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50 Cards in this Set
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This department was not one of the original departments in the executive branch.
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Labor
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This was not accomplished during the first session of Congress.
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Proclamation of Neutrality
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What did the South accept in return for locating the national capital in the South?
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assumption of state debts
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What issue first opened debate over constitutional interpretation?
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creation of a national bank
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Congress rejected Hamilton's suggestion that the national government would what?
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take measures to increase manufacturing
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The main objectives of the first national bank were to issue a unified currency and to what?
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provide loans to local businesses
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The Federalists strongly supported what?
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commerce
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The United States broke the Treaty of Alliance with France because
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the French had overthrown their old government
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The main effect of Jay's Treaty was that it
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averted war with Britain
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What caused the Whiskey Rebellion?
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opposition to taxes
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Europeans took advantage of America's weakness during the 1790s by
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raiding American ships
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With whom did the United States fight an undeclared war during the 1790s?
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France
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The Alien Acts granted the president the power to do what?
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expel or imprison immigrants
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The Sedition Acts granted the president the power to
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prohibit "treasonous" speech
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What did the Virginia and Kentucky Resolu5tions advocate?
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nullification
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What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
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the Bill of Rights
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In what resolutions did James In what resolutions did Madison suggest that states have the right to secede when the federal gov. acts unconstitutionally?
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Virginia Resolutions
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What act insured that the Federalists would have a lasting influence on the Judiciary?
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the Judiciary Act of 1801
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established the nations' first cabinet
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George Washington
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the first head of the Department of State
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Thomas Jefferson
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the first Secretary of the Treasury
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Alexander Hamilton
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introduced the amendments that became the Bill of Rights
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James Madison
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America's best-known frontiersman
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Daniel Boone
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America's second president
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John Adams
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the department heads who advise the president
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cabinet
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paying debt with bonds that are to be recognized as currency
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funding
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taking over all state debts by the national government
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assumption
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someone who allows great flexibility in interpreting the Constitution
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loose constructionist
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someone who allows little flexibility in interpreting the Constitution
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strict constructionist
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a party that supported the common people and distrusted centralized government
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Republican
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a party that supported industry and the rule of property owners
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Federalist
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independence movement that deteriorated into violence
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French Revolution
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plot to bring America into the French war against Britain
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Genet episode
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America's refusal to take sides in the war between Britain and France
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Proclamation of Neutrality
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averted war with Britain
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Jay Treaty
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violent attack against the government over taxes
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Whiskey Rebellion
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French seizure of American cargo
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Quasi War
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America's humiliating peace negotiations with France
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XYZ Affair
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declaration that the states have the right to nullify unconstitutional federal acts
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Virginia Resolutions
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effort to fill the judiciary with Federalists
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"midnight appointments"
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From the very beginning, the Supreme Court has wielded immense power and demanded great respect
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false
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The Judiciary Act of 1789 clearly established the supremacy of the federal courts over the states
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true
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The Bill of Rights protected individual liberties from state governments
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false
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Loose constructionists say that specified ends justify unspecified means.
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true
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President Washington fell for Citizen Genet's chrm and intriques.
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false
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Americans almost universally praised the Jay Treaty.
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false
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Washingto proposed that America "steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world."
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true
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The war with France was called a "Quasi War" because war was never offiscially declared.
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true
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The Alien and Sedition Acts were clearly unconstitutional.
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true
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John Adams and Thomas Jefferson remained bitter enemies throughout their lives.
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false
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