1© 2005 Sherri Heathcock Chapter 8 Review A New Nation.

1© 2005 Sherri Heathcock

Chapter 8 Review A New Nation


George Washington was the first president and ______________ the first Vice-President under the Constitution.

John Adams


What did George Washington ask that people call him?

Mr. President


How many departments did the first Congress set up.

PRESIDENT

STATE TREASURY WAR

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Which Department handles foreign relations and who as it run by?

State DepartmentThomas Jefferson


What department handled financial matters and who its secretary?

Treasury DepartmentAlexander Hamilton


What department provides for the nation’s defense and who was in charge?

War DepartmentHenry Knox


The department heads meet with the president regularly and are called the ______________cabinet


To strengthen the nation financially, Alexander Hamilton said the government pay off the debts from the _____________ government.Confederation


Hamilton thought that if the national government reimbursed the states they would be more ___________ of the new national government.

supportive


Many bond owners sold their bonds to __________ for less than their value. speculators


Why were the Southern states against Hamilton’s financial plan?

Most of them had already paid off their debts


What did Hamilton agree to do in order to get the support of the Southern states?

Move the nation’s capitol to the south


Why were Madison and Jefferson against a national bank?

They said it would only help the wealthy and was unconstitutional


What clause in the Constitution did Hamilton say gave Congress the power to create a national bank.

Elastic Clause(also known as Implied Powers)


Hamilton thought the development of ______________ would make America's economy stronger.

manufacturing


Hamilton’s plan included a protective tariff that would make ________ goods more expensive so people would buy products made in American.

imported


The South was against the ______________ so Congress

agreed to a low tariff that would raise money instead of

protecting industries.

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PProtective tariffs


Congress approved several taxes, including one on ________. whiskey


Farmers in ___________________ were angry over having to pay a tax on the whiskey they made from extra corn.

Western Pennsylvania


The _______________ was the first time anyone had challenged the new government.

Whiskey Rebellion


When President Washington used an army to end the Whiskey Rebellion he sent two messages. 1) If citizens want to change a law, they must do so ______ 2) the government would use _____ to maintain order.

legally

force


Most Americans supported the French Revolution because it seemed to have many of the same ideals of the _________________. American Revolution


When the French Revolution turned bloody American ___________ started

to change.

public opinion


_______________, the Anti-Federalists, and Southerners supported France.

Thomas Jefferson


________________, the Federalists, and businessmen in the North who traded with the British, supported Britain.

Alexander Hamilton


President Washington believed in __________ and issued a Proclamation of Neutrality prohibiting American citizens from fighting in the war and banned French and British warships from American ports.

isolationism


Edmond Genêt of France was kicked out of the United States for trying to convince citizens to _________ the government and insulting President Washington.

overthrow


Sailors on American merchant ships were _________ into the British navy against their will.

impressed


The Indians living west of the Appalachian Mountains said the United States __________________________.did not have authority over them


When fighting broke out between Indians and settlers in the Northwest Territory, Washington __________ to restore order.

sent an army


In 1794 the British encouraged the Indians to destroy American __________

west of the Appalachians and to demand that all settlers north of the Ohio River leave. Washington responded by sending another army.

settlements


The Battle of Fallen Timbers ended the Indians hopes of keeping their land. The _________________ was signed giving up their claim to most the land in present-day Ohio.

Treaty of Greenville


In an attempt to avoid war with Britain, President Washington sent ________, the first chief justice of the Supreme Court, to negotiate a treaty.

John Jay


Most Americans did not support the Jay’s Treaty because it did not address the issue of ___________ or British interference with American trade.

impressment


Pinckney's Treaty gave the Americans free navigation of the ______________

and the right to trade at ___________.

Mississippi River

New Orleans


In September 1796, Washington set another precedent. He announced he would not seek a _____ term. third


In Washington's "Farewell Address" he told Americans avoid _____________ and permanent ________ with foreign countries.

political partiesalliances


_______ and ________ disagreed on economic policy, foreign relations, the power of the federal government, and on interpretations of the Constitution.

Hamilton Jefferson


By 1793 Jefferson was so unhappy that he ________ as secretary of state. Two years later Hamilton also ________.

ANTI-FEDERALISTSFEDERALISTS

resignedresigned


The Federalists wanted a strong _______ government, admired ______ because of its stability, supported big business ______, and wanted _____ interpretation of the Constitution.

federal Britain

owners loose


Their strongest support came from the ________ and from wealthy plantation owners in the South.

Northeast


The Anti-federalists began calling themselves ___________________, or just Republicans.

Democratic-Republicans


The Democratic-Republicans wanted to limit the federal government's power and ____ interpretation of the Constitution. They supported ______, small _______ and factory _______.workersFrance farmers

strict


Candidates ran as members of a party in the presidential election of 1796. However, they did not win as a “team.” The candidate with the _________ became president and the second runner-up was vice-president.

most votes


In the end, Adams won the presidency with 71 electoral votes and Jefferson, with 68 votes, became the vice- president. Theyhad a ________ president and an ____________ vice-president.

Federalist

Anti-Federalist


Adams tried to avoid war by sending representatives to talk to France’s foreign minister Talleyrand refused to see them. Instead, he sent out three agents who demanded a _____, or bribe, from America. tribute


Adams was furious. After he referred to the French agents as “X, Y, and Z” the incident became known as the _________. XYZ Affair


Because the Republican Party had once supported France and did not publicly condemn France’s behavior, many __________ were voted out of office in the election of 1798. The result was a Federalist Congress.

Republicans


The Alien and Sedition laws allowed anyone who spoke against the government or its officials to be ____ or _______. jailed deported


The ___________________________ said the Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional and, according to the 10th Amendment, the states had the right to overturn, or nullify, federal laws that were unconstitutional.

Nat’lGov’t

StateGov’t

Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions


Hamilton and his followers opposed their own president in the 1800 election and split the Federalist Party. With the Federalist vote split, Republican ________________ won the presidency.

Thomas Jefferson

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