Unit 4 (Ch. 9-11)

Question 1

the body of electors who formally elect the United States president and vice-president

Answer 1

electoral college

Question 2

precedent

Answer 2

an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action

Question 3

Washington’s wife, entertained guests and attended social events with her husband

Answer 3

Martha washington

Question 4

Created a court system with 3 levels (local, state, national)

Answer 4

judiciary act of 1788

Question 5

the total amount of money that a government owes to others

Answer 5

national debt

Question 6

certificates that represent money the government has borrowed from private citizens

Answer 6

bonds

Question 7

people who buy items at low prices in the hope that the value will rise

Answer 7

speculators

Question 8

a tariff imposed to protect domestic firms from import competition

Answer 8

protective tariff

Question 9

belief that the government can do anything that the constitution does not prohibit

Answer 9

loose construction

Question 10

1789-1795; First Secretary of the Treasury. He advocated creation of a national bank, assumption of state debts by the federal government, and a tariff system to pay off the national debt.

Answer 10

Alexander Hamilton

Question 11

first secretary of state

Answer 11

Thomas jefferson

Question 12

a national bank funded by the federal government and wealthy investors

Answer 12

Bank of the United States

Question 13

private ships authorized by a nation to attack its enemies

Answer 13

privateers

Question 14

right to transfer goods at a destination without having to pay fees for the cargo

Answer 14

right of deposit

Question 15

the revolution in France against the Bourbons l867

Answer 15

French Revolution

Question 16

Washington’s declaration that the U.S. would not take sides after the French Revolution touched off a war between France and a coalition consisting primarily of England, Austria and Prussia. Washington’s Proclamation was technically a violation of the Franco-American Treaty of 1778.

Answer 16

neutrality proclamation

Question 17

french diplomat who tried to get american support against the british

Answer 17

edmond genet

Question 18

United States diplomat and jurist who negotiated peace treaties with Britain and served as the first chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1829)

Answer 18

john jay

Question 19

Was made up by John Jay. It said that Britain was to pay for Americans ships that were seized in 1793. It said that Americans had to pay British merchants debts owed from before the revolution and Britain had agreed to remove their troops from the Ohio Valley

Answer 19

jay’s treaty

Question 20

U.S. ambassador who asked Spanish officials to reopen New Orleans to U.S. trade. he requested right of deposit

Answer 20

thomas pickney

Question 21

1795 - Treaty between the U.S. and Spain which gave the U.S. the right to transport goods on the Mississippi river and to store goods in the Spanish port of New Orleans.

Answer 21

pickney’s treaty

Question 22

organization that tries to influence gov. policy by promoting its ideas and backing candidates for office

Answer 22

political parties

Question 23

1792-1816. Formed by Alexander Hamilton. Controlled the government until 1801. Wanted strong nationalistic government. Opposed by Democratic Republicans.

Answer 23

federalist party

Question 24

political party founded in the1790s that sought to preserve the power of the state governments and promote agriculture.

Answer 24

democratic-republican party

Question 25

incident of the late 1790s in which French secret agents demanded a bribe and a loan to France in lieu of negotiating a dispute over the Jay Treaty and other issues

Answer 25

xyz affair

Question 26

acts passed by federalists giving the government power to imprison or deport foreign citizens and prosecute critics of the government

Answer 26

alien and sedition acts

Question 27

argued that the alien and sedition acts were unconstitutional, Jefferson and Madison’s response to Alien and Sedition Acts. Promoted states’ right to nullify federal laws considered unconstitutional (1799)

Answer 27

kentucky and virginia resolutions

Question 28

requires that the electors cast separate ballots for president and vice president, as well as providing that if no candidate receives a majority of the electoral votes, the House chooses from the three candidates who have the largest number of electoral votes; the Senate chooses from the top two candidates for vice pres.

Answer 28

twelfth amendment

Question 29

an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action

Answer 29

precedent