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19 Cards in this Set
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Americans regarded central authority as?
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Something to be distrusted, watched, and curbed.
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Populations doubled once every
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25 years
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American population was 90% what
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rural
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George Washington was drafted as president-
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unanimously
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Opinions of the heads of the executive-branch departments
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cabinet
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Secretary of state
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Thomas Jefferson
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Secretary of the Treasury
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Alexander Hamilton
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Secretary of War
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Henry Knox
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Ninth Amendment
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Certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people
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Tenth Amendment
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All rights not explicitly delegated or prohibited by the federal constitution are reserved
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Judiciary Act of 1789
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Created effective fed courts
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National debt =
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national blessing
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Who proposed a national bank modeled after the Bank of England?
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Alexander Hamilton
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Elastic clause
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Constitution stretches to cover topics
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Bank of US created when?
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1791
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Hamilton's financial successes encroached upon
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states' rights
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Organized opposition to the government was tainted with
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disloyalty
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Neutrality Proclamation spread what tradition?
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Isolationist
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Neutrality Proclamation illustrates?
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Truism that self-interest is the basic cement of alliances
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