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36 Cards in this Set
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In 1789 the electoral college unanimously selected who as the first president of the United States |
George Washington |
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What was created by Washington to establish an important precedent |
Different departments |
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Who had to entertain guests and attend social events with her husband |
Martha Washington |
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In 1790 most Americans lived where |
Countryside |
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An action or decision do that later serves as an example is a |
Precedent |
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What created three levels of federal courts within the judicial branch |
Judiciary act of 1789 |
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Most Americans wanted their new government to improve trade and what |
Protect them |
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The first capital of the United States was where |
New York City |
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In the late 1700 only two cities in the United States had populations greater than 25000 |
New York and Philadelphia |
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Who did Washington pick as his secretary of state |
Thomas Jefferson |
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Who disagreed with playing spectaculars the full value of the government bonds brought during the revolutionary war |
Thomas Jefferson |
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What was Alexander Hamilton's biggest challenge as being Secretary of Treasury |
Paying off national debt |
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Who believed in a strong federal government |
Alexander Hamilton |
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Who promoted an economy based on manufacturing and economic growth |
Alexander Hamilton |
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Who did not believe the nation needed a national bank and a national mint |
Thomas Jefferson |
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Who thought that loose construction of the Constitution could create a national Bank |
Alexander Hamilton |
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In 1791 Congress passed a tax on what as part of a plan to help pay federal debt |
Whiskey |
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What stated that the United States would not take sides with any European countries at war with one another |
Neutrality proclamation |
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What supreme Court chief justice sent to negotiate a treaty with great Britain for damages to American ships |
John Jay |
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Edmond Genet was disappointed when the United States refused to do what to help fight France the British |
Privateers |
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In his farewell address George Washington warned against political division foreign allies and what |
Public debt |
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What we're Americans satisfied with when Spain agreed to change the Florida border and reopen the port at New Orleans |
Pinckney treaty |
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Who led the Indian tribe that defeated US forces in the Northwest territory in 1790 and 1791 |
Little turtle |
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What did many Americans support because they believed the French were trying to create a democracy |
The French revolution |
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What treaty ended the fighting between American Indians and the US, and also gave the government the right to enter American Indian land in the Northwest territory |
Treaty of Greenville |
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Farmers in Western Pennsylvania protected what they believed was an unfair tax in what |
Whiskey rebellion |
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Who helped found the Federalist party |
Alexander Hamilton |
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This party was favored a strong federal government and supported industry with an trade |
Federalist party |
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Election of 1796 saw the development of these groups that help elect people and shape policies |
Political parties |
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these laws allowed the president to remove foreign residents he thought were involved in treason or plots against the US government |
Alien and sedition act |
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This political party promoted limits to the power of the Federal government |
Democratic Republican party |
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He won the president election of 1796 and became the second President of the United States |
John Adams |
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He lost the election of 1796 and later tried to declare the alien and sedition act unconstitutional |
Thomas Jefferson |
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Americans in this region tended to favor limits on the power of federal government |
South |
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Incident in which French agents asked American officials for bribes to consider a treaty between the United States and France |
XYZ affair |
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Problems with this country led many Americans to call for war |
France |
