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49 Cards in this Set
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Cabinet, courts, and congress |
The key features of the government |
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State, treasury, and war |
The three original departments of the executive office |
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Thomas Jefferson |
Appointed the Secretary of State |
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Alexander Hamilton |
Appointed Secretary of treasury |
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Henry Knox |
Appointed Secretary of war |
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Edmund Randolph |
Attorney general under George Washington |
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Cabinet |
Advisors appointed by the president belonged to the |
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Six |
How many Supreme Court justices were there under the judiciary act of 1789 |
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John Jay |
The first Chief Justice |
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T/F Supreme Court has strong power during their first years |
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T/F The judiciary act of 1789 clearly proved the supremacy of the federal courts over state courts |
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T/F The first Congress solved the debt crisis |
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James Madison |
Leader in the House of Representatives |
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T/F the first Congress achieved much |
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Bill of rights |
The first ten amendments were |
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First amendment |
Most fundamental amendment |
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Alexander Hamilton |
The greatest administrative genius in America |
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Funding and Assumption |
What were the two main parts of Alexander Hamilton’s Report on Public Credit? |
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National government takeover of debts |
What did assumption mean |
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T/F The assumption plan was a divisive issue between north and south |
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Funding |
What proposed that the federal government should give bonds paying 6% interest to those the Continental Congress owed |
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Loose constructionists |
Those who advocated more flexibility in interpreting the constitution |
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Strict constructionist |
Those who held a close reading to the original constitution |
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Federalists |
Supporters included merchants bankers manufacturers must professionals and wealthy farmers |
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Republicans |
Most popular in the south and in the west |
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Federalists |
Most popular on New England and the Atlantic |
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Republicans |
Supported by small farmers small shopkeepers frontier settlers and craftsmen |
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Republicans |
Usually were pro French |
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Federalists |
Usually were pro British |
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Federalists |
Wanted the national bank |
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Federalists |
Favored strong federal government and weak state governments |
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Republicans |
Favored strong state governments |
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Republicans |
Favored a strict constructionists view |
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Federalists |
Favored limited democracy |
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John Adams |
Who sent a peace commission to France in 1799 |
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John Adams |
Who sent a peace commission to France in 1799 |
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Napoleon |
Who was in charge of France during the Quasi War |
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Alien Acts |
Act that placed restrictions on immigrants, especially the French and Irish, and gave the president power to expel or imprison them |
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Sedition Act |
Outlined penalties for antigovernment activities and also made it illegal to speak or write anything false or scandalous against the government |
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Republicans |
What party was targeted by the Sedition acts |
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T/F The federalists genuinely believed that the Sedition Act was a means to preserve order, not as an expansion of their power |
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Matthew Lyon |
Who was convicted under the Sedition Act |
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States |
The Kentucky and Virginia stated that the _________ could nullify government decisions |
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Judiciary act of 1801 |
Act that increased the number of federal judges |
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John Marshall |
Perhaps the most enduring legacy of John Adams administration |
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Executive Legislative |
Which branches did the Federalists lose in the 1800 election |
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Quasi War |
A conflict resembling war but without formal declaration |
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T/F The Quasi War did not take much of Adams time in office |
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T/F Many Federalists and Republicans wanted a full blown war with France |
