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Unit 1 - 7th(Chemin)
Governing The New Nation
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a group of representatives who elect the president and vice president based on the popular vote in each state | Electoral College |
| 1st president | George Washington |
| George Washington - ___ elected by the Electoral College | unanimously |
| the series of official evens in which a newly elected candidate is installed in or takes office | inaugural ceremony |
| a promise made by a government official to obey the law and fulfill the responsibilities of their job | oath of office |
| Washington wanted to be called ___ and not anything that resembled a king. | Mr. President |
| an example for future actions or decisions | precedent |
| means that something has not been walked on | untrodden |
| 3 Executive Offices | Department of State, Department of War, Department of Treasury |
| Foreign Affairs | Department of State |
| 1st Secretary of State | Thomas Jefferson |
| Defend country | Department of War |
| 1st Secretary of War | Henry Knox |
| Taxes, payments, government money | Department of Treasury |
| 1st Secretary of Treasury | Alexander Hamilton |
| group of advisors to the President | Presidential Cabinet |
| having many different types or parts | diverse |
| relating to or originating with a country; nationally | domestically |
| money owed after borrowing it | debt |
| a system of money | currency |
| Washington's Precedent | The two political parties |
| lower courts that are organized according to region | judicial circuit |
| The Supreme Court originally had ___ judges, now we have ___ judges. | 6 9 |
| All other courts are subject to the Supreme Court and organized into ___ circuits | judicial |
| Judges are nominated by the ___ and confirmed and approved by the ___. This is called ___ and ___. | president Senate advice and consent |
| where newly settled areas meet unsettled but not necessarily uninhabited areas | frontier |
| free African American who assisted Andrew Elliot in developing Washington D.C. | Benjamin Banneker |
| George Washington chose not to serve beyond ___ years, even though there was no term limit set yet. | 8 |
| Washington's farewell address is another ___ that he set for our country. | precedent |
| Federal candidate in the Election of 1796 | John Adams |
| Democrat Republican candidate in the Election of 1796 | Thomas Jefferson |
| 2nd President | John Adams |
| 2nd Vice President | Thomas Jefferson |
| the act of seizing people and forcing them to serve against their will; such as in the military | impressment |
| In the France & Britain War, France wanted U.S. help because___. | they helped us in the American Revolution |
| Who supported the U.S. helping France? | Thomas Jefferson and the Democratic Republicans |
| The Federalist and Alexander Hamilton wanted to help Britain int he war because of ___. | trade |
| Britain and France were practicing impressment of U.S. ___. | merchant ships |
| In the X, Y, Z Affair, France was ___ the U.S. | threatening |
| John Adams sent representatives to France to negotiate ___. | peace |
| What were they representatives John Adams sent called? | X, Y, and Z |
| Adams sent more representatives that were able to negotiate peace and ___. | keep the U.S. out of the war |
| Adams sending more representatives caused ___ to go against him. | Federalists |
| The Alien Act restricted freedom of ___. | immigrants |
| The President was allowed to ___ any immigrant who was considered dangerous, in the Alien Act | export/deport |
| Federalists supported the Alien Act because it protected ___ security and suppressed political ___. | national dissent |
| Acts were ___ among the Democratic Republicans. | unpopular |
| ___ and ___ protested against the Alien and Sedition Acts. | Madison and Jefferson |
| ___ Act made it a crime to speak out against the government. | Sedition |
| The Alien and Sedition Acts raised a question of violation of Freedom of ___ and ___ | free speech and free press |
| The Federalist candidate in the Election of 1800 was ___. | John Adams |
| The Democrat-Republic candidates in the election of 1800 were ___ and ___. | Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr |
| The election of 1800 ended in a ___ between ___ and ___. | tie Jefferson and Burr |
| In a tie the vote goes to the ___. | House of Representatives |
| How many votes did it take in the House of Representatives to determine the winner of the election of 1800? | 30 |
| Who was the 3rd president? | Thomas Jefferson |
| Who was the 3rd Vice President? | Aaron Burr |
| What was the significance of the Election of 1800? | first time power was transferred to another political party and changed the electoral process |
| What is the 12 amendment? | separate votes for President and Vice-President |
| Thomas Jefferson believed the __ and ___ of the people need to be protected. | rights and freedoms |
| Jefferson believed the best way to protect the rights and freedoms of the people was through ___. | self-governance |
| Jefferson signed a bill in 1807 that prohibited international ___ in U.S. | slave trade |
| Who helped develop the capital and called out Jefferson on his slavery contradiction? | Benjamin Banneker |
| Benjamin Banneker challenged how slavery could exist when the principles of equal creation and unalienable rights were highlighted in the ______. | Declaration of Independence |
| President Jefferson sent two representatives with instructions to purchase New Orleans. Who were they? | Robert Livingston and James Monroe |
| How much were Livingston and Monroe instructed to purchase New Orleans for? | $10 million |
| Napoleon offered the entire Louisiana Purchase for $___ million. | 15 |
| The Louisiana Purchase was ___ the size of the U.S. | double |
| Did the Constitution give the President the power to purchase land? | No |
| How did Jefferson prefer to interpret the Constitution? | strict |
| The purchase Louisiana, Thomas Jefferson had to go ___ his belief of a strict interpretation of the Constitution. | against |
| the authority of the Supreme Court to decide whether laws or actions by the government are constitutional | judicial review |
| Thomas Jefferson became President and ordered the Secretary of State, ___ to withhold the commission. | James Madison |
| Supreme Court Justice ___ ruled that the court did not have the authority to make the executive branch give William Marybury the job. | John Marshall |
| The Judicary Act of 1789 was ruled ___. | unconstitutional |
| What was the significance odf the Judicary Act of 1789? | established judicial review so the Supreme court could now check the action of the two branches against the constitution, balance of powers, and limited the authority of the executive branch including the President and Congress |
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