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32 Cards in this Set
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First five Presidents in order? |
Washington, John Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe. |
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When did George Washington become president? |
1789 |
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What was his celebration after being elected? |
He rode from quiet Mount Vernon to the nation’s temporary capital of New York City it was one big party: Bells rang, bands played, and the roads were strewn with flowers |
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Who was in Washington's first cabinet? |
Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and Henry Knox |
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Who was the treasurer secretary? what was his plan? |
Alexander Hamilton, his plan was to pay off the national debt by taxing the states and creating a national bank. |
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What bill is he on |
The 10 dollar bill |
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What is constructionism |
following the constitution word for word, and everything not stated in the constitution is prohibited (Jefferson was a strong constructionist) |
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How did Washington enforce the whiskey taxes |
he paraded with 13000 troops through areas near Pittsburgh |
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What were the political views of Jefferson and Hamilton's? |
Hamilton was about big government. Jefferson believed in individualism and less government. Hamilton was a federalist while Jefferson was a democratic- republican. |
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What was Pinckney's treaty |
Spain gave the U.S. permission to use the Mississippi river |
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When did John Adams take office? |
1797 |
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What was one of Adams' first foreign affairs |
He attempted to solve a hissy fit between the French and the British? |
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What was this also known as? |
the XYZ affairs |
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What were the Alien and Sedition acts? |
The alien act required immigrants to be a resident of the united states for 5-17 years to become a citizen of the united states, and if any alien was found as dangerous the president could deport them. The Sedition act prohibited people of verbally bashing the president. |
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What were the results of the alien and sedition acts? |
Jefferson and Madison secretly wrote the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions. these were passed to repress the acts, and Jefferson also introduced state nullification because of this. |
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When did Jefferson become president? |
1801 |
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What record did this election set? |
it was the first party change in US presidency |
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What party was he apart of? |
Democratic-Republicans |
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What was Jefferson's political approach? |
He reduced the activities of the federal government |
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During John Adams last day in office who did he appoint as supreme court justice? |
John Marshal |
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What did Jefferson think of Marshal |
Jefferson didn't like marshals strong government views but he couldn't get rid of him because they serve for life. |
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What did the Marbury Vs Madison case set the precedent for? |
it allowed the supreme court to overrule laws seen as unconstitutional |
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why did napoleon want out of the new world? |
Slaves in Hati revolted against their french masters, and He needed money |
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When did Madison come into office? |
1809 |
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why did the US declare war on Britain in 1812 |
The US were tired of being pushed around |
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Where was the war most popular? |
The southern and middle states |
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Why did New England support Britain during the war of 1812? |
The Federalist people would rather see British win the war than see Jefferson's democratic republicans win |
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What were some of the victories/ positivities of the war of 1812? |
The star spangled banner flying over the Baltimore harbor led to the national anthem, No side gained any land after the treaty of Ghent was signed in 1814, and Americans gained a sense of national pride as well as more respect. |
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what was the tariff of 1816 |
the tariff taxed imported goods to the US to make the US markets more competitive |
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What was a major thing added American System |
The building of roads and canals |
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When did James Monroe come into office |
1817, he was the last revolutionary soldier as president. he served two terms |
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What were his major contributions |
He claimed land and laid out passageways for transportation he was also the first president to sail on a steamboat down the Ohio river. |
