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U.S. History
# 1-33
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| First President of the United States | Gearoge Washington |
| First Vice President of the United States | John Adams |
| First Secretary of State | Thomas Jefferson |
| First Secretary of War | Henry Knox |
| First Secretary of Treasury | Alexander Hamilton |
| First Attorney General | Edmund Randolph |
| First Postmaster General | Samuel Osgood |
| Federal Law which said that the Supreme Court should have a Cheif Justice and 5 Accociate Justices | Judiciary Act of 1789 |
| How many justices sit on the Supreme Court today? | 9 ( 1 Cheif and 8 Associates) |
| First Cheif Justice of Supreme Court | John Jay |
| The money that a government owes is called: | National Debt |
| A certificate that promises to pay the holder a certain sum of money plus interest on a certain date | Bond |
| Someone who is willing to invest in a risky venture on the chance of making a large profit | Speculator |
| What is a tax on imported goods? | Tariff |
| What is a tax placed on goods manufactured within a country? | Excise tax |
| Name given to the refusal of Western Pennsylvania farmers to pay an excise tax on Whiskey | Whiskey Rebellion |
| Year of Whiskey Rebellion | 1794 |
| Who was the only sitting president to lead the army in active combat? | Gearge Washington ( Whiskey Rebellion) |
| Hamilton's promgram to strengthen the nations economy included the creation of a _______. | National Bank |
| The federal government deposied the taxes it collected into: | The Bank of the United States |
| In order to get southern Legislators to support Hamilton's plan for repaying state debts that Federalists agreed to do what? | Move the new capitol to the south ( Washinton , D.C.) |
| On July 14, 1789, a mob in aris stormen the Bastille and began what? | French Revolution |
| Because of the violence of the French Revolution, it has been called the | Reign of Terror |
| To keep America from being dragged into a European War, Washington issued the _________________ in April 1793 | Neutrality Proclamation |
| 1794 agreement between U.S and Britain in which American avoided war with Britain | Jay's Treaty |
| Site of General Anthony Wayne's defeat of the 12 Indian Nations in 1794 | Battyle of Fallen Timbers |
| 1795 Treaty in which the 12 Indian Natons gave up 25,000 square miles of lan in the Ohio Valley inreturn for $20,000 | Treaty of Greenville |
| Printed goodbye of George Washington | Farewell Addredd |
| In his Farewell Address , Washinton warned the Country against becoming involved in | "Permentant Alliances with and portion of the foreign world." |
| Party of Hamilton | Federalists |
| Party of Jefferson | Democraric Republicans |
| Federalists were pro | British |
| DR were pro | French |
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