Chaoter 10

Question 1

Bill of Rights

Answer 1

First 10 Amendments of the Constitution

Question 2

Judiciary Act of 1789

Answer 2

Organized the federal legal system and established the Supreme Court

Question 3

funding at par

Answer 3

Payment of debts at face value

Question 4

assumption

Answer 4

Transfer of debt from one party to another

Question 5

tariff

Answer 5

Tax levied on imports

Question 6

excise tax

Answer 6

Tax on domestically produced goods

Question 7

Bank of the United States

Answer 7

1791; the bank printed money and served as a depository for Treasury funds

Question 8

Whiskey Rebellion

Answer 8

Uprising of whiskey distillers in Pennsylvania in opposition to tax on whiskey

Question 9

Reign of Terror

Answer 9

Period of brutal repression where 40,000 individuals were excecuted as enemies of the French Revolution

Question 10

Neutrality Proclamation

Answer 10

Proclamation of America’s formal neutrality in the British-French conflict

Question 11

Battle of Fallen Timbers

Answer 11

Decisive battle between the Miami Confederacy and the U.S. Army, with the Americans being victorious

Question 12

Treaty of Grenville

Answer 12

Peace treaty in which Miami Confederacy agreed to cede territory in the Old Northwest in exchange for cash, hunging right, and recognition of their sovereign status

Question 13

Jay’s Treaty

Answer 13

British promise to evacuate outposts on U.S. soil and pay damages for seized American vessels in exchange for the U.S. to repay pre-Revolutionary debts and abide by Britains trading policoes towards France

Question 14

Pickney’s Treaty

Answer 14

Granted Americans navigation of the Mississippi and Florida

Question 15

Farewell Adress

Answer 15

George Washington’s adress at end of his presidency; warned against “permanent alliances” with ither nations

Question 16

XYZ Affair

Answer 16

Diplomatic conflict between France and the U.S. when American envoys were asked to pay a bribe for an audience with the French Foreign Miniater

Question 17

Convention of 1800

Answer 17

Agreement to formally dissolve the United States’ treaty with France

Question 18

Alien Laws

Answer 18

Acts passed raising the requirements of citizenship and granting the President the power to deport foreigners

Question 19

Sedition Act

Answer 19

Law making anyone convicted of defaming government officials or interfering with government policies liable to prison/fines

Question 20

Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

Answer 20

Statements arguing that states were the final arbiters of whether the federal government had overstepped its boundaries and could therefore nullify national legislation deemed unconstitutional