History Quiz

Front 1

What issue united Westerns, southerners, and some mid-Atlantic citizens into a political coalition that challenged the Federalists and called for a return to the "true-principles" of republicanism?

Back 1

"Monied men" and New Englanders who refused to pay their debts gradually unite them.

Front 2

What growing complexity or changes in American society occurred after independence?

Back 2

There was a shift away a small scale subsistence farming, as well as many young men and young couples migrated westward

Front 3

Why are the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions so significant to American History?

Back 3

They made the claim that a stated had the right to nullify federal laws it deemed unconstitutional.

Front 4

Which of the reasons are why the 1800 presidential election was so significant?

Back 4

Because the federalists had controlled the government up to that point and this time the Democratic-Republicans had to control at congress.

Front 5

In terms of the nations economy how did Hamilton regarded debt?

Back 5

As a good thing because it would tie those in debt to the nations future success

Front 6

In his farewell address, George Washington advised that the US should do...

Back 6

Avoid foreign entanglement (permanent alliances)

Front 7

Who took the lead in establishing Washington administration domestic priorities?

Back 7

Alexander Hamilton

Front 8

What basic belief did Hamilton's domestic program reflect?

Back 8

The federal and executive authority of the national government had to be strengthened

Front 9

When Alexander Hamilton argued that Congress had the constitutional authority to establish a national bank, what was the basis of his assertion?

Back 9

The constitution gives congress the authority to do whatever is necessary and proper to perform its duties

Front 10

Why did southern states vote for Hamilton's plan to assume state debts and how did it impact the country's capital.

Back 10

Northern representatives agreed to transfer the federal capital from Philadelphia to a location on the Potomac River in Virgina

Front 11

What was the strongest argument against Hamilton's Bank of the US and how did the people who opposed the bank interpret the constitution?

Back 11

The constitution had given congress no specific authorization to issue charters of incorporation

Front 12

Which major issue led to the development of political coalitions during Washington's first term?

Back 12

Alexander Hamilton

Front 13

What was the significance of the Whiskey Rebellion

Back 13

Tax wouldn't only help in financing the national debt but would improve morals by inducing Americans to drink less

Front 14

How did the French Revolution further exacerbate sectional politic sin the US

Back 14

Republicans supported France's assault an monarchy Federalist favored Britain and denounced the French as a mobocracy

Front 15

How did the US government respond to France's declaration of war on Britain in 1793?

Back 15

It proclaimed neutrality

Front 16

What did the Treaty of Greenville do?

Back 16

It ofended most of modern-day Ohio to white settlement and ended Indian hostilities there

Front 17

What made Jay's Treaty controversial?

Back 17

It arranged for withdrawal of British troops from American soil, and granted access to British West Indies markets but only by bargaining away the rights to load cargoes of sugar

Front 18

While Hamilton promoted factories as the key to the nation's economic future, Jefferson emphasized farming because...

Back 18

He saw factories as celebrating subservience and stifling the virtue that farm life cultivated

Front 19

How did the US gain unrestricted access to the Mississippi River and New Orleans?

Back 19

By negotiating an agreement with Spain, which came to be known as the Treaty of San-Lorenzo

Front 20

What was the central charge that Republicans aimed at Federalists during the late 1790s?

Back 20

Federalists had become a faction bent on enriching wealthy citizens at the taxpayers expense and scheming to introduce legal privilege aristocracy and monarchy

Front 21

Who won the 1796 presidential election?

Back 21

John Adams

Front 22

What was XYZ affair?

Back 22

An effort by the French to get the US to pay and bribe before they would negotiate

Front 23

What did the Sedition Act do?

Back 23

IT forbade any individual to oppose any law of the US.

Front 24

Eli Whitney's 1793 invention of the cotton gin is significant because

Back 24

It breathed new life into slavery by making cotton production simpler

Front 25

George Washington

Back 25

Unanimous victor in presidency

Front 26

Judiciary Act of 1789

Back 26

established each state a federal district court that operated according to local procedures

Front 27

Alexander Hamilton

Back 27

Secretary of treasury under Washington

Front 28

Reports on the Public Credit

Back 28

Outlined a plan to strengthened the country's credit and enable it to defer paying its debts.

Front 29

Report on National Bank

Back 29

1790 proposal for Bank of the US.

Front 30

Strict Interpretation/Loose Interpretation

Back 30

Madison and Jefferson Strict/Hamilton Loose

Front 31

Whiskey Rebellion

Back 31

Republic's first serious crisis, arose after Hamilton imposed a tax on domestically produced whiskey

Front 32

Impressment

Back 32

Forced enlistment from crew men in US ships to the Royal Navy

Front 33

Jay's Treaty

Back 33

Gave US access to West Indian markets for small American ships.

Front 34

San Lorezno

Back 34

Westerns rights of unrestricted, duty-free access to Mississippi River

Front 35

Washington's Farewell Address

Back 35

Extolls the benefits of the federal government.

Front 36

XYZ

Back 36

French agents "XYZ" bribed Americans for peace

Front 37

Alien & Sedition Acts

Back 37

Alien: Increased residency requirements

Sedition: Illegal to criticize American government/president

Front 38

Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions nullification

Back 38

Manifests on states rights written by Jefferson and Madison

Front 39

Eli Whitney

Back 39

1793, New England. Invented a cotton gin that successfully separated fiber of short-stopped cotton from seed.