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9.1 history
Question | Answer |
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National Debt | the total amount of money that the goverment owes to others |
bond | a certificate that promises to repay the money loaned, plus interest on a certain date |
John Jay | 1st chief justice |
Judiciary Act | called for a Supreme Court to consist of one Chief Justice and five associate justices |
Departments in the Cabinets | treasury, state, war, attorney general, post master |
Influencial People in The President's Cabinet | Secretary of State: Thomas Jefferson Secretary of Treasury: Alexander Hamilton |
Washiington's 1st Precedent | the first cabinet |
Washington's 2nd Precedent | Only can run for 2 terms in office |
Tariff | tax on foreign goods brouoght into the country |
Bank of the United States | set up in 1791, to hold gov deposits to issue money, to make loans to farmers and bankers etc. |
the whiskey rebellion | farmers rebelled because of taxes on liquor |
Washington's response to The Whiskey Rebellion | the country was one and united so they did not rebell against eachother |
Hamiltons Plan | wanted the gov to pay back the federal and state bank's debt by buying up bonds and issuing both national and state debt |
spectaculars | someone who invests in a risky venture in hope of making a large profit |
Madison's Objections to Hamilton's PLan | lead opposition and he argued that his plan would reward the spectaculars |
Hamilton's and Madison's Compromise | Hamilton agreed to having the nation's capitol in the south and he would repay state's debt |