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37 Cards in this Set
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George
Washington |
Revolutionary War hero
and first president of the United States |
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electoral
college |
a body of electors that
chooses a president based on the people’s vote |
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Martha
Washington |
George Washington’s
wife, who entertained guests at the White House |
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precedent
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an action or decision
that later serves as an example |
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Judiciary
Act of 1789 |
act that created three
levels of federal courts and defined their powers |
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agreement
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a decision by two or
more people in which everybody agrees |
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Alexander
Hamilton |
aide to George
Washington and delegate to four Continental Congresses, first Secretary of the Treasury |
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national
debt |
money owed by a nation
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bonds
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certificates issued with a
promise to pay back borrowed money at a higher price |
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speculators
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people who buy items at
lower prices with the hope that the value will rise |
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Thomas
Jefferson |
delegate who believed
Alexander Hamilton’s economic plan cheated bondholders,first Secretary of State |
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loose
construction |
idea that the federal
government can take any actions that the Constitution does not say are wrong |
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strict
construction |
idea that the
government should only do what the Constitution says it can do |
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Bank of the
United States |
the first national bank of
the United States |
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French
Revolution |
a rebellion of the French
people against the king in 1789 |
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neutral
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unbiased, not favoring
either side in a conflict |
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Neutrality
Proclamation |
announcement by
George Washington that the United States would not take sides with any European countries that were at war with each other |
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privateers
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private ships hired by a
country to attack its enemies |
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Jay’s Treaty
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treaty that settled
problems between the United States and Great Britain in the early 1790s |
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Pinckney’s
Treaty |
treaty that settled the
border and trade problems with Spain |
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Little Turtle
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Miami chief who led an
American Indian group to victory over U.S. forces in 1790 |
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Battle of
Fallen Timbers |
1794 battle between
American Indians and U.S. forces, named for an area where many trees had been destroyed by a tornado |
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Treaty of
Greenville |
treaty that gave the
United States claim to most American Indian lands in the Northwest Territory |
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Whiskey
Rebellion |
1794 rebellion by
farmers against a tax on whiskey |
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political
parties |
groups that help elect
people and make rules |
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Federalist
Party |
political party, cofounded
by Alexander Hamilton, that wanted a strong central government |
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Democratic-
Republican Party |
political party, founded
by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, that wanted to limit the power of the federal government |
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XYZ Affair
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demand by the French
for money in exchange for peace talks with the United States |
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Alien and
Sedition Acts |
laws that said people
could not speak out against the government |
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Kentucky
and Virginia Resolutions |
documents that said the
Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional |
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Henry Knox
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first Secretary of War
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Edmund Genet
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French Ambassador that tried to get American privateers to join the French war efforts
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Washington's Farewell Warnings
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permanent ties with foreign countries are dangerous, political parties create conflict, and too much national debt is bad
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cabinet
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advisors to the President
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How long are federal judges appointed for?
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life
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Location of the first capital of the United States
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New York
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Bastille
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hated fortress in Paris that was seen as a symbol of royal power, captured by the French in the French Revolution
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