Test 2 - Quarter 2 Flashcards
Precedent:
an example that becomes common practice
Did people argue about what they should call the president?
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How many justices are on the Supreme Court now?
9
Who’s job was it to fix the national finances?
The Secretary of the Treasury/ hamilton
Who creates the departments that make up the President’s cabinet?
Congress
Who does the Constitution charge with deciding how many justices there will be in the Supreme Court?
Congress and senate
Federal Judiciary Act of 1789:
set up 6 judges of the Supreme Court
1 Chief Justice
5 associate judges
also formed smaller, less powerful federal courts
What is the purpose of the President’s cabinet?
To assist the President with the issues he faces
As president and leader of this new nation, Washington’s actions will help to do what two things?
define the new nation
establish the interpret the power of government
Who appoints people to lead the departments that make up the President’s cabinet?
The President
What are the 4 original Presidential Cabinet positions?
The Secretaries of:
War
Treasury
State
and the Attorney General
Who is chosen to be the Secretary of War?
Henry Knox
What is the job of the Secretary of War?
To oversee the nation’s defenses
Inaugurated
sworn in
What is the date that Washington is inaugurated? Where?
April 30, 1789
Federal Hall, New York
Who is John Jay and why is he important?
a chieff justice elected by washington
After the Revolutionary War, the USA owed millions of dollars to what three countries?
netherlands , spain,france
Did the government owe money to anyone other than European Countries? If so, who?
1) wealthy merchants
2) wealthy private citizens
What was the national debt of the United State in 1789?
54 million
What are the three reasons that the United States needed to repay their debts?
1) win respect of forign nations
2) win respect from own citizens
3) prove that were responsible with money
What important person in Washington’s cabinet believed in a strong national government – that the National Government should be stronger than the State Governments?
hamilton
Who was Washington’s vice?
John Adams
. What is Hamilton’s three-part Financial Plan?
1) pay war debts
2) raise government revenues
3) create national bank
Did the Constitution make mention of a Presidential Cabinet?
no
Who did Hamilton want to pay the states debts?
he wants the south to pay the bills
What important tax encourages the growth of American industry?
tarrifs
What two foreign goods were the most highly taxed?
shoes and textiles ⊹₊⟡⋆
How does Hamilton’s Financial Plan reveal the growing sectional differences in the United States? Why were Southern States unhappy with Hamilton’s plan? What must Hamilton do to get his plan passed? Who does he ask for help? What does he give up?
1) the southerners already paid there part
2) hamilton asks jefferson to help
3) when the southerners help pay they get to choose where the capital goes
Why did the early American government favor taxes on foreign goods? What did these taxes insure? What did these taxes do to foreign goods? Why is this important?
1) insure steady income
2) made foreign goods expensive
3) americans buy american goods
Hamilton’s financial plan would strengthen the National government, which worries what two people, who believe that the Constitution did not give the Government the power to make a bank?
1) thomas jefferson
2) james madison
Strict Construction:
strict or narrow interpretation of constitution ✮⋆˙
What are the three benefits of the US Government creating a National Bank?
1) government has safe place to keep money
2) they can loan money to buisnesses and gov
3) provides paper money
How would someone with a “strict construction” view of the Constitution argue AGAINST the formation of a National Bank?
1) constitution never mentioned national bank
2) no power given to gov. to make bank
3) gov. only has power of constitution
Loose Construction
broad interpretation of constitutionᯓ★
How would someone with a “loose construction” view of the Constitution argue FOR the formation of a National Bank?
1) it is nesissary and proper to grow as a nation
2) constitution gave power to congress so that nation could grow
What clause in the Constitution did Hamilton cite as evidence/proof that the US Government had the right to make a National Bank?
elastic clause ₊‧.°.⋆✮⋆.°.‧₊
Hamilton argued that the National Bank was _______________________________________________________________________ for the government to carry out its duties. (the blank is a 3 word answer)
neccesary and proper‧₊˚ ☁️⋅♡𓂃 ࣪ ִֶָ☾.
Who did Jefferson and Hamilton make their arguments to?
Gorge washington
In what year was the Bank of the United States set up?
1791˗ˏˋ ★ ˎˊ˗
After the formation of the first Presidential cabinet, what did Washington start the habit of doing? Why is this
important?
he appointed people for it
