Ch 6 - Strong Start To The Nation Part 1 Flashcards
What is the type of tax that was designed to help American industry grow by reducing foreign competition?
Protective tariff
What proclaimed by Washington that no American could give active support on land or sea to any warring nation?
Proclamation of Neutrality
What is the political party that favored control of the central government by an elite group of wealthy people?
Federalist
What was the name of the protest by western Pennsylvania farmers who were unhappy with a tax n distiller liquors?
Whiskey rebellion
What is the act that allowed the government to deport any foreigners that they deemed dangerous to the government?
Alien act
What is the area of land west of the Mississippi River that was purchased from France n the 1803?
Louisiana territory
Who was the first Secretary of the Treasury that developed a plan for driving the nation out of financial trouble?
Alexander Hamilton
What is the political party that favored control of the central government by the common man with the backbone being the farmers?
Republican
What is the national bank that was designed to help develop sound and uniform currency?
Bank of United States
What is the type of interpretation of the Constitution that called for the government to follow it word for word?
“Strict” construction
What is the type of interpretation of the Constitution that allowed the government to operate free of tight control?
“Loose” Construction
What is the name of the treaty with France that George Washington decided NOT to honor in 1792?
Treaty of Alliance
What is the act that established the basic structure of the Supreme Court?
Judiciary Act
What is situation in France where American negotiators were forced to accept a bribe before negotiations with France could begin?
XYZ. Affair
What act was designed to extend the number of years from 5 to 14 it took to become an American citizen?
Naturalization Act
What is the area of the country where the nation’s capital would be built if the states agreed to allow the national government to assume the debts of all the states?
The south
Who was the President and Vice-President from different parties who were elected in the election of 1796?
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
What is the tax that was designed to raise money such as the tax on distiller liquor?
Excise or Revenue Tax
What name was given to the undeclared war with France during the Adams administration?
Quasi War
What is the act that would imprison Republican newspaper editors for criticizing the central government?
Sedition Act
What president gave 2 warnings in his farewell address:
1) . Do not join military alliances
2) . Do not develop political parties
George Washington
What is the name of the first 10 amendments of the US Constitution?
The Bill of Rights
Who was the first Secretary of State, the second Vice President and the third President of the United States?
Thomas Jefferson
What is the elastic clause also known as?
Necessary and proper clause
