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US Goal 1.01
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| President who retired after 2 terms & set the precedent for future presidents to do the same | George Washington |
| The first chief justice of the Supreme Court | John Jay |
| The 1st Secretary of the Treasury whose financial plan included the creation of a national bank | Alexander Hamilton |
| The name given to the group of close advisors to the President. Every president since Washington has had one. | Cabinet |
| Issues that are concerns that take place withint the borders of the country...like Hurricane Katrina, the Healthcare debate | Domestic |
| Created the federal Court System | Judiciary Act of 1789 |
| 1st 10 amendments to the Constitution - protections of individual rights | the Bill of Rights |
| A tax on imports; Southerners and all farmers usually opposed them because they caused them to lose income | Tariff |
| Event which set the precedent that the federal government would not stand for its citizens to be in open rebellion against the government. | The Whiskey Rebellion |
| Powers of Congress specifically written in the constitution - sticking to these powers means the government has limited power | enumerated powers |
| Powers allowed by the "elastic clause." Powers are not specifically listed in the Constitution. Gives the government more power. | implied powers |
| government can only do the things allowed by the constitution | Strict interpretation |
| belief that farmers who owned land were good for democracy | Agrarianism |
| the right to vote | suffrage |
| group of voters with similar ideas | political parties |
| 1st 2 political parties in US History | Federalists & Democratic republicans |
| agreement with Spain - Access to the Mississippi River and New Orleans | Pinckney's Treaty |
| Laws passed to limit voting rights of immigrants and to hurt the power of the democratic republicans | Alien & Sedition Acts |
| requires separate electoral college votes for president and vice president | 12th amendment |
| judicial review | Marbury v. Madison, 1803 |
| New England Federalists who threatened to seceede from the Union after the Louisiana purchase | Essex Junto |
| tribute | bribe |
| Chesapeake Affair | 3 Americans were killed when the British tried to impress them (kidnapped) |
| Led by Henry Clay & John C. Calhoun | War Hawks |
| arranged a US naval fleet on the Great Lakes | Oliver Perry |
| Shawnee leader involved in fighting the US in the war of 1812 | Tecumseh |
| extreme pride in one's nation | nationalism |
| Hero of the Battle of New Orleans | Andrew Jackson |
| Last battle of the war of 1812 - took place after the peace treaty was signed | Battle of New Orleans |
| Treaty that ended the War of 1812 | Treaty of Ghent |
| Agreement with England - got "most favored nation" status | Jay's Treaty |
| Corps of Discovery | The Lewis & Clark expedition |
| Doubled the size of the US | Louisiana Purchase |
| Chief justice who gave the Supreme Court power to declare laws unconstitutional (judicial review) | John Marshall |
| 3 French agents tried to bribe American diplomats | XYZ Affair |
| Country the US fought the Quasi War with | France |
| Saved the portrait of George Washington when the British burned down the White House | Dolly Madison |
| Writer of the Star Spangled Banner | Francis Scott Key |
| Ban on trade with a specific country | embargo |
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