8.1-8.4

Question 1

year of the Judiciary Act (Federal Court System)

Answer 1

1789

Question 2

year of the Mint Act

Answer 2

1792

Question 3

year of the Judiciary Act (Midnight Appointments)

Answer 3

1801

Question 4

president from 1789-1797

Answer 4

George Washington (first president)

Question 5

president from 1797-1801

Answer 5

John Adams (second president)

Question 6

words Washington said at his inauguration

Answer 6

“so help me God”

Question 7

America’s government was in _______, the capital at the time

Answer 7

New York City

Question 8

organizations created by Congress to help the government run properly

Answer 8

Department of State, Department of the Treasury, War Department

Question 9

______ handled the legal affairs of the government

Answer 9

Attorney General

Question 10

______ oversaw post offices and post roads

Answer 10

Postmaster General

Question 11

president’s closest advisors

Answer 11

cabinet

Question 12

Secretary of State

Answer 12

Thomas Jefferson

Question 13

Secretary of the Treasury

Answer 13

Alexander Hamilton

Question 14

Secretary of War

Answer 14

Henry Knox

Question 15

Attorney General

Answer 15

Edmund Randolph

Question 16

Postmaster General

Answer 16

Samuel Osgood

Question 17

established the court system of America

Answer 17

Judiciary Act of 1789

Question 18

first chief justice of the Supreme Court

Answer 18

John Jay

Question 19

war debt was divided into:

Answer 19

1. foreign debt ($12 million)
2. domestic debt ($40 million)
3. state debt ($21 million)

Question 20

the greatest controversy of Hamilton’s financial program was ______

Answer 20

the government assume state debts

Question 21

bank given a 20 year charter and was owned/regulated by the US government

Answer 21

Bank of the United States

Question 22

paper money cashed in for gold and silver

Answer 22

bank notes

Question 23

_______ argued the Constitution should be interpreted as it was written

Answer 23

Strict Construction (Thomas Jefferson)

Question 24

______ said the Constitution contains implied powers; supported the banks

Answer 24

Loose Construction (Alexander Hamilton)

Question 25

taxes on imported goods; helped raise money and encourage businesses

Answer 25

protective tariffs

Question 26

laws that would tax items made in America

Answer 26

excise tax

Question 27

the ______ started after an excise tax was applied to whiskey

Answer 27

Whiskey Rebellion

Question 28

said that gold, silver, and copper would be bought and coined by the federal government

Answer 28

Mint Act of 1792

Question 29

political party that was a loose construction and strong federal government

Answer 29

Federalists (led by Alexander Hamilton)

Question 30

political party that was a strict Construction and stronger state governments

Answer 30

Democratic Republican (led by Thomas Jefferson)

Question 31

year of the storming of the Bastille; start of the French Revolution

Answer 31

1789

Question 32

French king during their revolution

Answer 32

Louis XVI

Question 33

Washington declared ______ during the French Revolution

Answer 33

neutrality

Question 34

in the French Revolution, _1_ was for neutrality and _2_ was against

Answer 34

1. Hamilton 2. Jefferson

Question 35

French diplomat who sought to garner support for the French Revolution

Answer 35

Citizen Genet

Question 36

term that was used to describe the British "kidnapping" and forcing Americans into the British navy

Answer 36

impress

Question 37

chief justice who travelled to Great Britain to negotiate a treaty

Answer 37

John Jay

Question 38

treaty with the British that did not meet America's standards, as it said: 1. abandon British forts on American territory 2. submit to arbitration 3. open ports to American ships

Answer 38

Jay Treaty

Question 39

_____ was sent to negotiate a treaty with Spain

Answer 39

Thomas Pinckney

Question 40

_____ formed an official border between English territory and Spanish Florida in the New World

Answer 40

Pinckney Treaty (gave the US access to the Mississippi River)

Question 41

the land opened for American colonization

Answer 41

Northwest Territory

Question 42

fight where American troops defeated the Native Americans and began to colonize the Northwest

Answer 42

Battle of Fallen Timbers

Question 43

______ led the American troops against the Native Americans in the Battle of Fallen Timbers

Answer 43

Anthony Wayne

Question 44

Washington retired after __1__ terms and gave one of the most famous __2__ in history

Answer 44

1. two 2. Farewell Addresses

Question 45

won the election of 1796

Answer 45

John Adams

Question 46

vice president for John Adams

Answer 46

Thomas Jefferson

Question 47

president and vice president were from two different political parties for the only time in US history in this election

Answer 47

1796 (John Adams and Thomas Jefferson)

Question 48

France was led by ______ after the people overthrew the king

Answer 48

the Directory

Question 49

an attempt to negotiate peace with France, where Charles Pinckney, John Marshall, and Elbridge Gerry represented the US and France tried to bribe the US for peace

Answer 49

XYZ Affair

Question 50

____ was created in 1798 in preparation for war

Answer 50

Department of the Navy

Question 51

overthrew the Directory and sought to cooperate with American needs

Answer 51

Napoleon Bonaparte

Question 52

______ increased the time of citizen eligibility based on residence from 5 years to 14 years

Answer 52

Naturalization Act