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launchig the republic Flashcards

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traditions, or the beginning of an established way of doing things

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precedent

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a ceremony in which a newly elected president is sworn into office

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presidential inauguration

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who was the leader of the state department

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Thomas Jefferson

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who was the leader of the department of treasury

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Alexander Hamilton

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who was the leader of the department of war

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Henry Knox

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who was the attorney general

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Edmund Randolph

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handled relations with other nations

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state department

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handled financial matters

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department of treasury

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provides for nations defense

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department of war

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handled governments legal affairs

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attorney general

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who was George Washington’s Vice President

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John Adams

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who was the first Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court and how did he get his job (serves for life)

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John jay

George Washington elected him

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the judiciary act of 1789 established a federal court system with how many district courts to serve the nation?

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how did James Madison hope the tenth amendment would protect the rights of the people and the states

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he hoped to use states as an important defense against a too-powerful national government

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the southern states ________ or collected much less debt than the northern states

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accumulated

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how did Hamilton convince the southerners to accept his plan to pay off the debts

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if they voted for his plan he would support the new nations capital

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who were the two people in favor of the national bank

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Hamilton

Washington

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who were the two people who opposed the national bank

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Madison

Jefferson

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what is a tariff

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a tax on imports

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why did Hamilton want tariffs

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to protect American industries

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who opposed the tariffs that Hamilton wanted

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southerners because they had very little industry in the south

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why did farmers in western Pennsylvania opposed a tax on whiskey

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because they bought a lot of it

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what land did the U.S. acquire from Native American Indians as a result of the treaty of Greenville

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most of the land that is now Ohio

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Washington declared that we remain what in the war between Britain and France

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neutral

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what was the dispute between the U.S. and Britain

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the British had been capturing American ships

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free navigation of the Mississippi River and the right to trade at New Orleans were from what treaty

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Pinckneys treaty

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define political party

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an organization (of people) that tries to influence government policy by promoting its ideas and backing candidates for office

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why did president Washington warn the nation to avoid political parties

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they would divide the nations

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which two people in washingtons cabinet often took opposing sides on issues

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Alexander Hamilton

Thomas Jefferson

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name the first two political parties created in the us

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democratic republican

federalist

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name the leader of the democratic republicans

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Thomas Jefferson

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name the leader of the federalists

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Alexander Hamilton

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who wanted a strong federal government the democratic republicans or the federalists

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federalists

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who won the presidential election of 1796 and who did he defeat

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John Adams, he defeated Thomas Jefferson

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who became Vice President and why

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Thomas Jefferson because he had the second highest number of votes

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what was strange about the results of the election

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there was a federalist president and a democratic Vice President

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allowed the president to imprison aliens and to send those he considered dangerous out of the country

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alien act

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made it a crime to speak, write, or publish “false, scandalous, and malicious” criticisms of the government

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sedition act

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why did the federalists want to pass the sedition and alien acts

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to strengthen the federal government, the federalists wanted to keep power

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who wrote the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions of 1798 and 1799

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Madison and Jefferson

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what claims were made in the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions

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that the alien and sedition acts violated the constitution, therefore they couldn’t be put into action

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what did the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions suggest states could nullify (legally overturn)

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federal laws considered unconstitutional

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preferred rule by all to protect liberties

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democratic-republican party

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supported friendship and trade with France

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Democratic Party

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supported friendship and trade with Britain

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Federalist Party

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in favor of tariffs

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Federalist Party

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prefer and America of business

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Federalist Party

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prefer and America of independent farmers

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Democratic Party

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small farmers and urban workers especially in the middle Atlantic states and the south

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Democratic Party

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bankers and merchants in the northeast (especially New England) and very wealthy

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Federalist Party

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favored loose construction of the constitution. the federal government has the power to do anything the constitution say it cannot do

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Federalist Party

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they favored strict construction of the constitution- the federal government has only the powers the co statutory clearly says it has

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Democratic Party

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who were the federalist leaders

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Alexander Hamilton and John Adams

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who were the democratic-republican leaders

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James Madison and Thomas Jefferson

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were the federalists conservative or liberal

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conservative

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were the democrats conservative or liberal

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liberal

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who were the candidates in the election of 1800

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Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Aaron burr
Charles Pinckney

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what political party were Jefferson and burr in

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democratic

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what political party were Adams and Pinckney in

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federalists

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What two people tied in the election of 1800

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Jefferson and burr

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why was the tie of Jefferson and burr strange

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the republicans intended for Jefferson to become president and burr to become Vice President

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who decided who won the tie

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the House of Representatives

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who finally broke the tie after 35 tries

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Alexander Hamilton

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which amendment to the constitution changed the way ballots are cast for a president and Vice President

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the 12th amendment

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what does laissez-faire mean

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to let people do as they say

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who was Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court

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John Marshall

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what was the first principle of the judicial review

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the constitution if the most powerful law of the land

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what is the second principle of the judicial review

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even in disagreement one must listen to the constitution and follow laws

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what is the last principle of the judicial review

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any laws made that are unconstitutional can and will be declined

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