Question | Answer |
Judiciary Act of 1789 | Established the federal court system with 13 district courts and 3 circuit courts |
Treaty of Greenville | opened most of Ohio to white settlers |
Precendent | a tradition |
Department of Treasury | handles financial matters for the nation |
Deparmtent of War (Defense) | Handles defense with other nations |
Department of State | Handles relations with foreign nations |
Bill of Rights | First 10 amendments that were added to the Consitutition which protects individual rights |
Jay's Treaty | Great Britain and USA to settle issues still not settled from the American Revolution |
Pinckney's Treaty | Spain and USA Navigation of the Mississippi River |
Whiskey Rebellion | Pennsylvania Farmers rebelling over having to pay taxes on Whiskey |
John Jay | 1st Supreme Court Cheif Justice |
Federalist Party | Rule by the wealthy national bank strong federal government |
Democratic-Republicans Party | Rule by ordinary people state banks strong state governement |
Sedition Act | made it illegal to speak, write, or publish false scandalous and malicious criticisms of the government |
Alien Act | gave the president the power to deport aliens |
Proclamation of Neutrality | prohibited American citizens from fighting in the war and barred French and British warships from American ports |
XYZ Affair | Crisis with France secret agents tried to bribe the american delegates |
Alexander Hamilton | First secretary of treasury |
Henry Knox | First secretary of war |
Thomas Jefferson | First secretary of state |
Aaron Burr | Jefferson's running mate in 1796 |
George Washington | Elected 1st President of USA |
John Adams | Selected First Vice President
Won the Election of 1796 |
Proclamation of Neutrality | prohibited American citizens from getting involved in the war between France and Great Britain. |
Washington's Farewell | Told American's to avoid political parties and foreign alliances they would break the nation apart |
Edmund Randolph | 1st attorney general |
Washington DC | capital of the USA chosen as a result of a compromise between Northern and Southern states |
Virginia and Kentucky Resolution | States rights |