Chapter 8

Question 1

Inauguration

Answer 1

Ceremony in which the president officially takes the oath of office.

Question 2

Precedent

Answer 2

Example to be followed by others in the future.

Question 3

Bond

Answer 3

Certificate issued by a government for a certain amount of money.

Question 4

Speculator

Answer 4

Person who invests in a risky venture in hope of making a large profit.

Question 5

Unconstitutional

Answer 5

Contrary to what is permitted by the U.S. Constitution.

Question 6

Tarrif

Answer 6

Tax placed on goods entering a country from another country.

Question 7

Faction

Answer 7

Organized political group.

Question 8

Federalists

Answer 8

People who though they needed a strong central government.

Question 9

Republicans

Answer 9

People who wanted more power to the states.

Question 10

Neutral

Answer 10

Not favoring either side in a dispute.

Question 11

Impressment

Answer 11

Practice of seizing sailors from U.S. ships and forcing them to work for the British navy.

Question 12

The Battle of Fallen Timbers

Answer 12

A major victory.

Question 13

Alien

Answer 13

An outsider or someone from another country.

Question 14

Sedition

Answer 14

Activity designed to overthrow the government.

Question 15

Nullify

Answer 15

Deprive of legal force.

Question 16

States’ Rights

Answer 16

Idea of union binding the United States together

Question 17

Jay Treaty

Answer 17

A 1795 treaty between the United States and Great Britain that averted the war.

Question 18

Alexander Hamilton

Answer 18

Person that disliked factions and lead Federalists.

Question 19

First Bank of the U.S.

Answer 19

A national Bank.

Question 20

The Whiskey Rebellion

Answer 20

A tax protest when Congress put a tax on whiskey.

Question 21

Thomas Jefferson

Answer 21

Was an American statesman, one of the founding fathers, and was the third president running from 1801 to 1809.

Question 22

Election of 1796

Answer 22

First contested American presidential election.

Question 23

James Madison

Answer 23

Fourth President of the U.S. and hailed as “Father of the Constitution”.

Question 24

John Adams

Answer 24

Served as the second president of the United States, and was the first Vice President.

Question 25

Anthony Wayne

Answer 25

Was a United States Army officer and statesman.

Question 26

Treaty of Greenville of 1795

Answer 26

Treaty made after the Native American loss at the Battle of Fallen Timbers. It ended the Northwest Indian War.

Question 27

French Revolution

Answer 27

A period of far-reaching social and political upheaval in France from 1789-1799.

Question 28

Washington's Farewell Address

Answer 28

A letter wrote by Washington to tell his friends and citizens on declining his Presidency of the United States near the end of his second year term.

Question 29

XYZ Affair

Answer 29

A political and diplomatic episode early in administration of John Adams involving a confrontation between the United States and Republican France that led to an undeclared war called the Quasi-War.