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History Chapter 8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| When was Washington sworn in as president | April 30, 1789 |
| What was the judiciary acts | Made a federal court |
| Who was the Chief Justice | John Jay |
| Who was the secretary of war | Henry knox |
| Who was the Secretary of State | Thomas Jefferson |
| Who was the secretary of treasury | Alexander Hamilton |
| Who was the attorney general | Edmund randolf |
| What was Hamilton's financial plan | To pay of war debt-establish credibility |
| Raise federal gov. Revenue | Create a national bank-safe, loans, currency |
| What were tariffs | A tax on imported goods |
| Who and what was a strict viewing | Only could do what it clearly states-Jefferson Madison |
| Who and what was loose construction | Should be flexible-Hamilton, Adams |
| What did the Bill of rights do | Protect people's rights |
| Who's plans caused the people to divide | Hamiltons |
| Whiskey rebellion importance | Rebelled bc of whiskey tax |
| Farmers | Shows constitution was strong, no bloodshed |
| What was the problem with the french | They were tied to them by treaty, but there was loopholes and they were fighting for freedom, were not as good trade partners |
| Who was Citizen Genet | A Frenchman who cause problems with people bc of what he was preaching |
| What was Jay's treaty | John Jay was sent to negotiate with British. Everything they agreed to they were already supposed to do, nothing about trade and stealing ships |
| Who was the main two people in the election of 1796 | Adams and Jefferson |
| What were the alien acts | caused the citizen requirement from 5 to 14 could expel any "dangerous" aliens could expel any aliens in war time |
| what was the sedition act | did not let people speak out against the government. could be given a fine or imprisonment |
| what were the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions | they said that the acts were no longer legal in their states |
| what is nullification | declaring law unfit within state borders |
| what were the xyz affairs | Adams sent representatives to France to negotiate them not taking ships, but the french demanded a bribe. Eventually the French listened after the Americans wanted to go to war |
| Who was tied during the election of 1800 | Aaron Burr and Thomas Jefferson |
| who convinced the house that Jefferson was the lesser of two evils | Alexander Hamilton |
| what was Jefferson's main points in his inauguration | Wanted a more democratic society and went directly against the federalists in many ways |
| when, how and how much was the Louisiana purchase | 1803, $15 million, 830,000 square miles |
| who did Jefferson send on a military conquest to the new lands | Merriweather Lewis, and William Clark |
| what were the non-importation acts and were they successful | They were a ban on exported goods and they were not successful, it was violated everywhere |
| what was pinckney's treaty | Showed friendship between the US and Spain, were given trade rights and land by the spanish |
| A name that had something to do with Napoleon | Charles Talleyrand |
| what precedent did Washington leave and who broke it | That presidents served two years and FDR |
| what was the battle of Fallen Turtles and who led it | It was a battle between natives and the |
| what was the treaty of Greenville | 12 tribes gave Americans the land of what is now Indiana and Ohio |
| What were Washington's main points in his farewell speech | Avoids political parties, Avoid foriegn entanglements, do not get envolved in other people's business |
| Who wrote the Bill of Rights | James Madison |
| what was the elastic clause | allowed the government to pass laws that they deemed necessary and proper |
| what was the quasi war and how was it fought | It was an undeclared war on France and it was fought with the navy |
| What did Adams do as he was a lame duck | He stacked the court with federalists judges, but they were all taken away just like the rest of the federalists |
| Who were the pirates that Jefferson had to send the navy to fight | The Barbary/Tripoli Pirates |
| What was the band on exports also called | The embargo acts |
| What did Washington do with foreign affairs | He declared neutrality |
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