Chapter 8

Question 1

the nation’s temporary capital

Answer 1

NYC

Question 2

first secretary of state

Answer 2

Thomas Jefferson

Question 3

first secretary of the treasury

Answer 3

Alexander Hamilton

Question 4

secretary of way

Answer 4

Henry Knox

Question 5

attorney general

Answer 5

Edmund Randolph

Question 6

postmaster general

Answer 6

Samuel Osgood

Question 7

became and established tradition by the time Washington left office

Answer 7

President’s Cabinet

Question 8

set up the federal court system

Answer 8

Judiciary Act of 1789

Question 9

the first chief justice of the Supreme Court

Answer 9

John Jay

Question 10

was tasked with the rebuilding of the nation’s financial structure

Answer 10

Alexander Hamilton

Question 11

three types of debt

Answer 11

foreign
state
domestic

Question 12

the foreign debt

Answer 12

$12 million

Question 13

domestic debt

Answer 13

$40 million

Question 14

state debt

Answer 14

$21 million

Question 15

the Bank of the united States was chartered for ______ years with a capital stock of $________________

Answer 15

20 years
$10 million

Question 16

paper money that could be issued by the bank which would be payable on demand, in gold and silver coin

Answer 16

bank notes

Question 17

name for the strict interpretation of the Constitution which Jefferson argued for

Answer 17

strict construction

Question 18

name for loose interpretation of the Constitution which Hamilton argued for

Answer 18

loose construction

Question 19

the first tariff was primarily to raise

Answer 19

revenue

Question 20

tariffs high enough to discourage the importation of certain products and thereby to aid the development of AMerican manufacturing

Answer 20

protective tariffs

Question 21

a tax on a product produced, sold, and consumed within the home country

Answer 21

excise tax

Question 22

a system based on tens

Answer 22

decimal system

Question 23

established a mint and provided for the coinage of gold, silver, and copper

Answer 23

Mint Act of 1792

Question 24

stood for loose construction of the Constitution

Answer 24

Federalists

Question 25

stood for strict construction of the Constitution

Answer 25

Democratic Republicans

Question 26

won the election of 1792

Answer 26

Washington

Question 27

the absolute monarchy of who was overthrown and the upper class lost their privileged political position in france

Answer 27

Louis XVI

Question 28

an old fort in Paris which French revolutionaries stormed

Answer 28

Bastille

Question 29

where guillotine reigned supreme

Answer 29

Reign of Terror

Question 30

who believed that the violent stage of the revolution was inevitable but that it would pass and that respect human dignity would triumph in France

Answer 30

Jefferson

Question 31

Washngton was in favor of the revolution

Answer 31

FALSE

Question 32

French diplomat sent to America to enlist aid

Answer 32

Citizen Edmond Genet

Question 33

what in Britian did the most damage

Answer 33

British fleet

Question 34

American sailors were _____________ into the British navy on the charge that they were really English

Answer 34

impressed

Question 35

Washington was convinced that war with England could be prevented and sent ________________________ to negotiate a treaty with the British

Answer 35

John Jay

Question 36

terms of the Jay Treaty

Answer 36

England would... 1. abandon her fort in American territory by June 1, 1796 2. submit to arbitration disputed boundaries and liability for damages done to AMerican ships 3. open certain ports in the British EMpire to AMerican ships

Question 37

Washington sent ______________ to negotiate a treaty with Spain

Answer 37

Thomas Pinckney

Question 38

settled the disputed boundary between Spanish West Florida and the United States

Answer 38

Pinckney Treaty

Question 39

commanded the army that defeated the Indians at the Battle of the Fallen TImbers

Answer 39

General Anthony Wayne

Question 40

fifteenth state

Answer 40

Kentucky

Question 41

16th state

Answer 41

Tennessee

Question 42

14th state

Answer 42

Vermont

Question 43

Washington announced his retirement in the

Answer 43

Farewell Address

Question 44

where Washington retired

Answer 44

Mount Vernon

Question 45

where Washington retired

Answer 45

Mount Vernon