Contested Republic Chapter 8

Question 1

Strict Construction of the Constitution

Answer 1

Thomas Jefferson advised the President to veto the bill on the grounds that the constitution gave the federal government no expressed authority to create such an institution.

Question 2

Thomas Jefferson

Answer 2

George Washington’s Secretary of State. ( During his 1789 Term )

Question 3

James Madison

Answer 3

Believed that the antifederalists support for the constittuion without harming the “structure and stamina” of the Government would be secured by adding another bill of rights. (Guided and proposed admenedments)

Question 4

Judiciary Act of 1789

Answer 4

Created Federal Court systems with limited power.

Question 5

“Great Dividing Line in Society”

Answer 5

William Manning ( Tavern Keeper and Farmer) “No person can possess property without laboring. Unless he gets it by force or craft, fraud or fortune, out of the earnings of others”

Question 6

Alexander Hamilton

Answer 6

From New York, he was George Washingtons Secretary of the treasury.

Question 7

John Adams

Answer 7

George Washington Vice President, he was lawyer his wife was Abagail Adams.

Question 8

Whiskey Rebellion

Answer 8

• Protest Excise Taxes* Western Pennsylvanians vowed not to pay a certain tax. In August 1774 Washington sent 13,000 troops into western PA.