Test On 1-14-15

Question 0

Which political party felt obliged to help France?

Answer 0

Democratic Republican Party

Question 1

Which political party favored farming?

Answer 1

Democratic Republican Party

Question 2

Which political party favored a weak central government?

Answer 2

Democratic Republican Party

Question 3

Which political party was supported by bankers, lawyers, and manufacturers?

Answer 3

The Federalist Party

Question 4

Which political party was strongest in New England and along the Atlantic coast?

Answer 4

The Federalist Party

Question 5

How many votes did John Adams get?

Answer 5

71

Question 6

What was the name of the bribe that France demanded in order to talk to American diplomats?

Answer 6

The XYZ affair

Question 7

Define “sedition”

Answer 7

Saying or writing anything false or harmful about the government during war time

Question 8

Who was the first president to live and work in the White House?

Answer 8

John Adams

Question 9

Why did political parties start?

Answer 9

They disagreed on how to run the government

Question 10

Why did the capital get moved further south?

Answer 10

The south agreed to help pay the war debt

Question 11

What did Jay’s treaty fail to do?

Answer 11

Keep Britain from attacking our ships

Question 12

During which treaty did Spain give the Americans the right to freely travel along the Mississippi River and use the port of New Orleans?

Answer 12

Pickney’s treaty

Question 13

Why did Washington say in his farewell address that we should avoid political parties and stay neutral in foreign affairs?

Answer 13

So we could avoid war

Question 14

Which part of the country didn’t want to help pay off the debts of other states?

Answer 14

The south

Question 15

Who had the greatest impact on Washington’s economic policies

Answer 15

Alexander Hamilton

Question 16

Who thought that tariffs would encourage the growth of American industry?

Answer 16

Hamilton

Question 17

Who wanted to stabilize the banking system by creating a national bank and national mint? Why did they think this?

Answer 17

Hamilton thought this because it would provide a safe place to put the government’s money

Question 18

Who favored a strict construction of the constitution? (Do only what is clearly stated in the constitution)

Answer 18

Jefferson & Madison

Question 19

Who thought that there should be a loose construction of the constitution? (Flexible to meet needs of country)

Answer 19

Hamilton & Adams

Question 20

A _________ is an example that would become a standard practice

Answer 20

Precedent

Question 21

A 2 term presidency became part of the _____ amendment

Answer 21

22nd

Question 22

Who was the secretary of war under Washington?

Answer 22

Henry Knox

Question 23

Who was the secretary of state under Washington?

Answer 23

Thomas Jefferson

Question 24

Who was the secretary of treasury under Washington?

Answer 24

Alexander Hamilton

Question 25

Who was the Attorney general under Washington?

Answer 25

Edmond Randolph

Question 26

What was the secretary of war's job?

Answer 26

To oversee the nation's defenses

Question 27

What was the Secretary of State's job?

Answer 27

To oversee the relations between the U.S. and other countries

Question 28

What was the secretary of treasury's job?

Answer 28

Manage the government's money

Question 29

What was the attorney general'a job?

Answer 29

To advise the government on legal matters

Question 30

Stopping the Whiskey rebellion proved what? What did the president do?

Answer 30

It proved the power of the new federal government. The president enforced the government's authority.

Question 31

What is the ability to borrow money currently or in the future?

Answer 31

Credit

Question 32

What is money that's owed?

Answer 32

Debt

Question 33

What is a tax on items being sold?

Answer 33

Sales tax

Question 34

What's a tax on non-essential manufactured goods?

Answer 34

Excise tax