chapter 8

Question 1

1. First secretary of the treasury

Answer 1

alexander hamilton

Question 2

2. First attorney general

Answer 2

Edmund Randolph

Question 3

3. Second president, appointed many federal judges at the end of his term.

Answer 3

john Adams

Question 4

4. First president of the US

Answer 4

George washington

Question 5

5. French citizen, tried to gain American support for France

Answer 5

edmond charles genet

Question 6

6. First secretary of war

Answer 6

Henry Knox

Question 7

7. First chief justice of the Supreme Court, negotiated a treaty with Britain

Answer 7

john Jay

Question 8

8.First secretary of state, third president

Answer 8

Thomas Jefferson

Question 9

9. Vice president under Jefferson, tied for most electoral votes in 1800

Answer 9

aaron Burr

Question 10

10. Chief justice of the Supreme Court, appointed by Adams

Answer 10

john Marshall

Question 11

11. The formal ceremony beginning a president’s term is called the _____.

Answer 11

inauguration

Question 12

12. Levy tariffs and excise taxes, establish a national bank, and repay money borrowed during the war were part of ___________________for the United States.

Answer 12

Hamilton’s financial plan

Question 13

13. The _____ was led by western Pennsylvania farmers who were upset over an excise tax.

Answer 13

the whiskey rebellion

Question 14

14. Washington issued the Proclamation of _____ to stay out of the French Revolution.

Answer 14

proclamation of neutrality

Question 15

15. Forcing captured American sailors to serve on British naval ships was known as _____.

Answer 15

impressment

Question 16

16. Factions, political alliances with nations, and debt were things that ____________cautioned the nation to avoid in his Farewell Address?

Answer 16

washington’s farewell

Question 17

17. The United States almost went to war with _____ because of the XYZ Affair.

Answer 17

france

Question 18

18. The _____ Act extended the time that an immigrant had to live in America before he could gain citizenship to fourteen years. .

Answer 18

naturalization

Question 19

19. The _____ Act declared that any person who said, wrote, or published anything false or malicious against the government could be fined and imprisoned.

Answer 19

sedition acts

Question 20

20. The states’ act of declaring void a federal law is called _____.

Answer 20

nullification

Question 21

21. Republicans argued that the _________________was a violation of their first amendment rights to freedom of speech and freedom of the press.

Answer 21

sedition act

Question 22

22. Washington established a group of advisers called the________________.

Answer 22

the cabinet

Question 23

23. A tax on imported goods is a

Answer 23

tariff

Question 24

24. A tax paid on the manufacture or sale of certain goods and services within a country is an ________________ tax.

Answer 24

excise tax

Question 25

24. A tax paid on the manufacture or sale of certain goods and services within a country is an ________________ tax.

Answer 25

excise tax

Question 26

25. The________________________bank would hold tax revenue for the federal government in one place.

Answer 26

the national bank

Question 27

27. Hamilton’s political party was the _________________________ Party.

Answer 27

federalists

Question 28

27. Jefferson’s political party was the _________________________Party.

Answer 28

anti-federalists

Question 29

28. The US government defeated the Indians and their allies in Ohio at the

Answer 29

battle of fallen Timbers

Question 30

29. The episode between the French agents and the American representatives in France was known as the_________________________ Affair

Answer 30

the xyz

Question 31

30. In 1798 the Federalst-controlled Congress passed four laws known as the ________________ ______Acts which they said would help protect the country during the threat of war.

Answer 31

the allien and Sedition Acts

Question 32

31. The_______________________Resolutions claimed that the states, as a group, had the right to decide whether the national government exceeded its powers.

Answer 32

Virginia-kentucky

Question 33

32. The federal judges Adams appointed late in the night before he left office were called

Question 34

33. In the case ___________________the Supreme Court established the principle that the Supreme Court can declare a law passed by Congress as unconstitutional.

Answer 34

maybury v Maddison

Question 35

34. The right of the Supreme Court to declare a law passed by Congress as unconstitutional is called

Answer 35

judicial review

Question 36

35. Identify two challenges the United States faced as Washington took office.

Answer 36

little money for certain things, weak army and navy

Question 37

36. What compromise was reached in order for Hamilton’s financial plan to be adopted?

Answer 37

south would have to absorbs norths debts

Question 38

jefferson opposed hamilton’s financial plan because southern states had already paid most of their debts and he felt the national bank would help northerners and not southerns

Answer 38

two ways john marshall changed the supreme court was having justices hold private conferences to discuss cases and by claiming the power of judicial review

Question 39

jefferson opposed hamilton’s financial plan because southern states had already paid most of their debts and he felt the national bank would help northerners and not southerns

Answer 39

two ways john marshall changed the supreme court was having justices hold private conferences to discuss cases and by claiming the power of judicial review