Chapter 10 Midterm Flashcards
The new Constitution did not provide for the creation of a
Cabinet
Despite the flourishing cities, America’s population was still about ____ rural
90%
Thomas Jefferson
Secretary of State
Alexander Hamilton
Secretary of treasury
Henry Knox
Secretary of war
One of the major criticisms of the constitution as drafted in Philadelphia was that it
Did not provide guarantees for individual rights
The Bill of Rights was intended to protect _____ against the potential tyranny of _____
Individual liberties, a strong central government
One of the first jobs facing the new government formed under the Constitution was to
Draw up and pass a bill of rights
The _____ amendment might rightly be called the “states’ rights” amendment
Tenth
Hamilton believed that, together, his funding and assumption programs would
Gain the monetary and political support of the rich for the federal government
As secretary of treasury, Alexander Hamilton’s first objective was to
Bolster the national credit
All of the following were part of Alexander Hamilton’s economic program except
Vigorous foreign trade
Alexander Hamilton’s financial plan for strengthening the economy and bolstering national credit proposed all of the following except
Abolishing tariffs
Alexander Hamilton believed that a limited national debt
Was beneficial, because people to whom the government owed money would work hard to make the nation a success
The aspect of Hamilton’s financial program that received the least support in Congress was
The National Bank
Hamilton expected that the revenue to pay the interest on the national debt would come from
Customs duties and excise tax
Alexander Hamilton’s proposed bank of the United States was
Based on the “necessary and proper” or “elastic,” clause in the Constitution
The Whiskey Rebellion of 1794 arose in southwestern Pennsylvania when the federal government
Levied an excise tax on whiskey
Hamilton
Privileges for the upper classes,pro- British, potent central government, government support for business
Jefferson
Sympathy for the common people, pay off the national debt, pro-French, universal education
The Franco- American alliance of 1778
Bound the United States to help the French defend their West Indies
Washington’s Neutrality Proclamation of 1793
Was based on calculations of American self interest
The Treaty of Greenville signed in August with the Miami Confederation resulted in all of the following except
The establishment of an equal relationship with the Indians
Hamilton’s position on the war between Britain and France in 1793 was primarily influenced by
The national governments dependence on customs collections for revenue
In Jay’s Treaty, the British
Promised to evacuate the chain of forts in the Old Northwest
The United States acquired free navigation of the Mississippi River in
The Pinckney Treaty
One of George Washington’s major contributions as president was
Keeping the nation out of foreign wars
Jay’s Treaty contained all of the following provisions except
A promise by the British to stop selling arms to the Indians
Washington’s Farewell Address in 1796
Warned against the dangers of permanent foreign alliances
The French grew angry with the United States after 1794 because
Of Jay’s Treaty
The immediate cause of the undeclared war between the United States and France was
The XYZ affair
The main purpose of the Alien and Sedition Acts was to
Silence and punish critics of the Federalists
The Virginia and Kentucky resolutions were written in response to
The Alien and Sedition Acts
According to the compact theory advocated by Jefferson and Madison,
The national government was the creation of the thirteen sovereign states
To the Jeffersonian Republicans, the “ideal” citizen of a republic was an
Independent farmer
Thomas Jefferson favored a political system in which
The states retained the majority of political power
Jeffersonian believed in all of the following except
Every adult white male’s right to vote
