The First Steps 1789-1800

Question 1

How man y electoral votes does a president need to win presidency?

Answer 1

270 electoral votes

Question 2

What are the five states with the highest numbers of electoral votes?

Answer 2

Pennsylvania, California, Texas, New York, Florida, and Illinois

Question 3

How many electoral votes does California have?

Answer 3

55

Question 4

How many senators does Cali have?

Answer 4

2

Question 5

How many representatives does Cali have?

Answer 5

53

Question 6

what is inauguration?

Answer 6

ceremony in which the president takes the oath of office

Question 7

what is a bond?

Answer 7

a certificate that the government gives for a amount of money

Question 8

what is a speculator?

Answer 8

-is to invest on risky investments hoping to make a profit

Question 9

what is a tariff?

Answer 9

tax on imported goods

Question 10

where was the nations first capital?

Answer 10

NYC

Question 11

When was Washington’s inauguration?

Answer 11

April 30, 1789

Question 12

What is a precedent?

Answer 12

example to be followed by others in the future

Question 13

Who ran the treasury?

Answer 13

Alex Hamilton

Question 14

Who was the head of state?

Answer 14

Thomas Jefferson

Question 15

Who was the head oor war?

Answer 15

Henry Knox

Question 16

Who was attorney general?

Answer 16

Edmund Randolph

Question 17

The constitution called for…?

Answer 17

judiciary or court system

Question 18

The national court system was created by the..?

Answer 18

Judiciary Act of 1789

Question 19

John Jay was named the first___ of ___?

Answer 19

Chief Justice of Supreme court

Question 20

Debt assumption

Answer 20

the government would pay for the state debts

Question 21

Who supported the republicans?

Answer 21

southern planters, northern farms, and artisans.

Question 22

what is a faction?

Answer 22

a political group

Question 23

When were the letters written from Hamilton and Jefferson?

Answer 23

September 9, 1792

Question 24

what is being neutral?

Answer 24

not favoring any side in a dispute

Question 25

what is impressment?

Answer 25

seizing the sailors and forcing them to work for an opposing side

Question 26

Why is Anthony Wayne important?

Answer 26

because he led the american army to conquer the native americans

Question 27

why is John Jay important?

Answer 27

He was important for the Jay's treaty

Question 28

What is the Jay's treaty?

Answer 28

the jays treaty is a treaty with Britain that resolved their issues.

Question 29

The British supplied the native Americans that lived in ___?

Answer 29

northwest territory

Question 30

When General Anthony Wayne won the battle in 1794, what was the name of the battle?

Answer 30

Battle of Fallen Timbers

Question 31

Who was fighting in the French Revolution?

Answer 31

British and the French

Question 32

What is an alien?

Answer 32

an outsider or someone from another country

Question 33

What is a sedition?

Answer 33

activity to overthrow a government

Question 34

What is to nullify?

Answer 34

is to deprive of legal force

Question 35

What are states rights?

Answer 35

agreement between states that they can override a federal law

Question 36

When the XYZ affair occurred, the French demanded a ______

Answer 36

The french demanded a bribe of $250,000 and several $million

Question 37

Federalists wanted ___ to declare ___ on France

Answer 37

congress wanted to declare war on France

Question 38

What was the Alien Act?

Answer 38

increased the length of time for the naturalization of a citizen from 5 years to 14 years

Question 39

What was the Sedition act?

Answer 39

targeted republicans and made it a crime for anyone to write or say anything insulting or false about the president or congress

Question 40

After the Sedition act was passed, Republicans claimed that...

Answer 40

states can nullify

Question 41

If you can be a Republican or Federalist who would you be? Why?

Answer 41

I would be a Republican because everyone=political power....believe the constitution...opposed tariff....