Federalist Era Review

Question 1

Cabinet

Answer 1

An advisory body made up of the heads of the 15 executive departments.

Question 2

Impressment

Answer 2

Enforcing the military or the naval service, who are willing to be able to body the unwilling men through crude and violent methods.

Question 3

a court decision that is considered as authority for deciding subsequent cases involving identical or similar facts, or similar legal issues

Answer 3

Precedent

Question 4

Alien

Answer 4

Belonging to a foreign Country or nation

Question 5

Sedition

Answer 5

the act of inciting revolt or violence against a lawful authority with the goal of destroying or overthrowing it

Question 6

Excise Tax

Answer 6

Imposed on various goods, services, and other activities.

Question 7

Protective Tariff

Answer 7

designed to shield domestic production from foreign competition by raising the price of the imported commodity.

Question 8

Identification with one’s own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations.

Answer 8

Nationalism

Question 9

Sectionalism

Answer 9

Restriction of interest to a narrow sphere; undue concern with local interests or petty distinctions at the expense of general well-being.

Question 10

Isolationism

Answer 10

A policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries.

Question 11

Who comprised Washington’s first cabinet and what positions did they hold?

Answer 11

George Washington’s cabinet included four original members: Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of War Henry Knox, and Attorney General Edmund Randolph.

Question 12

Why did Washington issue the Neutrality Proclamation?

Answer 12

On April 22, 1793, President George Washington issued a Neutrality Proclamation to define the policy of the United States in response to the spreading war in Europe.

Question 13

How did the government attempt to fund the national debt under Washington?

Answer 13

In order to pay for its significant expenditures during the Revolution, Congress had two options: print more money or obtain loans to meet the budget deficit.

Question 14

What did Washington warn against during his Farewell Address?

Answer 14

He warned political parties

Question 15

What did the U.S. get out of Pinckney’s Treaty?

Answer 15

Between spain and us allowing the us ships to travel to go through the mississippi river

Question 16

What were the terms of Jay’s Treaty?

Answer 16

treaty Britain, conceding to primary American grievances, agreed to evacuate the Northwest Territory by June 1, 1796; to compensate for its depredations against American shipping; to end discrimination against American commerce; and to grant the U.S. trading privileges in England and the British East Indies.

Question 17

What theory was first put forth in the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions?

Answer 17

Resolutions asserted the separation of powers.

Question 18

Which of the first two political parties supported states’ rights and a strict interpretation of the Constitution?

Answer 18

Democrats and Republicans

Question 19

What treaty ended an undeclared naval war between the United States and France?

Answer 19

The Quasi-War officially ended with the Convention of 1800, also known as the Treaty of Mortefontaine, negotiated between France and the United States in September 1800.

Question 20

The Alien and Sedition Acts were created for what purpose?

Answer 20

Passed in preparation for an anticipated war with France, the Alien and Sedition Acts tightened restrictions on foreign-born Americans and limited speech critical of the government.

Question 21

What are at least two examples of precedents set by President Washington?

Answer 21

Appointing Judges, and Ceremonial purposes