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8th grade
Political Developments in the Early Republic
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a formal cermony to mark the beginning of something, such as a president's term of office | inauguration |
| Title of the chief executive | Mr. President |
| The heads of the executive departments are known as the president's ........ | cabinet |
| Executive department that handles relations with other countries. | State department: Thomas Jefferson |
| Executive department to oversee the nation's finances | Treasury department: Alexander Hamilton |
| Executive department established to defend the nation | Department of War (Defense): Henry Knox |
| Serves as the president's legal advisor | Attorney General (Justice Department): Edmund Randolph |
| Runs the postal system | Postmaster |
| The most critical problem facing the new government. | Money |
| Tax on the production or sale of a product | Excise tax |
| Farmers in western Pennsylvania protested the excise tax on this after product of wheat. | Whiskey |
| This rebellion was seen as a threat to the authority of the national government. | Whiskey Rebellion |
| What political party thought that the French Revolution was a great crusade for democracy | Democratic-Republicans, the party of Jefferson |
| an organized political group | Party |
| Warned against the dangers of passionate loyalty to parties and alliances with other countries | Washington's farewell address |
| Hamilton believed most people are | selfish and out for themselves. A government that gives too much power to the common people cannot be trusted. |
| Jefferson believed most people are | informed citizens can make good decisions for themselves and the country. I have faith in peoples' goodness and wisdom. |
| Hamilton believed these people should lead the country | Wealthy, educated, public-spirited men |
| Jefferson believed these people should lead the coutnry | Farmers and planters |
| Hamilton believed our national government should be | strong and should unite the states and keep order among the people |
| Jefferson believed out national government should be | small with limited power (states rights) |
| Hamilton believed the ideal economy be based on | business, manufacturing, and trade |
| Jefferson believed the ideal economy be based on | agriculture |
| Hamilton and the establishment of a national bank | Yes is constitutional. Loose construction of the Constitution. Elastic clause allows Congress to make any neccessary laws. |
| Jefferson and the establishment of a national bank | No. Constitution does not say anything about a national bank and therefore Congress cannot create one. Strict construction of the Constitution, it means what it says. |
| Hamilton and the U.S. ally itself with France or Great Britain | Great Britain. Respect Britain's ability to keep order and to defend itself. |
| Jefferson and the U.S. ally itself with France or Great Britain | France, bloodshed was necessary to pay for freedom |
| people who have come from other countries and are not yet citizens | aliens |
| the crime of encouraging rebellion against the government | sedition |
| to become a citizen will take 14 years, not 5 allowed the president to jail or deport (expel) aliens who were suspected of stirring up trouble. | Alien Act |
| Printing, writing, or speaking in a scandous or malicious way against the government, Congress or the President | Sedition Act |
| to refuse to recognize a federal law. this means by a state is called nullification | Nullify |
| All rights kept by the states under the Constitution. Supporters of this argued that states were not obliged to honor federal laws that they believed violated the Constitution | States' rights |
| The election of 1800 was victory for the new system of government establish by the Constitution. | Revolution of 1800 |
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