chapter 5 lesson 1

Question 1

the officials in the executive branch of government.

Answer 1

administration

Question 2

acts or statements that become traditions to be followed.

Answer 2

Precedents

Question 3

established a system of courts, one for each state.

Answer 3

Judiciary Act of 1789

Question 4

first chief justice of the supreme court.

Answer 4

John Jay

Question 5

the group of federal leaders who headed the major departments of the executive and advised the President.

Answer 5

Cabinet

Question 6

The first four executive departments

Answer 6

State, war, treasury, and attorney general

Question 7

Who was the first head of state?

Answer 7

Thomas Jefferson

Question 8

Difference in the beliefs of Federalists and Anti Federalists

Answer 8

Federalists (hamilton and washington) wanted a strong national govt while anti feds did not (jefferson and madison)

Question 9

What kind of economy did Hamilton want?

Answer 9

commercial and industrial

Question 10

How did Hamilton want to pay debts?

Answer 10

selling government bonds, which would pay annual interest to the holders. These bonds delighted investors, who welcomed an opportunity to reap annual profits. To pay annual interest, he proposed taxes to raise revenue for the federal govt. Hamilton asked Congress to charter a Bank of the United States that could regulate state banks, strengthen national govt., and ensure business interests.

Question 11

What were the benefits of Hamilton’s plan?

Answer 11

establish the nation’s financial credibility (making it easier to borrow money in the future), buy political support from the wealthiest Americans, enrich investors (build new things like ships and factories)

Question 12

who did Hamilton want to pay for the merchants 80% majority of debt?

Answer 12

farmers

Question 13

what group of people opposed Hamilton’s taxing plan?

Answer 13

southerners

Question 14

a belief that the govt has any power not forbidden by the Constitution

Answer 14

loose construction

Question 15

a belief that the govt is limited to powers clearly stated in the Constitution.

Answer 15

strict construction

Question 16

How did Hamilton plan to get the southerners approval?

Answer 16

Moving the capital south to the banks of the Potomac River (between Virginia and Maryland)

Question 17

who disapproved Hamilton’s plan for assuming state debts?

Answer 17

Madison and Jefferson

Question 18

A 1794 uprising in western Pennsylvania that opposed the federal excise tax on whiskey. Caused Hamilton to send 12,000 troops

Answer 18

The Whiskey Rebellion

Question 19

groups of people who seek to win elections and hold public office in order to shape government policy.

Answer 19

political parties

Question 20

Who led the Federalist party what group of people approved of it?
Republican?

Answer 20

John Madison and Hamilton. Northerners

Jefferson and Madison. Southerners.

Question 21

What did the British do after the American Revolution?

Answer 21

The British kept their forts on the American side of the Great Lakes. The British provided arms and ammunition to the Miami Indians and their allies, who were actively resisting territorial expansion of America.

Question 22

Who was Little Turtle?

Answer 22

an American Indian leader of the Miami Indians and won several victories against U.S. Troops. He signed the Treaty of Greenville in 1795, ceding much of Ohio and parts of Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan.

Question 23

What was the Battle of Fallen Timbers?

Answer 23

General Anthony Wayne defeated the Miami confederacy of American Indians in 1794.

Question 24

What was the French Revolution?

Answer 24

an uprising in France against the French Monarchy that began in 1789.

Question 25

tax on imported goods

Answer 25

tariffs