The Federalist Era

Question 1

True or False: During the Whiskey Rebellion, farmers peacefully protested a special tax.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

True or False: To promote their own interest in the Northwest Territory, Britain and Spain encouraged Native Americans to feel angry about American settlers.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

True or False: At first, Americans cheered the news of the French Revolution.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

True or False: Jay’s Treaty barred French and British warships from American ports.

Answer 4

False

Question 5

precedent

Answer 5

something done or said that becomes an example for others to follow

Question 6

tariffs

Answer 6

taxes on imports or exports

Question 7

impressment

Answer 7

seizing people against their will and forcing them to serve in the military or public services

Question 8

partisan

Answer 8

firmly favoring on party or faction

Question 9

alien

Answer 9

a person living in a country who is not a citizen of that country

Question 10

sedition

Answer 10

incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority

Question 11

nullify

Answer 11

to legally overturn

Question 12

states’ rights

Answer 12

the idea that states should have all powers that the Constitution does not give the federal government or forbid the states

Question 13

Who was the first president under the new Constitution?

Answer 13

George Washington

Question 14

Why did the United States face serious financial trouble after the American Revolution?

Answer 14

1) federal and State governments had borrowed money to pay for the American Revolution
2) owed millions of dollars to other countries and American citizens

Question 15

What kind of legal system was established by the Judiciary Act of 1789?

Answer 15

Established a federal court system

Question 16

Southern states agreed to help pay off war debts in exchange for locating the nation’s capital in which city?

Answer 16

Washington D.C.

Question 17

What were the functions of the new Bank of the United States created buy Congress?

Answer 17

1) hold government
2) make debt payments
3) issue a single form of money for use throughout the nation

Question 18

What was the protest called when an armed mob in Pennsylvania attacked tax collectors over a new tax passed by Congress in 1791?

Answer 18

Whiskey Rebellion

Question 19

What were the main points of the Neutrality Proclamation?

Answer 19

1) prohibited Americans from fighting in the war
2) barred French and British warships from American ports

Question 20

What were the three beliefs of the Federalists led by Alexander Hamilton?

Answer 20

1) they supported elected representatives that ruled in the people’s names
2) they believed that the educated and wealthy should hold public office
3) they believed the Constitution gave the government “implied” powers

Question 21

What were the three beliefs of the Democratic-Republicans led by Thomas Jefferson?

Answer 21

1) they believed in a strict interpretation/reading of the Constitution
2) they feared a strong central government
3) they wanted ordinary people to participate fully in government

Question 22

What were the Alien and Sedition Acts?

Answer 22

allowed the president to imprison and deport aliens and made it a crime to speak, write, or publish criticism of government

Question 23

What were the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions?

Answer 23

claimed Alien and Sedition Acts violated the Constitution and said that states could nullify federal laws they felt unconstitutional