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American Journey 8
Review for ch 8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| First 10 amendments to the Constitution guaranteeing personal liberties | Bill of Rights |
| People who risk money to make a larger profit | Speculators |
| Taxes on imports | tariffs |
| Established federal court system | Judiciary Act of 1789 |
| Paper motes promising to repay money in a certain length of time. | Bonds |
| traditions | Precedents |
| First attorney General of the U.S. | Edmund Randolph |
| Amount the government owes | national debt |
| First secretary of war for the U.S. | Henry Knox |
| First vice president of the U.S. | John Adams |
| Tax protest | the Whiskey Rebellion |
| Barred French and British warships from American ports | Proclamation of Neutrality |
| to not take sides | neutrality |
| forced into British navy | impressment |
| agreement with Spain | Pinckney’s Treaty |
| political parties | factions |
| favoring one side of an issue | partisan |
| Thomas Jefferson did not believe this was a power of the government | National bank |
| Federalist | Alexander Hamilton |
| Democratic-Republican | Thomas Jefferson |
| This law was aimed at preventing foreigners from becoming citizens | Naturalization Act |
| Led to undeclared war with France | XYZ affair |
| Activities aimed at weakening government | sedition |
| Gave president power to deport | Alien Act |
| Legally overturn | nullify |
| This divided the Federalists and hurt John Adam’s chances for reelection | treaty with France |