favored the business/commerce class as the best way to make America a great nation
“Implied Powers” in the Constitution
← Alexander Hamilton

8. “Religion and Morality Are Indispensable Supports”
6. _______________ – Strict Construction
Yeoman Farmer
Suspicious of big business, big government, banks
Weak central government
Power should reside with the people at the ___________ level
“That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.”

9. “Religion and Morality Are Indispensable Supports”
First American Party System
1. _____________-_____________
Jeffersonians
Weak federal government
2. ______________
Hamiltonians
Strong federal government

10. “Religion and Morality Are Indispensable Supports”
Indian Problems
← General “Mad” Anthony __________
Battle of Fallen Timbers
___________ Rebellion
Test of Federal Power

11. “Religion and Morality Are Indispensable Supports”
The French Revolution
1. European War
2. Washington: avoid __________entanglements
____’sTreaty (Great Britain)
1. Required British to evacuate the Northwest territory
2. Americans obliged to pay their pre-revolutionary debt
Pinckney's Treaty (Spain)
1. Claims to ___________
2. Free navigation of the Mississippi River

12. “Religion and Morality Are Indispensable Supports”
Election of 1796 and the ___________’s Administration
1. First competitive presidential election under the Constitution
2. ← John Adams (Federalist) v. Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republicans)
___, ___, ___ Affair
1. French refusal to meet with American representatives unless a bribe was paid
2. Quasi-war with France?

13. “Religion and Morality Are Indispensable Supports”
Break with Hamilton
1. Hamilton sympathetic to the British; hated the _______________
2. Sought war with France as a way to improve relations with Britain
← John Adams, Robert Morris, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson

14. “Religion and Morality Are Indispensable Supports”
________ and ___________ Acts
1. Prohibited criticism of the government or its officials
2. Tightened controls on immigration and the process of becoming a US citizen

15. “Religion and Morality Are Indispensable Supports”
Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
1. Written secretly by _____________ ↑ (vice president) and ___________ ↓
2. Established the philosophical framework for nullification of federal laws and ultimately state secession