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| What is the purpose of the Cabinet? |
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| To play a key role in first and future administrations |
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| List the first three departments of the Cabinet and give the leader of each. |
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State - Thomas Jefferson
Treasury - Alexander Hamilton
War - Henry Knox |
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| What is the significance of the Judiciary Act of 1789? |
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| Organized 13 district courts, established 3 circuit courts to handle appeals and set the number of Supreme Court justices |
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| What is the most fundamental of the Bill of Rights? |
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| Was the first amendment created to separate religion from the government? Explain your answer. |
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| No. It didn't want to separate but it did not want to establish a definite church. |
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| What was the main way Hamilton planned on solving the national debt problem? |
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| Explain the term assumption in reference to debt. |
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| Assumption is the national government's takeover of all state debt. |
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| What was the controversy over the establishment of a national bank |
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| Constitutional interpretation |
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| What were the main objectives of the national bank? |
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| Uniform currency and source of business loans |
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| Give the differences between loose constructionists and strict constructionists. |
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Loose - flexible
Strict - stuck closely to constitution |
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| Explain the problem the founding fathers had with political parties. |
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| They assumed that leaders would act in the public's interest, instead of the party's; political parties would rip the union apart. |
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| Compare and contrast the Federalists and Republicans. |
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| The Federalists claimed to be true keepers of the Constitution; Republicans viewed themselves as the last line between "tyranny" and American liberty. |
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| Federalists might be called ____________. |
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| Hamiltonians, Monarchists |
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| Republicans, or Democratic-Republicans might be called the ____________. |
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| Jeffersonians, Madisonians |
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| Federalists believed that America's future was in ___________ and ____________. |
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| Was the French Revolution similar to our War for Independence? |
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| Yes, but more bloody and wild. |
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| Why did the US break the Treaty of Alliance with France? |
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| It was too bloody; didn't want to offend Britain. |
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| What was the Proclamation of Neutrality? Also, note who issued the proclamation. |
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| U.S would pursue a policy of friendliness; Washington issued it |
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| Who was Citizen Genet and how did he affect the new nation? Whatever happened to him? |
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| He rejected titles of nobility; stirred up strife about France, then moved to NY |
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| Seizing American sailors, then forcing them into British naval service |
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| How did the British take advantage of the American ships? |
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| What was the main effect of the Jay Treaty? Did the people favor it? |
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| It averted war with Britain; no. |
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| What caused rhe Whiskey Rebellion? |
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| People not wanting to pay taxes |
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| Explain the condition of the new country at the end of Washington's terms? |
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| It was remarkable; it had been enlarged; credit and commerce were stabilized and he Constitution proved to be a practical charter. |
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| How was Washington's Farewell Address influential? |
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| He looked to the future; urged Americans to lay aside partisan divisions and encouraged the cultivation of commercial ties of Europe |
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| Who did the Federalists choose for the candidate for the election of 1796? Why? |
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| John Adams; Washington's 2-term VP |
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| Who was chosen for the Federalists vice president? |
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| Who was nominated for President and Vice President by the Republicans? |
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| Thomas Jefferson, Aaron Burr |
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| What caused John Adams to win the election? |
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| A conflict resembling war in nearly every particular except formal declaration. |
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| What department was created because of the Quasi War? |
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| XYZ was a substitution for names of French agents. |
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| Did the people agree with John Adams on his view of the French? |
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| What were the Alien and Sedition Acts? |
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| Federalist-controlled Congress sought to silence their political opponents. |
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| The Alien Acts granted the President the power to _____________. |
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| Expel or imprison undesirables |
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| What did the Sedition act grant the President the power to do? |
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| Fine and imprison for slander. |
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| Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions: |
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| Said they were in violation of the first amendment |
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| Who was chosen by John Adams to become the chief justice of the Supreme Court? |
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| What was the Judiciary Act of 1801? |
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| Made to increase number of federal judges |
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| How did John Adams respond to the Judiciary Act of 1801? |
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| With "Midnight Appointments" |
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| What was the relationship between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson? |
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