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APUSH UNIT 4 2026 100% PASS ASSURED
EXAMINATION SOLUTIONS
Federalists - correct answer- Alexander
Hamilton. Pro-British. Strong federal
government. Loose interpretation of the
constitution. Upperclass, merchants, bankers.
Industrialists
Democratic-Republicans - correct answer-
Jeffersonians. Thomas Jefferson. Pro-French.
State Rights. Strict interpretation of the
constitution. Lower/middle classes, farmers.
Agrarian/farmers.
Election of 1800 (revolution of 1800) -
correct answer- John Adams vs. Thomas
Jefferson. Federalists feared Jefferson would
give power back to the states, dismantle the
army, overturn Hamilton's financial plans.
Republicans thought that the federalists would
create a large standing army, impose heavy
taxes, use federal troops/courts to suppress
dissent, centralize power in the federal
government and involve the US in the European
war on the side of Britain.
Thomas Jefferson--> change from federalists to
democratic-republicans. Elites--> commoners.
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Era of Good Feeling - correct answer- 1817-
1823. Disappearance of federalists which
allowed Democratic-Republicans to govern in a
spirit of seemingly nonpartisan harmony.
Democrats - correct answer- Andrew Jackson.
The "common man." Against the BUS (bank of the
united states) and "elite" organizations
Whig Party - correct answer- Henry Clay. Anti-
Jackson. Strong federal government. For
internal improvements and BUS.
Midnight Judges - correct answer- 16 judges
that were added by the Judiciary Act of 1801
under John Adams (2nd President). It would
allow Federalists to maintain power in the
nation after they were a minority in congress.
John Marshall - correct answer- Appointed by
John Adams as Chief Justice in the Supreme
Court. Federalist. Although he dismissed the
Marbury suit to avoid direct political
showdown, he said that part of the Judiciary
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Act of 1789, on which Marbury tried to base
his appeal, was unconstitutional--judicial
review.
-McCulloch v. Maryland, Cohens v. Virginia,
Gibbons v. Ogden, Fletcher v. Peck, Dartmouth
College v. Woodward, Barron v. Baltimore
Marbury vs. Madison (1803) - correct answer-
William Marbury sued for his commission as a
judge because he had been promised a job by
Adams, but refused by Jefferson. Marshall
claimed that the Supreme OCurt cannot rule on
the case and ruled earlier Judiciary Act of
1789 unconstitutional.
Established judicial review.
Judicial Review - correct answer- Court has
the power to determine the constitutionality.
Strengthens the judiciary branch.
McCulloch vs. Maryland (1819) - correct
answer- The courts ruled that the states
cannot tax the federal government (Bank of the
United States). The federal government is
supreme to the states (supremacy clause).
Confirmed the constitutionality of the Bank of
the United States (elastic clause).
APUSH UNIT 4 2026 100% PASS ASSURED
EXAMINATION SOLUTIONS
Federalists - correct answer- Alexander
Hamilton. Pro-British. Strong federal
government. Loose interpretation of the
constitution. Upperclass, merchants, bankers.
Industrialists
Democratic-Republicans - correct answer-
Jeffersonians. Thomas Jefferson. Pro-French.
State Rights. Strict interpretation of the
constitution. Lower/middle classes, farmers.
Agrarian/farmers.
Election of 1800 (revolution of 1800) -
correct answer- John Adams vs. Thomas
Jefferson. Federalists feared Jefferson would
give power back to the states, dismantle the
army, overturn Hamilton's financial plans.
Republicans thought that the federalists would
create a large standing army, impose heavy
taxes, use federal troops/courts to suppress
dissent, centralize power in the federal
government and involve the US in the European
war on the side of Britain.
Thomas Jefferson--> change from federalists to
democratic-republicans. Elites--> commoners.
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Era of Good Feeling - correct answer- 1817-
1823. Disappearance of federalists which
allowed Democratic-Republicans to govern in a
spirit of seemingly nonpartisan harmony.
Democrats - correct answer- Andrew Jackson.
The "common man." Against the BUS (bank of the
united states) and "elite" organizations
Whig Party - correct answer- Henry Clay. Anti-
Jackson. Strong federal government. For
internal improvements and BUS.
Midnight Judges - correct answer- 16 judges
that were added by the Judiciary Act of 1801
under John Adams (2nd President). It would
allow Federalists to maintain power in the
nation after they were a minority in congress.
John Marshall - correct answer- Appointed by
John Adams as Chief Justice in the Supreme
Court. Federalist. Although he dismissed the
Marbury suit to avoid direct political
showdown, he said that part of the Judiciary
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Act of 1789, on which Marbury tried to base
his appeal, was unconstitutional--judicial
review.
-McCulloch v. Maryland, Cohens v. Virginia,
Gibbons v. Ogden, Fletcher v. Peck, Dartmouth
College v. Woodward, Barron v. Baltimore
Marbury vs. Madison (1803) - correct answer-
William Marbury sued for his commission as a
judge because he had been promised a job by
Adams, but refused by Jefferson. Marshall
claimed that the Supreme OCurt cannot rule on
the case and ruled earlier Judiciary Act of
1789 unconstitutional.
Established judicial review.
Judicial Review - correct answer- Court has
the power to determine the constitutionality.
Strengthens the judiciary branch.
McCulloch vs. Maryland (1819) - correct
answer- The courts ruled that the states
cannot tax the federal government (Bank of the
United States). The federal government is
supreme to the states (supremacy clause).
Confirmed the constitutionality of the Bank of
the United States (elastic clause).
