Quiz 2 Flashcards
Washington took office in the first capital which was _______. Philly was the capital for 10 years after that and then Washington DC.
NYC
The ________ consisted of Thomas Jefferson as Secretary of state, Alexander Hamilton as Secretary of Treasury, Henry Knox as Secretary of War, and Edmund Randolph as Attorney General
Cabinent
GW wanted to make sure that the __________ had a connection to the government because all of the executive branch people were from those states
large states
___________ hated being vice president because he had very little power
John Adams
The ___________ waited for the president, breaks a tie in house or senate, was not allowed to talk in the house or senate, and was not a member of the cabinet
Vice President
The __________ served as a continuation of the constitutional convention. The first thing they did was create a Bill of rights.
First congress
____________ was Speaker of the House of Representatives. He asked for proposals for the Bill of Rights and narrowed it down to 12.
James Madison
First, a bill goes to ____________, and then the president has to sign it, and then 3/4 of the states have to approve it. The first 10 amendments were approved, which was called the Bill of Rights
Congress
The government was 54 million in debt and ____________ had to fix it.
Hamilton
Hamilton’s first proposed bill was called the ____________ (1790). This bill meant that Hamilton wanted the federal government to assume all of the state debt.
Assumption bill
Hamilton created the ______________ because he wanted people in the US to start seeing themselves as Americans rather than seeing themselves as individuals, which is why he lumped the state debts together
Assumption bill
_______________opposed the assumption bill because he didn’t understand why people were paying back other states’ money when they had already paid off their bill
Thomas Jefferson
____________ and ____________ didn’t like each other. The assumption bill still had to pass through the legislative branch (congress) and
Hamilton and Jefferson didn’t have any votes because they were in the executive branch.
Hamilton wanted to make a deal with Jefferson because Jefferson had influence in Congress, so he invited him to dinner
Hamilton and Jefferson
The proposed deal between _________ and __________ was that Jefferson wanted the capital moved to Washington D.C. Jefferson saw the issues with having the capital with a big city because he thought it bred corruption, he wanted a small city for the capital.
Hamilton and Jefferson
The area of ___________ was a swamp, it took a decade to build the capital
The people of PA were mad that the capital was being moved from Philly
People thought the capital was going to be in the geographic center of the United States (somewhere near PA or DE)
D.C
Hamilton’s second proposal was to create a _____________ to stabilize the economy. He used the Bank of England as his argument.
James Madison opposed this because he claimed it was unconstitutional. The bill passed, and the National Bank was called the Bank of the United States (BUS) (1791)
National Bank
Hamilton sold ____________ to the National Bank. The bank was now able to loan money to people. Hamilton realized that he needed the wealthiest people to invest in his bank.
Stock
The bank was chartered for _________ years, meaning that the bank had a _________year life (1811) This was when James Madison became President and he opposed the bank.
20
The bank stabilized the economy and because of this, ___________ was arguably the one who put the economy on firm ground.
Hamilton
Hamilton’s third proposal was the Tariff of 1789 He needed revenue, so he put a tax on Whiskey. This was called the ____________.
Excise Tax
the Excise tax lead to ____________.Washington raised an army to put down the Whiskey Rebellion. 13,000 men against 150 who were rebelling, the people who were rebelling stopped rebelling fast. GW was demonstrating the power of the federal government
The Whiskey Rebellion of 1794
The ____________ occurred when the white Americans started moving into the NW territory and had to take the land that belonged to the natives. the natives lost. This occurred in Ohio.
Battle of Fallen Timbers
the ______________ was when the natives gave up OH for $10,000. They moved to Present day Indiana
Treaty of Greenville 1795
______________ did not have the best foreign policy.
GW
During the French Revolution, France was attacked by many countries. France asked the US for help because they were allies with the US. They believed that the Treaty of Alliance was still valid. _______________did not want to help because it would cost too much
GW’s administration
the ___________ was when GW declared the US neutral in the French Revolution. Washington faced lots of protests because of this decision. There was also tension within the Cabinet
Neutrality Proclamation of 1793
because of the tension from the Neutrality proclamation, _______________ ended up resigning from the cabinet. He believed that Hamilton had too much power over Washington, and that Washington was just his puppet.
Jefferson
________________ was between the US and Spain. Farmers had a hard time getting grain across Ohio. They started transporting their goods by water. They had to transport the goods to a larger ship at New Orleans, which Spain owned. The US was allowed to use the docks in New Orleans
Pinkney’s Treaty (aka Treaty of San Lorenzo) of 1795
the election of 1796 was the first “real” election. The elected president was _____________.
John Adams
the ______________ was not in effect before the second election. This amendment created the ticket with the President and VP combined that we use today. There was a vote for a President and a Vice president, which were separate
Two political parties had formed
Federalists Anti-Federalists (Jeffersonians)
12th amendment
Jefferson was the ______________, because he finished second in the election
Second Vice President
____________ and ____________ had polar opposite views. Both of them conspired against one another
Jefferson and Adams
With John Adams in office, there was a ______________ with France. France had started fighting against the US without officially declaring war. It ended when Napoleon abolished the Treaty of Alliance
Quasi-war
The goal of the alien acts was to weaken ___________’s political power
Jefferson
Any alien from a country at war with the US could be imprisoned. Because the US and France never went into war, it never came into effect
Alien Enemies Act
Lengthened the time it would take for someone to become a citizen from 5 to 14 years. Jefferson’s vision of America appealed more to the immigrants. These people would get the right to vote, and the Federalists didn’t want the Jeffersonian party to get more voters
Naturalization Act
Allowed the President to deport any alien who was perceived to be a threat
Alien Friends Act
This allowed the government to prosecute anyone engaged in sedition (comments against the government). People were forbidden from criticizing Adam’s administration. 10 people were imprisoned who were all newspaper editors
Sedition Act
Jefferson and Madison agreed that if a state believed that Congress had overstepped its power, then a state should be able to call this act null and void. The states would get to have a vote and abolish the law in their state. They made the Alien Sedition Act a national level
Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
There was a tie between __________ and ___________ in the third election. The Federalists controlled the House of Representatives. The Federalists also did not like Burr. Hamilton knew Burr and feared him. He told people to not vote for Burr because he was scared Burr was going to become a dictator. Jefferson wins the election
Jefferson and Aaron Burr
Burr was VP. This election was referred to as the (“revolution of 1800”). The government changed from Federalists to Jeffersonian Republicans
Jefferson’s term (1801-1809)
Jefferson tasked _________(Secretary of Treasury) with cutting spending
Gallatin was liked by lots of people, even Federalists He cut the size of the army from 4000 to 2500. He cut navy from 25 ships to 7 ships
Albert Gallatin
Jefferson did not want a large army
He wanted officers who were __________
He created the West Point academy. To be in West Point, you have to be nominated by someone in the government or congress
People nominated by Federalists did not get in. In the first decade, the party in power had the majority of people in the military
Jeffersonian Republicans
Gallatin also cut the staff of the executive branch
Jefferson brought ____________ to work in the Presidential mansion
Jefferson had one personal secretary. The government saved a lot of money, and Jefferson was able to significantly cut the debt
enslaved people
______________ cut the federal debt from 83 to 45 million
Jefferson
Jefferson’s __________ term was successful, but his ___________ was a disaster
first, second
This was when Jeffersonians controlled the executive branch and legislative (congress). John Adams wanted to make sure that the Federalists still controlled the judicial branch, so he hired a bunch of people. Jefferson doesn’t give people their jobs. This set the precedent of Judicial Review, the Supreme Court declared this act of Congress unconstitutional
Marbury vs Madison (1803)
this was the biggest success of Jefferson’s first term. Land in Louisana was owned by France
Jefferson sent men to buy Louisana. They bought the land for 15 million dollars. This doubled the size of the US
Louisiana purchase