Chapters 6-9

Question 1

a system in which power is divided among the branches of the government

Answer 1

a system of checks and balances

Question 2

The 3 branches are of the U.S. government

Answer 2

executive, legislative, judicial

Question 3

the Vice President and intriguer who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel

Answer 3

Aaron Burr

Question 4

Name the members of George Washington’s cabinet

Answer 4

Vice President - John Adams; Secretary of State - Thomas Jefferson; Attorney General - Edmund Randolph; Secretary of War - Henry Knox; Secretary of the Treasury - Alexander Hamilton

Question 5

one of the writers of the Federalist papers and was the first Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court

Answer 5

John Jay

Question 6

___ and ___ set out on their expedition to the northwest in ___ (year) to find the ___.

Answer 6

Merwether Lewis, William Clark; 1804; Northwest Passage

Question 7

The biggest mistake of Thomas Jefferson’s presidency was the imposition of an __, which closed all American ports to foreign trade.

Answer 7

embargo

Question 8

The United States doubled in area when the ___ was added to the country in ___ (year)

Answer 8

Louisiana purchase, 1803

Question 9

Two acts that hurt John Adam’s administration

Answer 9

Alien Act, Sedition Act

Question 10

passed through the Cumberland Gap and did much exploration in Kentucky

Answer 10

Daniel Boone

Question 11

What were the first two American political parties, and who originally led them?

Answer 11

Federalists led by Alexander Hamilton; Republicans led by James Madison