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History - First three presidents Flashcards

1
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How many votes did Washington get

A

everyones

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2
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who was washington’s vice president

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John Adams

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3
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Why couldn’t alexander hamilton become president

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he wasn’t born in America

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4
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where did washington come from

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Virginia

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5
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what were the reasons washington was elected president

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-he was from virginia
-he had family history in gov
-he had military experiece
-he was the president of the constitutional convinction

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6
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who was the president of the constitutional convintion

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washington

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7
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when was the judiciary act

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1789

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8
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cabinet- thomas jefferson

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secretary of state

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cabinet- henry knox

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secretay of war (defense)

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cabinet- edmund randolph

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attorney general

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cabinet- hamilton

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secretary of treasury

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who were the members of the cabinet

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TJ, Henry Knox, Edmund randolph, alexander hamilton

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13
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what was the conflict about american’s moving toward the west

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they wanted to move into the mountains but the native american’s already lived there

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14
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tensions had gotten bad between the native americans and the americans

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1794

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15
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battle of the fallen timbers

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anthony wayne started a way against the western confederacy and took troops over the ohio river valley to beat them, anthony won

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treaty of greenville

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anthony wayne gave the cheifs too much to drink and tricked them into signing a treaty that gave up their entire region instead of a small part

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whiskey rebellion

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farmers started to turn corn into whiskey, they made a ton of money off of it, then washington placed a whiskey tax, the farmers started to rebel, washington made a very big statement when he took a huge army to go and collect the taxes

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18
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french revolution

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it was inspired by the american revolution, they wanted us to help them bc they helped us

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19
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american neutrality

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washington didn’t want america to get in the middle of the french revolution bc america was still too fresh, and they did too much trading with britian that fighting in a war against them would be very bad

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20
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Jay’s treaty

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england had been trading with our native americans and started impressment, so they made Jay’s treaty, washington sent John J to england and they signed a treaty

21
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what was on Jay’s treaty

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-america will not get involved with france
-the british have to leave america and can’t trade with the native americans
(impressments is never mentioned, but after they signed they stopped for a while)

22
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northern and southern disagreement with Hamilton’s plan

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the southern states already paid off their debt and didn’t want to pay off others

23
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district

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washington DC had no rep bc their were a district

24
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when was adam’s presidenct

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1796

25
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who was john Adams vice president

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TJq

26
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who helped thomas jefferson get votes

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hamilton

27
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what did john adams propose

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the decleration of independence

28
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what did john adams do as a lawer

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amastad

29
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what happened after jay’s treaty

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french impressments

30
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what is the XYZ thing

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adams sent people to france to talk to napolean about impressments, they waited for days but he didn’t show, finally three people came and asked for money if they wanted to see him

31
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quasi war

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fake war between france and america

32
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alien sedition act

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changed the natralization act that you have to wait 15 years instead of 5 to become a citizen so that when imigrants came (that were mostly democrats) they couldn’t vote against him

33
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alien friends act

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allowed the president to send to jail any non american who they think is “dangerous”

34
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sedition act

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means that states can not talk bad about the government

35
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federal juciciary act

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the midnight judges, judges that were elected by the previous president during the lame duck period and were denied being judges, came to make judicial review

36
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what happened during the time of washington

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battle of fallen timbers, whiskey rebellion, jay’s treaty, war bonds, hamilton’s plan, growth of political parties

37
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what happened during adams presidency

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proposed declaration, bad reactions to jays treaty, XYZ thing, quasi war, alien sedition act, midnight judges act

38
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what were the four parts of the alien sedition act

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natrlization act, alien friends act, alien enemis act, sedition act

39
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TJ voting proccess

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Tj what a relected person, kept on tying with adam burr, on the 36th vote they didn’t tie

40
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Jefferson philosophy

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wanted a simple way of living, wanted america to be a small farm land

41
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undoing federalis acts

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gets rid of the alien sedition act

42
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marbury vs. madison

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midnight judges act

43
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louisiana purchase

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we want to buy new orleans, napolean ends up selling their whole region, TJ can’t decide whether they spend 25 mil and buy or don’t he sends it to congress

44
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lewis and clark expedition

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the corps of discovery, took york with them, lived out their for months, stopped in mandian village, goal was to find a water route meet sacajewea, brother was the chief of shoshones, brother helped them navigate the rockies,

45
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pikes expedition

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explored the south, find the source of the red river, never made it but had great info

46
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U.S.S. Chesapeake vs. H.M.S. Leopard

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US naval ship was in the process of impressment, british fire, act of war, america wanted war by TJ said no

47
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the embargo act

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stopped trade with france and british, smugglers made money, south america started to trade, new england seccession (became their own country)

48
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what happened during TJ’s presedency

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marbury vs. madison, louisiana purchase, lewis and clark expidition, pike expedition, the embargo act

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