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US History Crone Faith Final Exam
America: Pathways to the Present, Chapter 6-12
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10th Grade
04/30/2012

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Viginia and Kentucky Resolutions
Definition
Asserted that states could nullify federal laws
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Alexander Hamilton's view on debt
Definition
He believed the federal government should take on state debts
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Sedition Act (1798)
Definition
made it illegal to criticize the government
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What was one of the most controversial things of Alexander Hamilton's economic plan?
Definition
current holders of federal notes would be paid in full no matter how or when they were aquired
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Why did George Washington adopt the trappings (ways and customs) of royalty?
Definition
He wanted to gain people's respect for the office
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The Whiskey Rebellion refrclect Washington's beliefs on what?
Definition
that the federal laws must be enforced
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What was one result of the XYZ affair?
Definition
The American public was outraged and an unofficial war started with France
Term
The Whiskey Rebellion was a response to what?
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Hamilton's debt plan
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Jefferson's election as president in 1800 demostrated what?
Definition
the country could peacefully transfer power from one party to another
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On what grounds did Jefferson and Madison argue against the national bank?
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The Constitution did not gove congress the power to create a national bank.
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What led Geroge Washington to send John Jay to England to negotiate a treaty?
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The Britishhad seized American merchant ships and pressed (forced the to join to Navy) the sailors
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What did the Northwest Ordinance do?
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-Established the process for a territory to become a state
-prohibit slavery north of the Ohio River
-create 5 new states
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The XYZ affair showed that the US had trouble with which country?
Definition
France
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What was a major goal of George Washington as President?
Definition
To gain repsect for the US from other nations
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What was interesting about the election of 1796?
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the Prez and VP were from different political parties
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Washington issued the Neutrality Proclamationto avaoid being drawn into a war between which two countries?
Definition
Britain and France
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What was Hamilton's financial plan?
Definition
-federal government assumed all state war debt
-tarriff on inported goods (to encourage people to buy US made)
-create a Bank of the United States
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Alien and Sedition acts
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-Signed into lawby John Adams
-Republicans said they Violated the Bill of Rights
-increased tensions between Republicans and Federalists
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What was the outcome of Gabriel Prosser's rebellion?
Definition
Prosser and other slave rebels were executed
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What was the main points of Washingtons fairwell address?
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-We should stay out of alliances with other countries
-Should NOT have political parties
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In the 1790s, which country did the Republican back? Which country did the Federalists back?
Definition
Republicans- France
Federalists- England
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Where was Washington sworn in as president?
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New York
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What was a provision of Jay's Treaty?
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-remove all British soldiers from the Northwest territories
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Why was Jefferson not automatically named president in the election of 1800?
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He did not get the majority of electoral college votes
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Describe Jeffersonian Republicans
Definition
objected to national governement's interference in state and local governmental affairs
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Five Freedoms in the First Ammendment
Definition
1. religion
2. Press
3. Petition
4. Protest
5. speech
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