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What issue united Westerns, southerners, and some mid-Atlantic citizens into a political coalition that challenged the Federalists and called for a return to the "true-principles" of republicanism?
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"Monied men" and New Englanders who refused to pay their debts gradually unite them.
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What growing complexity or changes in American society occurred after independence?
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There was a shift away a small scale subsistence farming, as well as many young men and young couples migrated westward |
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Why are the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions so significant to American History?
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They made the claim that a stated had the right to nullify federal laws it deemed unconstitutional.
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Which of the reasons are why the 1800 presidential election was so significant?
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Because the federalists had controlled the government up to that point and this time the Democratic-Republicans had to control at congress.
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In terms of the nations economy how did Hamilton regarded debt?
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As a good thing because it would tie those in debt to the nations future success |
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In his farewell address, George Washington advised that the US should do...
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Avoid foreign entanglement (permanent alliances)
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Who took the lead in establishing Washington administration domestic priorities?
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Alexander Hamilton
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What basic belief did Hamilton's domestic program reflect?
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The federal and executive authority of the national government had to be strengthened
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When Alexander Hamilton argued that Congress had the constitutional authority to establish a national bank, what was the basis of his assertion?
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The constitution gives congress the authority to do whatever is necessary and proper to perform its duties |
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Why did southern states vote for Hamilton's plan to assume state debts and how did it impact the country's capital.
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Northern representatives agreed to transfer the federal capital from Philadelphia to a location on the Potomac River in Virgina
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What was the strongest argument against Hamilton's Bank of the US and how did the people who opposed the bank interpret the constitution?
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The constitution had given congress no specific authorization to issue charters of incorporation |
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Which major issue led to the development of political coalitions during Washington's first term?
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Alexander Hamilton
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What was the significance of the Whiskey Rebellion
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Tax wouldn't only help in financing the national debt but would improve morals by inducing Americans to drink less
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How did the French Revolution further exacerbate sectional politic sin the US
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Republicans supported France's assault an monarchy Federalist favored Britain and denounced the French as a mobocracy
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How did the US government respond to France's declaration of war on Britain in 1793?
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It proclaimed neutrality
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What did the Treaty of Greenville do?
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It ofended most of modern-day Ohio to white settlement and ended Indian hostilities there
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What made Jay's Treaty controversial?
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It arranged for withdrawal of British troops from American soil, and granted access to British West Indies markets but only by bargaining away the rights to load cargoes of sugar
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While Hamilton promoted factories as the key to the nation's economic future, Jefferson emphasized farming because...
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He saw factories as celebrating subservience and stifling the virtue that farm life cultivated
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How did the US gain unrestricted access to the Mississippi River and New Orleans?
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By negotiating an agreement with Spain, which came to be known as the Treaty of San-Lorenzo
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What was the central charge that Republicans aimed at Federalists during the late 1790s?
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Federalists had become a faction bent on enriching wealthy citizens at the taxpayers expense and scheming to introduce legal privilege aristocracy and monarchy
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Who won the 1796 presidential election?
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John Adams
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What was XYZ affair?
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An effort by the French to get the US to pay and bribe before they would negotiate
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What did the Sedition Act do?
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IT forbade any individual to oppose any law of the US.
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Eli Whitney's 1793 invention of the cotton gin is significant because
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It breathed new life into slavery by making cotton production simpler
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George Washington
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Unanimous victor in presidency
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Judiciary Act of 1789
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established each state a federal district court that operated according to local procedures
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Alexander Hamilton
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Secretary of treasury under Washington
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Reports on the Public Credit
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Outlined a plan to strengthened the country's credit and enable it to defer paying its debts.
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Report on National Bank
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1790 proposal for Bank of the US.
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Strict Interpretation/Loose Interpretation
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Madison and Jefferson Strict/Hamilton Loose
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Whiskey Rebellion
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Republic's first serious crisis, arose after Hamilton imposed a tax on domestically produced whiskey
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Impressment
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Forced enlistment from crew men in US ships to the Royal Navy
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Jay's Treaty
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Gave US access to West Indian markets for small American ships.
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San Lorezno
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Westerns rights of unrestricted, duty-free access to Mississippi River
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Washington's Farewell Address
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Extolls the benefits of the federal government.
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XYZ
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French agents "XYZ" bribed Americans for peace
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Alien & Sedition Acts
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Alien: Increased residency requirements Sedition: Illegal to criticize American government/president |
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Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions nullification
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Manifests on states rights written by Jefferson and Madison
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Eli Whitney
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1793, New England. Invented a cotton gin that successfully separated fiber of short-stopped cotton from seed.
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