Question | Answer |
First President of the United States | George Washington |
Body of electors who represent the people’s vote in choosing the President | Electoral College |
An action or decision that later serves as an example for the future | Precedent |
Group of advisers to the President | Cabinet |
First Secretary of War | Henry Knox |
First Secretary of State | Thomas Jefferson |
First Attorney General | Edmund Randolph |
First Secretary of Treasury | Alexander Hamilton |
Served as both a Senator and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for NC | Nathaniel Macon |
Created the judicial branch of the United States | Judiciary Act of 1789 |
3 prongs of Hamilton's plan to deal with the national debt | Deal with the debt
Gain Revenue
Stabilize the Banking System |
Suggestions to deal with the debt under Hamilton's plan | Replace old, low value bonds with interest bearing bonds of higher value
Take over most of the state’s war debts |
Suggestions to gain revenue under Hamilton's plan | Pass a tariff to bring in money and help American manufacturers |
Suggestions to stabilize the banking system under Hamilton's plan | Create a national bank
Create a national mint |
Certificates of debt that can be sold back to the government for a higher price later | Bonds |
Original location of the capital of the United States | New York City |
2 original Cabinet members that disagreed over many government issues | Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton |
Who wanted this?
*A government ruled primarily by the wealthy
*To promote economic growth through manufacturing and business
*A national bank and mint where the government could deposit and issue its own money
*Loose construction of the Constitution | Alexander Hamilton |
Who wanted this?
*A government ruled by all people equally
*To promote economic growth through independent farmers
*To stop the national bank since he felt it gave the government too much power
*Strict construction of the Constitution | Thomas Jefferson |
First national bank | Bank of the United States |
Interpretation of the Constitution that states the federal government can take reasonable actions that the Constitution does not specifically forbid | Loose Construction |
People who buy items at a low price in hopes that the item can be sold for a profit later | Speculator |
Interpretation of the Constitution that states the federal government should only do what the Constitution says it may do | Strict Construction |
Stated that the United States would not take sides in any European countries that were at war | Neutrality Proclamation |
Private ships hired by a country to attack its enemies | Privateers |
Settled disputes between Great Britain and the USA in the early 1790’s; British paid damages for seized American ships and abandoned forts in the Northwest; America agreed to pay debt is owed to the British | Jay's Treaty |
Settled border and trade disputes between Spain and the United States | Pinckney’s Treaty |
Led the Native Americans in the Native American Alliance against settlers in the Northwest territory | Chief Little Turtle |
Appointed by Washington to lead Americans against Chief Little Turtle | General Anthony Wayne |
Battle where Native Americans were defeated by Wayne's forces and Native American power was lost in the N.W. Territroty | Battle of Fallen Timbers |
Gave the USA claims to most of the Indian lands in the Northwest Territory and guaranteed the safety of settlers there | Treaty of Greenville |
Fighting broke out in Western Pennsylvania to protest the whiskey tax; Washington personally led forces to stop fighting | Whiskey Rebellion |
Washington's warnings for America in Farewell Address | Warned against forming permanent ties with other countries as it could draw the US into a war
Warned against forming political parties as political conflict weakened the government
Warned against too much public and government debt |
Groups organize to elect government officials and influence government policies | Political parties |
Political party favored by businessmen that wanted strong government and supported industry and trade; members included John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay | Federalists |
Political Party supported by farmers that favored limiting the power of the federal government; members included Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and Aaron Burr | Democratic-Republicans |
Winners of the 1796 election | President: John Adams
Vice President: Thomas Jefferson |
An incident where French agents demanded a bribe and loans from U.S. diplomats before they would be seen by the French Foreign Minister Talleyrand; almost started a war between France and the U.S.A. | XYZ Affair |
Acts passed by Congress that made it illegal to criticize the government in order to protect the United States from criticism; violated Amendment 1 of the Constitution | Alien and Sedition Acts |
Stated that the Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional | Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions |