1. Worksheet 6.2

2. 1. Explain why the Battle of Fallen Timbers was significant for the United States? (pages ) – Focus on what the Treaty of Greenville did (page 199)
Answer: The Battle of Fallen Timbers was a victory for the United States which forced Native Americans to accept the United States peace terms. The Treaty of Greenville, Native American leaders ceded, gave, most of the present state of Ohio to the US government; they also opened the Northwest Territory to settlement.

3. 2. Who won the presidential election of 1796? Who became Vice-President? (page 202)
Answer: President – Thomas Jefferson; Vice President John Adams

4. 3. Alien and Sedition Acts (page 202)
Alien Act: (202)
Authorized the President to arrest and deport immigrants who criticized the federal government.
Sedition Act: (202)
Crime for citizens to publicly discredit the federal government

5. 4. What did the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions do? (pages 202-203)
Written by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, these acts declared the Sedition Act as unconstitutional – it also indicated that states had the power to nullify federal laws that were unconstitutional.
DOCTRINE OF NULLIFICATION

6. 5. Who won the presidential election of 1800? Who became Vice President? (page 203)
Thomas Jefferson (President)
Aaron Burr (Vice President)

7. 6. What was the electoral crisis in 1800? (page 203)
The electoral crisis in 1800 was if there was a tie in the electoral votes, the Constitution said nothing; so, the House of Representatives chose the president in 1800

8. A. How did our government avoid another electoral crisis? (page 203)
To avoid another crisis, in 1804 the Constitution was amended, changed, to require electors to vote separately for President and Vice President