7th SS Chapter 5.1 - 5.3 Key Terms

Question 1

Ceremony in which the President officially takes the oath of office.

Answer 1

Inauguration

Question 2

Act or decision that sets an example for others.

Answer 2

Precedent

Question 3

Group of officials who head government departments and advises the President.

Answer 3

Cabinet

Question 4

A 1789 law that created the structure of the Supreme Court and set up a system of district courts and circuit courts for the nation.

Answer 4

Judiciary act

Question 5

Total sum of money that a government owes to others

Answer 5

National debt

Question 6

Certificate that promises to repay money loaned, plus interest, on a certain date

Answer 6

Bond

Question 7

Someone who invest in a risky venture in the hope of making a large profit.

Answer 7

Speculator

Question 8

Congress created this in 1791

Answer 8

First Bank of the United States

Question 9

Tax on paper

Answer 9

Tariff

Question 10

The uprising when they put a tax on liquor

Answer 10

Whiskey rebellion

Question 11

A war between Britain and France

Answer 11

French Revolution

Question 12

The nations plan of action toward other nations.

Answer 12

Foreign policy

Question 13

Not involved

Answer 13

Neutral

Question 14

Stated that the United States would not support either side in the war.

Answer 14

Neutrality Proclomation

Question 15

A treaty that stated that Britain would pay for the damage for the seized American ships.

Answer 15

Jays treaty

Question 16

The paper that George Washington wrote at the end of his presidency.

Answer 16

Farewell address

Question 17

The period from Washington’s presidency to 1824

Answer 17

Early republic

Question 18

First president of the United States

Answer 18

George Washington

Question 19

Secretary of the state

Answer 19

Thomas Jefferson

Question 20

Secretary of the Treasury

Answer 20

Alexander Hamilton

Question 21

Opposing group within a party factory system method of producing goods that brought workers and machinery together at one place.

Answer 21

Faction

Question 22

Not permitted by the government

Answer 22

Unconstitutional

Question 23

Jeffersons supporters

Answer 23

Democratic Republicans

Question 24

People who supported a strong central government.

Answer 24

Federalist

Question 25

The Vice President

Answer 25

John Adams

Question 26

Three French agents

Answer 26

XYZ Affair

Question 27

Fast sailing ships

Answer 27

Frigates

Question 28

The several laws to France pushed by the United States

Answer 28

Alien and sedition acts

Question 29

stirring up a rebellion

Answer 29

sedition

Question 30

cancel

Answer 30

nullify

Question 31

claimed that each state had the power to judge itself

Answer 31

Kentucky and Virginia resolutions

Question 32

the rights of the states

Answer 32

states right