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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why was Washington the first president | He proved that he was a natural leader during the revolution |
| Did Washington want to be president? | No, but he took the position anyways |
| who determined the presidency? | The electoral college |
| Who was vice during Washington's presidency? | John Addams |
| who painted Washington | Gilbert Stuart |
| Who Introduced Gibert Stuart to Washington | John Jay |
| what doe precedent mean? | Established example |
| why did Washington dress plainly for his inauguration? | he wanted to make clear that he is not a king |
| what problems did early America have to deal with | The new goverment had to deal with problems within the country as well as conflicts in the northwest territory and wars across the Atlantic. |
| What are some presidents did Washington set? | Presidential duties include control treaty negotiations, bypassing congress, establishing neutrality with foreign conflicts. |
| What are Cabinets? | The Cabinet is the head of departments Congress makes, and Washington chooses. They work to assist the president. |
| Where was the department of treasury in the early years. | Philadelphia. |
| Why did they make the final structure of the department of treasury fireproof. | Two Treasury buildings were burnt down. |
| Whose statue is in front of the department of treasury? | Alexander Hamilton |
| What are the three departments for the executive branch did congress form? | Department of State, department of treasury, and department of war |
| What does the secretary of state do? (and who are they_ | They oversee forgein relations; Thomas Jefferson |
| What does secretary of war do? (and who are they) | they see to the country's defense (henry Knox) |
| What was the secretary of Treasury? | They manage the governments money, alexander Hamilton |
| what is an attorney General? | They're primary rule was to represent the US before the supreme court (they did not get a department) |
| Who was not invited to the meetings Washington hosted with his cabinet? | John Addams |
| What was the most insignificant position in the government according to john Addams? | Vice-president. |
| Why was the Federal judiciary act passed? | The constitution did not specify how many justices would sit on the court and what powers would it be. |
| What did the Federal Judiciary act do? | It called the supreme court to have six justices and ( chief justice, and 5 associate justice) It also made state courts and federal courts |
| how many justices sit in the court today | 8 |
| What does the chief justice do/ | they preside over the judicial branch as well as the supreme court. |
| Who was the first chief justice | John Jay |
| What did federal courts | handled interstate and international cases, disputes regarding the U.S constitution and civil and criminal cases relating federal law. |
| What did state courts do? | they dealt with cases involving laws and civil disputes within state. |
| How much debts do individual states collectively owe | 25 million |
| What did Hamilton suggest to deal with our debt? | He wanted to assume/ take over the war debts of each state. |
| What are the benefits of tariffs | it would encourage Americans to buy American goods which would help protect industries from foreign competition |
| How else did the U.S make money? | They would sell federal lands in the west |
| what are bonds? | Investments with interest to the government. |
| What did Hamilton envision the United States to be? | He thought of a strong industrial nation. |
| What did Hamilton prepose after the nation's finances stabilized? | He wanted a common currency and a national bank |
| What type of nation did Thomas Jefferson envision? | An agricultural nation |
| What did Jefferson and other anti-federalist oppose in Hamilton's plan? | A strong central government and a national bank because they feared it would favor business over agriculture and north instead of South, plus their debts were almost already paid, so they have little gain from it. |
| What did Jefferson have against Hamilton's national bank? | he believed that it would give the government unlimited power and go against the constitution. |
| who had a public feud? | Jefferson and Hamilton |
| What type of money did Hamilton recommend as the common currency? | He recommended the silver dollar |
| Why did Hamilton think it was important to repay debts | To demonstrating America's responsibility and prove that it could be trusted. |
| What were the two main political parties? | Federalists and Democratic Republicans. |
| Definition for Powerbase | area of biggest influence |
| Why did the vice president join the federalists? | He favored commercial development, a national bank, the development of infrastructure to build canals, roads, and schools through land grants, and high tariffs to spur manufacturing |
| Where was the federalists power base? | New England and the mi8ddle Atlantic Seas |
| What type of interpretation of the constitution did the federalist believe in? | They believed in a loose interpretation |
| Where was The democratic republican's powerbase at? | south and West |
| What type of people is in the democratic republicans? | Anti federalists |
| What type of interpretation did Dmorep have for the constitution | a strict one |
| What did the democratic republicans stand for? | States right overt federal power, opposed manufacturing and commence, and abolished efforts to destroy slavery. |
| Loose interpretation | One that gave broad powers to congress and the president |
| Strict Interpretation | one that strictly followed the document and honored the rights of states over federal power. |
| where was conflicts in the west? | north of the Ohio river between the western boundary of Pennsylvania and the Mississippi river |
| what did the treaty of Paris do? | establish new boundaries for the United States and tried to settle claims on its land |
| Who were trying to take the Northwest territory? | The United States, native American Groups, Spain and Britan |
| Who did the US fight mostly over land? | Native Americans |
| Why did the US want the northwest Land? | Not only to settle the land but for it's minerals such as copper iron and silver |
| Who defeated Washingtons two military expeditions | The Miami of Ohio, led by Chief little turtle |
| Why did tribes sign the Treaty of Greenville? | Brittin, who usually helped them, stopped because they were tired of the war |
| What does Ceded mean? | It means Give up |
| How did they protest against the Whiskey tax in the whiskey rebellion | farmers tarred and feathered tax collectors and threatened armed attacks |
| What caused the rebels in the Whiskey rebellion to stand down? | Washington sent 13,000 solider into the region to demostright the powers of the federal government |
| What dd the french rebellion demand? | Equality for the lower class |
| who supported the French rebellion? | Many from the United States, specifically democratic republicans |
| What are radicals? | People who support complete social or political changes |
| What did radicals do? | They cut off king Louis's head |
| Who did France declare war to | Spain, Britain, and other neighboring nations |
| Who did the federalists support after France declared war on Britain | Britian |
| During the French rebellion, what did Washington decide to do | to remain neutral |
| Why did Washington send John Jay to England? | England was making neutrality difficult by capturing American citizens and force them to work on British ships and they closed off in the British indies, however, they were not able to re-open trades |
| Who is Thomas Pinckney? | He was an American statesman that traveled to Spain to negotiate. |
| What was the Pinckney's treaty? | it maintains friendly relations with span and opened Mississippi River to free navigation, allowed Americans to use the Spanish port of New Orleans, and settled a conflict regarding the Spanish colony |
| What beheaded King Louis | Guillotine |
| What was the name of Washington's goodbye letter? | "Friends & fellow citizens" |
| Who wrote Washington's goodbye letter | Washington, john Jay. and alexander Hamilton |
| after Washington left, who became president? | John Addams |
| How many votes did Adams have and how many votes did Jefferson have? | 71 to 68 |
| envoys? | Ambassadors |
| What did France do to provoke envoys being sent? | They took ships from US to prevent trade between them and Britian |
| What happened in the XYZ affair? | The French had unreasonable demands to stop stealing their ships, and the envoys from the US came back without a deal |
| What was the Alien and Sedition Acts? | it gave the ability to the president to expel any new immigrant. The sedition acts jailed journalists who bad mouthed the government. |
| How did Adam's opponents, democratic republicans respond to the new acts he made | They said it violated freedom of speech and press as well has putting federal rights over states. |
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