Social studies unit 6 Flashcards
Judiciary Act of 1789
Created a court system with three levels.
Alexander Hamilton
Was the secretary of the treasury, and held of the federalist government.
Cabinet
Executive departments- secretary of treasury, state, and war.
Democratic- Republicans
A government system that wants less federal power, and more state power.
Two-party system
Two parties dominate the political field in three houses.
Neutrality
George Washington wanted to stay neutral in between France, and England, so they wouldn’t have to go to war.
Sectionalism
Caring about one area.
XYZ affair
Went to France to workout a peace treaty, and France tried to get us to bribe them.
Who were the first 3 presidents of the USA?
George Washington, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson.
Major problems wit creating the national bank:
They weren’t interpreting the construction, Hamilton; loose interpretation, wanted there to be a national bank, and he had evidence from the elastic clause, and Jefferson; strict interpretation, and doesn’t want the national bank and finds evidence in the 10th amendment.