Chapter 8

Question 1

Speculator

Answer 1

People who invest in risky venture in the hope to make a large gain.

Question 2

Anthony Wayne.

Answer 2

A general who defeated the native Americans tribes in the battle of fallen timber

Question 3

XYZ Affair

Answer 3

Attempt by the French to bribe Americans seeking to stop French attack on American merchant ships.

Question 4

John Jay

Answer 4

The first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

Question 5

Alien.

Answer 5

An outsider or someone from another country

Question 6

Nullify

Answer 6

Deprive of legal force

Question 7

Impressment

Answer 7

Seizing sailors and forcing them to serve in the British navy.

Question 8

Precedent

Answer 8

An example to be followed by others in the future.

Question 9

Bond

Answer 9

A certificate issued by a government for an amount of money that the government promised to pay back with interest.

Question 10

Tariff

Answer 10

A tax on imported goods.

Question 11

Sedition

Answer 11

Activity designed to over throw the government.

Question 12

In his farewell address, George Washington advised against becoming involved in European affairs because of what reason?

Answer 12

He did. It want the United States to be dragged into war.

Question 13

Who supported the federalist?

Answer 13

Merchants, other property owners and ordinary workers whose jobs depend on manufacturing and trade.

Question 14

What was the function of the national bank?

Answer 14

To keep government documents safe.

Question 15

What 2 resolutions are related to state rights?

Answer 15

The Kentucky and Virginia

Question 16

What was Washington’s response to the whiskey rebellion?

Answer 16

Proved the strength of the national government.

Question 17

How was the French Revolution like the American revolution?

Answer 17

Both began as a fight against monarchy and inequality.

Question 18

Who had the greatest impact on the economic policy of the Washington administration?

Answer 18

Alexander Hamilton

Question 19

“strict” and “loose” construction refers to differing interpretations of what?

Answer 19

The constitution

Question 20

Why did the French Revolution lose support in the United States?

Answer 20

Radicals in France executed thousands of people in the name of reform.

Question 21

Why did Alexander Hamilton propose a tariff?

Answer 21

Raise money for the federal government.

Question 22

A cabinet is a group of people who do what?

Answer 22

Advise the president

Question 23

In 1789, the Northwest Territories was located where?

Answer 23

West of the Appalachian and south of the Great Lakes.

Question 24

What was the Jays treaty and what were its parts?

Answer 24

It refused to recognize a U. S. Right to tease with France

Question 25

The slogan, “millions for defense, but not one sixpence for tribute,” refers to what?

Answer 25

XYZ Affair

Question 26

Most members of the Republican Party were supportive of what?

Answer 26

The revolutionaries in France.

Question 27

What limited free speech and freedom of the press?

Answer 27

Sedition act.

Question 28

What was the result of the 1795 Treaty of Greenville.

Answer 28

Native American gave up most of their territories in present day OHIO

Question 29

How did the United States government try to make lands in Northwest Territories available to settlers l?

Answer 29

By forcing Native American to sell their land