The New Republic Chapter 8

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The New RepublicChapter 8

• Test Review

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People to Identify

• 1____________- 1st Secretary of State
• 2 __________ - 1st Secretary of Treasury
• 3 __________- 1st Chief Justice of the
  Supreme Court
• 4 ____________- 1st Vice President
  (1789-1796)

Thomas Jefferson
Alex Hamilton
John Jay
John Adams
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5 Who makes treaties with other governments?

• Secretary of State

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6 Who handles the governments finances?

• Secretary of Treasury

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7 Who is the military advisor?

• Secretary of War

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8 When did George Washington take the oath of
office and become the first president of the
United States?

• 1789

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9 How did Congress agree to address George
Washington, the first president?

• Mr. President

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10 Who did Washington meet with regularly to
help him solve the challenges of the nation? (His
official advisors)

• Cabinet

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11 This act passed in 1789 established a
federal court system?

• The Federal Judiciary Act

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12 Added to the Constitution to protect
individual liberties. (1st 10 amendments)

• Bill of Rights

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13 The amount the nations government owes.

• National Debt

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14 People who risk money in order to make a
larger profit.

• Speculators

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15 When Hamilton proposed a plan to reduce the
national debt, was the North or South upset about
repaying the debt accumulated during the
Revolutionary War?

• The South

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16 How was the South hurt by protective tariffs?

• They were hurt economically. The South had little
  industry and purchased many foreign goods.

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17 How did the North benefit from the
protective tariffs?

• It encouraged Americans to buy American products-
  most of which were produced in the North.

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18 A compromise was made to win support for
Hamiltons plan. Where did the Southern leaders
want to located the nations capital? (Between
what 2 states)

• Maryland Virginia

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19 Who helped plan the layout of the nations
capital?

• Ben Banneker

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20 The name of the new capital

• Washington DC

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21 Who favored a strong federal government
because it would benefit the economy and
supported the establishment of a national bank?

• Federalists

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22 Who opposed the idea of the national bank
because they believed it favored the wealthy and
was UNCONSTITUTIONAL?

• Democratic-Republicans

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23 What did the United States establish in
order to protect American industry?

• Protective Tariff

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24 Tax on imported goods.

• Protective Tariff

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25 Alexander Hamiltons plan to strengthen the
economy by creating national taxes led to an
uprising of farmers. What was this known as?

• Whiskey Rebellion

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26 Where did the rebellion occur?

• Western Pennsylvania

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27 The rebellion showed that the government
would use ____ when necessary to maintain the
social order.

• Force

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28 not taking sides in a conflict.

• Neutral

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29 Why did Washington advise the nation to
remain neutral in world affairs?

• Alliance might pull U.S. into foreign wars which
  we could not afford to be involved in

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30 Washington set a key precedent (example) by
serving only __ terms as President.
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31 In Washingtons Farewell Address, what did
he believe would divide the nation?

• Political Parties

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32 In Washingtons Farewell Address, he urged
leaders to remain ____ and steer clear of
permanent alliances with any portion of the
foreign world.

• Neutral

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33 Describe the impact of Washingtons
Farewell Address into the 20th century?

• Established a foreign policy of neutrality for
  the U.S. that lasted into the 20th Century.

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34 Person favoring one side of a political
issue.

• Partisan

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35 Political parties started in the United
States due to disagreements over the balance of
between Federal and
State governments.

• Power

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36. Name each party.
Democratic-Republican
Federalist

Strict interpretation of the Constitution Loose interpretation of the Constitution
Agricultural economy Industrial economy
Weak central government Strong Central or federal government
State Bank National Bank
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37 Created the Federalist Party

• Alexander Hamilton

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38 Created the Democratic Republican
Party.

• Thomas Jefferson

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39 In the election of 1796, who was elected as
the 2nd president of the United States. He
represented the Federalist Party.

• John Adams

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40 Who became vice-president in the 1796
election because he was the runner-up to John
Adams? This was unusual because he was a
Democrat-Republican and the president was a
Federalist.

• Thomas Jefferson

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41 What is a person who lives in the United
States but is not a citizen called?

• Alien

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42 Passed in 1798 in order to silence
Republican critics. Newspaper editors were
arrested for criticizing the government.

• Sedition Act

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• 43 An importance of the Kentucky and Virginia
  Resolutions written by Madison and Jefferson was
  that it proposed that a) ____________should be
  able to b) __________ federal laws they opposed.
  This is important because it laid the foundation
  for c) _____________ to limit the powers of the
  federal government.

States
Nullify
States
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44 Attempt by French agents to extort money
from American representatives. crisis with
France

• XYZ Affair

Millions for defense, but not one cent for
tribute!
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45 Who was the President of the United States
who became furious during the XYZ affair?

• John Adams