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world history 10/13
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Judiciary Act of 1789 | The __________________ answered these critical questions, creating a _________ structure that has remained essentially intact. The law provided for a Supreme Court consisting of a Chief Justice and five associate justices. |
| Alexander Hamilton | He picked Thomas Jefferson as secretary of state, ___________________ as secretary of the treasury, and Henry Knox who had served as Washington's general of artillery during the Revolution, as secretary of war. |
| Bank of the United States | The _____________________ would issue paper money and handle tax receipts and other government funds. |
| Two-Party System | The ___________ was well established by the time Washington left office. |
| Protective Tariff | In 1789 Congress had passed a ________________, an import tax on goods produced in Europe. |
| Excise tax | So he pushed through an __________ --- a tax on a product's manufacture, sale, or distribution --- to be levied on the manufacture of whiskey. |
| Neutrality | On April 22, 1793, he issued a declaration of __________. The declaration stated that the United States would support neither side in the conflict. |
| Thomas Pickney | Suddenly, Spain agreed to meet with the U.S. minister to Great Britain, _____________. |
| John Jay | At the time of the Battle of Fallen Timbers, __________, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, was in London to negotiate a treaty with Britain. |
| Sectionalism | The election also underscored the growing danger of ___________ --- placing the interests of one region over those of the nation as a whole. |
| Little Turtle | In 1790 Harmar's troops clashed with a confederacy of Native American groups led by a chieftain of the Miami nation named ___________. |
| XYZ Affair | News of this insult, which became known as the ___________, provoked a wave of anti-French feeling at home. |
| Alien and Sedition Acts | To counter what they saw as a growing threat against the government, the Federalists pushed through Congress in 1798 four measures that became known as the _________________ |
| Nullification | The Kentucky Resolutions in particular asserted the principle of ____________ --- that states had the right to nullify, or consider void, any act of Congress that they deemed unconstitutional. |