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chapter 8 s.s.
chapter 8 them 8-1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| april 6, 1789 | george w. is elected president |
| april 30, 1789 | washington takes the oath of office |
| sept. 1789 judiciary acts set up federal court system | dec. 1791 |
| bill of rights added ot the constituion | perhaps no office in the new government created meore suspicion among the people than the office of |
| president | give 3 reason why george washington would be good "first" president of the u.s. |
| 1- he knew the difficulties he faced 2-he knew the traditoins he established would shape the futer of the u.s. | 1-he knew the difficulties he faced. 2- he knew the traditions he established would shape the future of the u.s. 3- he thought the people should call him mor. president instead of thinking of him as a king. |
| what were the duties of the following ddeepartments in the 1st executive branch? | -state department- relations w/ other nations -tresury department- financial matters war deparment- provide ofr nations defense. |
| what two offices wre creatred by congress to handle government affairs and to direct postal service? | attorney general and office of post master general |
| who filled the following postions? | -secretary of state- thomas jefferson -secretarty of treasury- alexander hamilton secretary of war- henry knox |
| according to the senate, should the POTUS be able to replace an official that he had appointed and the senate had confirmed? | eys |
| descibe the ourt system established by ethe judiciary act of 1789. | the court system was a system w/ 13district courts and 3 circuit couts to serve the nation. |
| who was the 1st supreme court justice of the us? | john jay |
| some states had supportred the constitution on the conditoin that a ? be added | bill of rights |
| what is the purpose of the first 10 amendments to the constituiton? | to protect the rights of individual liberty. |
| who handeled most of the governments economic policies? | alexander hamilton |
| national debt- | the amount of money a nations govermnet owes |
| bonds- | paper notes promising to repay the money in a certain length of time |
| speculators- | people who risk money in order to make a larger profit. |
| madison and jefferson opposed to idean of a ? | national bank. |
| tariff- | a tax on imports |
| a draw back of hamilton's financial plan is ? | it split congress and the nation |
| two founding fathers who became hamiltons opponents | jefferson and madison |
| 1796 | federalits nomiate adams for president, democratic republicans nominate jefferson |
| 1797 | john adams becomes presidnet |
| 1798 | congress passes alien and seditoin acts |
| 1800 | convention of 1800 |
| the nation's founders did not even mention ? in the constitiution | political parties |
| who had denounced political parties and warned that they would devide the nation? | washington |
| a benefit of hamiltons financila plan is? | Both private investors and the national governmebt would own in bank stocks |
| federalits admired ? because of its stability and distrusted ? becuase of the violent changes following the french revolution | britain, france |
| who was a stronger supporter of implied powers, hamilton or jefferson? | hamilton |
| who wwas a stronger supporter of enumerated powers, federalists or democratic repulicans | federalists |
| what two founding fathers resigned their cabinet positions to become more involved with their political parties? | jefferson and hamilton |
| who followed wasington as POTUS? | john adams |
| what aparty did he belong to? | federalits |
| who was his VP?d | jefferson |
| what party did the VP belong to? | democratic |
| the XYZ affair involved an attempted bribe by ? agents | french |
| the threat of war with france made americans more suspicious of? | aliens |
| alien and sedition acts | a group the federalists in congress formed in 1798 |
| two ideas/principles laid out by the VA and KY resolutions | 1- the alien and sedition acts coudn't be put into action because it violated the constitution. 2- thee states might nullify federal laws |
| states rights- | limiting the government to tthose powers clearly alssigned to it b the constitution and reserving to the states all other powers |
| what country agreed to stop attcking ameican ships in 1800? | french |
| what country was still attacking american sipos and impressing american soldiers into service? | britain |
| how did the whiskey rebellion affect the way government handeled protesters? | it changed because they now had ot protest by constituitonal means and the government ahd to force them to. |
| what did native american groups do to fight more effectively in the northwest? | the british and spanish heled them |
| when and where was st. clair defeated? | nov. 17691, northest territory |
| on what lake was fort miami located? | lake erie |
| why did many americans protest jay's treaty? | they thought it didn't deal w/ the issue of empresssment and didn't mention british interference with american trade |
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