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1
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What was the government of the US from 1775 to 1781, and the constitution it adopted was called the articles of confederation?

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The second Continental Congress

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Under the articles of confederation which citizens did the central government have no direct authority over

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The citizens of the STATES

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What was the chief agency of government under the articles?

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The CONGRESS

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What was the most serious defect of the articles?

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The AMENDMENT required unanimous concurrence of the states.

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What did the land ordinance of 1785 written by Thomas Jefferson state?

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The land in the NORTHWEST be sold for revenue to pay off the national debt.

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What form the basis of America’s colonial policy?

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The Northwest ordinance.

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7
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What kind of government did Alexander Hamilton advocate?

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Aristocratic

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What is James Madison known as?

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The father of the CONSTITUTION

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What are the three branches of the new government?

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Judicial

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What did the large state support as a basis for national government?

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The Virginia resolutions

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What is another name for the Connecticut compromise and was the foundation for forming a bicameral legislature consisting of the house of representatives and the Senate?

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The great compromise

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What is a government in which the citizens elect representatives who are charged with responsibility of administration in accordance with the requirement of the law rather than of men?

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A republic

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What is the supreme law of the land?

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The Constitution

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14
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What does the federal union provide between national and state government’s?

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A division

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What are the powers listed in article 1 section 8 of the Constitution?

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The delegated

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What are the powers necessary and proper for Congress to carry out its delegated powers represent a broad area of authority known as?

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Implied

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What are the powers not delegated to converse and or denied to the states called?

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The reserved

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What powers are powers exercise by both the national and state government

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The concurrent

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19
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What did Hamilton Madison and Jay author?

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The Federalist papers

20
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What was George Washington unanimously elected to in 1789?

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The president

21
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Who oppose the formation of political parties in the United States?

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George Washington

22
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The American two party system was a result of between what two men?

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Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson

23
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Who was elected the first vice president of the United States?

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John Adams

24
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Secretary of State

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Thomas Jefferson

25
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Secretary of treasury

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Alexander Hamilton

26
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Secretary of war

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Henry Knox

27
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Attorney General

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Edmund Randolph

28
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Who made the proposals for solving the problem of the public credit defunding national debt at par and assumption of all stay war debts?

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Alexander Hamilton

29
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What party was basically pro-French

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The Federalist party

30
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What potty represented the commercial and professional class?

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The Federalist party

31
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What party wanted a strong national government?

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The Federalist party

32
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What federalist was elected president of the United States in 1996?

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John Adams

33
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What river did Westerners want free navigation?

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The Mississippi River

34
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The blank of thousands and France was called the reign of terror

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The execution

35
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In 1994 who was sent to England to negotiate a settlement of disputes?

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John jay

36
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Between 1797 and 1800 the United States bought an undeclared war with who

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France

37
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What act allowed the president during the peacetime to in prison or the port dangerous aliens?

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The ALIENS act

38
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What actor loud the president during wartime to in prison for deport aliens considered a threat?

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The aliens enemies act

39
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What act made criticism of the government and president a crime?

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Sedition

40
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In response to the alien and sedition act what two people secretly drafted the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions?

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Thomas Jefferson and James Madison

41
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What writings and friends Thomas Jefferson’s political thinking?

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John Locke

42
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Who was a dictator France one Jefferson became president?

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Napoleon Bonaparte

43
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Thomas Jefferson never really believed that the purchase of the Louisiana was?

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Constitutional

44
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Who did Aaron Burr killed in a duel?

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Alexander Hamilton

45
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What was the single most important religious event in American history?

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The Great awakening

46
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What did the naturalization act due to the residence requirement for citizenship?

A

It extended it

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