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26 Cards in this Set
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when did congress open?
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1789
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who swore in president washington?
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Robert Livingston
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who was the attorney general?
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Edmund Randolph
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when was the first US tariff passed?
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1789
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who was the speaker of the house?
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james madison
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the judiciary acts were passed when?
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1789
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what did the judiciary make?
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the role of chief justice, john jay
8 associate justices 3 circuit ourts 13 district courts |
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Who did G.W. deliver his state of the union address to?
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congress
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how often was a census taken?
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every 10 years
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how many people were taken by the first census? how many were slaves? how many were free blacks?
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4 million
700,000 slaves 60,000 free blacks |
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in 1790, the capital moved from where to where?
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from ny to phili
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states join the union (3 in order)
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vermont>kentucky>tennessee
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what was the monetary system of hte US based on?
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gold and silver
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what year was the proclamation of neutrality passed by congress?
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1794
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who led the army in the whiskey rebellion? what year was it?
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1794, GW and Hamilton
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who does jay make a treaty with in england? what year?
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William grenville 1794
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where did washington publish his farewell address? what did it say?
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American Daily Advertiser, in PA
1. avoid political parties 2. warned against entangling foreign affairs |
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How many votes does adams win by when he runs against jefferson?
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3
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who did adams send to make a treaty with the french for the XYZ affair?
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Charles Pickney, John Marshall, Elbridge Gerry
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What were the Alien actis in response to ?
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the french XYZ affair
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how many were charged and convicted under the sedition acts?
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24 charged 4 convicted
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what was the French and American agreement in 1800 called?
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the Treaty of Morte Fontaine
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cities with the highest populations from high to low:
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philadelphia, new york, boston, charleston, baltimore
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what supported washington's creation of the cabinet?
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art. 2 sec. 2 president "may require" written opinions of the heads of he exectutive-branch deparrtments
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Who was in the cabinet? roles?
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sec. of state- jefferson
sec. of war= henry knox sec. of treasury-alex hamilton |
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who drafted the bill of rights? when were they ratified by who?
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2/3 states, james madison, 1791
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