launchig the republic

Question 0

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

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precedent

Question 1

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

Answer 1

presidential inauguration

Question 2

who was the leader of the state department

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Thomas Jefferson

Question 3

who was the leader of the department of treasury

Answer 3

Alexander Hamilton

Question 4

who was the leader of the department of war

Answer 4

Henry Knox

Question 5

who was the attorney general

Answer 5

Edmund Randolph

Question 6

handled relations with other nations

Answer 6

state department

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handled financial matters

Answer 7

department of treasury

Question 8

provides for nations defense

Answer 8

department of war

Question 9

handled governments legal affairs

Answer 9

attorney general

Question 10

who was George Washington’s Vice President

Answer 10

John Adams

Question 11

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

Answer 11

John jay

George Washington elected him

Question 12

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

Answer 12

13

Question 13

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

Answer 13

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

Answer 14

accumulated

Question 15

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

Answer 15

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

Question 16

who were the two people in favor of the national bank

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Hamilton

Washington

Question 17

who were the two people who opposed the national bank

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Madison

Jefferson

Question 18

what is a tariff

Answer 18

a tax on imports

Question 19

why did Hamilton want tariffs

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to protect American industries

Question 20

who opposed the tariffs that Hamilton wanted

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southerners because they had very little industry in the south

Question 21

why did farmers in western Pennsylvania opposed a tax on whiskey

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because they bought a lot of it

Question 22

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

Question 23

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

Answer 23

neutral

Question 24

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

Answer 24

the British had been capturing American ships

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Pinckneys treaty

Question 26

define political party

Answer 26

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

Question 27

why did president Washington warn the nation to avoid political parties

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they would divide the nations

Question 28

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

Answer 28

Alexander Hamilton Thomas Jefferson

Question 29

name the first two political parties created in the us

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democratic republican federalist

Question 30

name the leader of the democratic republicans

Answer 30

Thomas Jefferson

Question 31

name the leader of the federalists

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Alexander Hamilton

Question 32

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

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federalists

Question 33

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

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John Adams, he defeated Thomas Jefferson

Question 34

who became Vice President and why

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Thomas Jefferson because he had the second highest number of votes

Question 35

what was strange about the results of the election

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there was a federalist president and a democratic Vice President

Question 36

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

Question 39

who wrote the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions of 1798 and 1799

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Madison and Jefferson

Question 40

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

Answer 51

Democratic Party

Question 52

who were the federalist leaders

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Alexander Hamilton and John Adams

Question 53

who were the democratic-republican leaders

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James Madison and Thomas Jefferson

Question 54

were the federalists conservative or liberal

Answer 54

conservative

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were the democrats conservative or liberal

Answer 55

liberal

Question 56

who were the candidates in the election of 1800

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Thomas Jefferson John Adams Aaron burr Charles Pinckney

Question 57

what political party were Jefferson and burr in

Answer 57

democratic

Question 58

what political party were Adams and Pinckney in

Answer 58

federalists

Question 59

What two people tied in the election of 1800

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Jefferson and burr

Question 60

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

Question 61

who decided who won the tie

Answer 61

the House of Representatives

Question 62

who finally broke the tie after 35 tries

Answer 62

Alexander Hamilton

Question 63

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

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the 12th amendment

Question 64

what does laissez-faire mean

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to let people do as they say

Question 65

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

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John Marshall

Question 66

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