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LCCC Unit 2 Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why did republican theory mistrust professional armies? | they were used to crush free speech and descent, tyrants could use them |
| Why did John Adams nominate George Washington as commander in chief of the army? | He was a southerner |
| How did British taxation of American colonists compare to that of their own citizens? | It was less |
| What was the Proclamation of 1763? | It aimed to pacify Indians by prohibiting white settlement west of the Ridgeline of the Appalachian Mountains. Colonists who had already moved to the western side of the Proclamation Line were required "forthwith to remove themselves" back to the east. |
| Which act was the first to impose an internal tax on the colonies'? | The Stamp Act |
| What kind of government did the Constitution establish? | Representative Democracy |
| What caused the Whiskey Rebellion? | The federal tax on whiskey |
| what type of foreign policy did Washington recommend in his farewell address? | Isolationism |
| Alien Acts | 4 Acts passed by the Federalists in the summer of 1798. Confirmed the Republicans' fears. 3 aimed at immigrants especially French+Irish who voted for the Republicans. President had the power to expel alien residents he suspected of subversive activities. |
| Sedition Act | Made it a federal crime to engage in any conspiracy against the gov or to utter or print anything "false, scandalous and malicious" against the government. 25 mostly republican editors were indicated under the act, 10 convicted. |
| Washington's Domestic politics concern | the dangers of political partisanship, which he believed would divide the nation and weaken the gov., burden of public debt and taxes which he urged the gov to manage sparingly while ensuring the ability to fund necessary expenses. |
| 1st amendment | freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition |
| 2nd amendment | Right to bear arms |
| 3rd amendment | no quartering of soldiers |
| 4th amendment | Freedom from unreasonable search and seizure |
| 5th amendment | Right to due process of law, freedom from self-incrimination, double jepordy |
| 6th amendment | Right of accused persons, right to a public trial |
| 7th amendment | Right to trial by jury in civil cases |
| 8th amendment | Freedom from excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishmentss |
| 9th amendment | Other rights of the people (gov. can't just take away rights not written in the Constitution) |
| 10th amendment | Powers reserved to the States |
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