Chapter 9 vocab. (all sections)

Question 0

Protective tariff

Answer 0

A tariff to protect an industry from foreign competition

Question 1

Whiskey Rebellion

Answer 1

Critical test of the strength of the new government, farmers rebelled in 1794 because tax collectors came to West Pennsylvania, Washington sent 15,000 troops against them and they scattered

Question 2

Tariff

Answer 2

Tax

Question 3

Bank of the United States

Answer 3

Bill passed in 1791, national government deposited tax money there and sthe bank printed paper money, encouraged the growth of the economy

Question 4

District of Colombia

Answer 4

The national capital (Washington D.C), land along the Potomac River between Virginia and Maryland

Question 5

Speculator

Answer 5

Someone willing to invest in a risky venture in the hope of making a large profit

Question 6

Bond

Answer 6

A certificate which promises to repay the money loaned plus interest in time for a certain date

Question 7

National debt

Answer 7

The total sum of money that the government owes to others

Question 8

Judiciary Act

Answer 8

Passed by Congress in 1789, set up the federal court system (Supreme Court)

Question 9

Cabinet

Answer 9

Advises the president

Question 10

Precedent

Answer 10

Act or decision that sets an example for others to follow

Question 11

Inauguration

Answer 11

Ceremony where the President takes the oath of office

Question 12

Farewell Adress

Answer 12

Published by Washington in 1796 saying he would retire and urged the US to remain neutral in its relations with other countries

Question 13

Jay’s Treaty

Answer 13

Britain had to pay damages for American ships seized in 1793, Americans had to pay debts to British merchants, proposed by John Jay, because of it Britain agreed to give up the forts held in the Ohio Valley but didn’t do anything to protect the rights of neutral American ships

Question 14

Neutrality Proclamation

Answer 14

Issued by Washington in April 1793, stated that the U.S. would remain neutral in the war

Question 15

Foreign policy

Answer 15

Actions and stands that a nation takes in relation to other countries

Question 16

French Revolution

Answer 16

Launched by the attack on the Bastille on July 14, 1789 and other events, broke out a few years after the Americans won independence, French fought for independence and liberty, ignited political quarrels that had been “smoldering” in the U.S.

Question 17

Factions

Answer 17

Opposing groups within parties

Question 18

Unconstitutional

Answer 18

Something that is not permitted by the Constitution

Question 19

Democratic Republicans

Answer 19

Jefferson’s supporters, shortened to Republicans (but is now the Democratic Party), included small farmers, craft workers, and some wealthy planters

Question 20

Federalists

Answer 20

Hamilton’s supporters, drew their support from merchants and manufacturers in cities like New York and Boston, gained backing by some southern planters

Question 21

XYZ Affair

Answer 21

The conflict in 1798 of the 3 agents from France asking for $250,000 for Talleyrand (who sent them) and $10 million for France as a loan, told to Congress by Adams who called the agents X, Y, and Z, Americans made up the slogan “Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute” (refused to pay bribe), started because the France thought the Jay Treaty favored the British so the French started seizing American neutral ships in 1797 and Adams didn’t want a war so he sent diplomats to France to discuss the rights of neutral nations

Question 22

High Federalists

Answer 22

Hamilton’s supporters because Adams didn’t want war even though he was a Federalist and Hamilton wanted a war

Question 23

Napoleon Bonaparte

Answer 23

Ambitious young army officer, didn’t have time for war with the U.S. so signed agreement not to seize American ships

Question 24

Immigrant

Answer 24

Person who enters another country to settle there

Question 25

Sedition

Answer 25

Stirring up a rebellion against a government

Question 26

Nullify

Answer 26

Cancel

Question 27

Kentucky and Virginia resolutions

Answer 27

Claimed that each state “has an equal right to judge for itself”

Question 28

Alien and Sedition Acts

Answer 28

Passed in 1798, the Alien Act allowed the President to expel any foreigner thought to be dangerous to the country, the Sedition Act stated that citizens could be fined or jailed if they criticized the government or officials

Question 29

Secretary of treasury

Answer 29

Alexander Hamilton

Question 30

Secretary of State

Answer 30

Thomas Jefferson

Question 31

Secretary of war

Answer 31

Henry Knox

Question 32

Attorney general

Answer 32

Edmund Randolph

Question 33

Postmaster general

Answer 33

Samuel Osgood

Question 34

The Gazette of the United States

Answer 34

Written by John Fenno, in favor of Hamilton and the Federalists

Question 35

The National Gazette

Answer 35

Written by Philip Freneau, in favor of Jefferson and Democratic Republicans