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Chapter 8 History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What did the Judiciary Act of 1789 establish? | A federal court system |
| What is an example that other people follow? | a precedent |
| The amount of money the government owes is called... | national debt |
| A tax on imported goods is called a... | Tariff |
| Alexander Hamilton's taxes led to a rebellion by farmers in western... | Pennsylvania |
| In the Treaty of Greenville, the Shawnee Indians gave up their claims to land in which present day state? | Ohio |
| What is the correct order for the location of the US Capitol from 1789 to 1800? | New York, Philadelphia, Washington DC |
| What did "protective tariffs" protect? | American manufacturers |
| From which grain is whiskey distilled? | Corn |
| What is impressment? | forcing American sailors into service in the British navy |
| Who was Thomas Jefferson? | The Secretary of State |
| Who was Alexander Hamilton? | Secretary of Treasury |
| Who was Edmund Randolph? | Attorney General |
| Who was John Adams? | Vice President for George Washington and later became President |
| Who was John Jay? | Negotiated a Treaty with Britain: First Chief Justice of the Supreme Court |
| Who was Henry Knox? | Secretary of War |
| Who was Thomas Pinckney? | Negotiated a Treaty with Spain to secure rights to the Mississippi River |
| Who was George Washington? | Proclaimed Neutrality |
| The First President, George Washington, received votes from how many of the electors? | All 69. |
| Washington's inauguration took place in New York City. New York city was the first... | The first home of the new nation's government |
| Congress set up 3 executive departments. What were they? | State Departments, Treasury Departments, and War Departments |
| Who made up the First Cabinet? | Thomas Jefferson, Henry Knox, Alexander Hamilton, Edmund Randolph, and John Adams |
| Hamilton's New Plan proposed what? | that the Federal government assume and pay off all federal and state debts |
| What was the opposition to Hamilton's Plan? | Bonds and Speculators, and Southern States |
| In the Compromise, Jefferson persuaded the South to Hamilton's Plan. What did the South want? | The South wanted to move the nation's capital into the South. Congress agreed in exchange for the South's support. |
| There were 8 banks in the US at that time. What kind of banks were they? | State Banks |
| Who claimed that chartering a national bank was unconstitutional? | Jefferson and Madison. However, George Washington sided with Hamilton (creator of idea) and signed the bill |
| Hamilton said that the future of America depended on what? | Manufacturing and Trade |
| He proposed protective tariffs on what and why? | On imported goods in order to encourage people to buy American products. Also, a tax was on whiskey. |
| What was Hamilton's Plan made of? | To pay of national and state debt, issue bonds, create a national bank, protective tariffs, domestic taxes |
| What is a cabinet? | a group of advisors for the president |
| What is a bond? | notes promising to repay the money in a certain amount of time |
| What is a speculator? | people who risk money in order to make a larger profit |
| What does unconstitutional mean? | inconsistent with the Constitution |
| What is a tariff? | a tax on imports |
| What political party was John Adams? | a Federalist |
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