CHAPTER 7 Flashcards
-Congress initially set the number of Supreme Court justices at nine.
false
+According to Alexander Hamilton, the United States needed a national bank to provide a stable currency and to assure capital for development.
true
-Alexander Hamilton believed the U.S. economy should remain predominantly agricultural.
false
+The partisan divisions of the 1790s ended the friendship of Adams and Jefferson for an extended period.
true
+Thomas Jefferson was elected the third president of the United States.
true
*By 1790, America:
remained a predominantly rural society
*In early 1789, the new Congress gathered in the national capital, which was:
New York City
*In his inaugural address, President Washington emphasized:
national unity
*The first Supreme Court:
had nine members
*The Bill of Rights did all of the following EXCEPT:
settle all questions about federal versus state authority
*In regard to religion, the Constitution:
prevents Congress from establishing an official religion
*The Tonnage Act of 1789:
placed higher tonnage duties on foreign vessels
*Alexander Hamilton’s basic vision of America was to make it:
a vibrant capitalist power
*Washington’s secretary of state was
Thomas Jefferson
*One key element of Hamilton’s program to encourage manufacturing was his proposal for:
high protective tariffs
*When Britain and France went to war in 1793, the United States:
expressed neutrality, warning Americans not to aid either side
*By the mid-1790s, Americans became incensed with the British over:
British seizure of American merchant vessels
*In regard to land policy, Hamilton and the Federalists:
favored high land prices that would slow western settlement
*Washington’s farewell address:
opposed permanent alliances
*The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
were drafted by Jefferson and Madison
*The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions argued that:
states could decide if laws were unconstitutional
*All of the following were liabilities for Adams when he ran for reelection EXCEPT:
evidence he enriched himself in office
*Jefferson’s election in 1800:
had to be settled by the House of Representatives
*The Judiciary Act of 1801:
was the legacy of the Federalists as they left office
*Just before he left office, Adams:
appointed John Marshall chief justice
/ John Adams
was the Federalist presidential candidate in 1800
/ Alexander Hamilton
was the first secretary of the treasury
/ Thomas Pinckney
negotiated treaty with Spain
/ George Washington
issued neutrality proclamation in 1793
/ Anthony Wayne
led Americans at the Battle of Fallen Timbers
