ELECTED IN 1789, MANY AMERICANS VIEWED MAN AS A GREAT LEADER AND HERO OF THE REVOLUTION.
WHO WAS GEORGE WASHINGTON?
100
IN 1790-91, INDIAN FORCES UNDER THIS PERSON'S LEAERSHIP DEFEATED U.S. FORCES.
What WAS CHIEF LITTLE TURTLE?
100
HE WAS A REPRESENTATIVE FROM FRANCE THAT TOURED THE U.S. FOR SUPPORT OF FRANCE’S CAUSE.
WHO WAS EDMOND GENET?
100
THESE WERE PRIVATE SHIPS ALLOWED BY A COUNTRY TO ATTACK ITS ENEMIES.
What WERE PRIVATEERS?
100
THESE ARE CERTIFICATES SOLD TO CITIZENS THAT EARNED INTEREST.
What ARE BONDS?
200
THE U.S. OWED ABOUT 11.7 MILLION TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND ABOUT 40.4 MILLION TO U.S. CITIZENS. THIS WAS THE _______________.
What WAS THE NATIONAL DEBT?
200
THESE BUSINESSMEN BOUGHT U.S. BONDS CHEAP, HOPING THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD EVENTUALLY BUY THEM BACK.
What WERE SPECULATORS?
200
AFTER THIS HAPPENED IN FRANCE IN 1797, ADAMS ASKED FOR AND CONGRESS GRANTED FUNDS FOR 30 NAVY SHIPS AND A PEACETIME ARMY OF SEVERAL THOUSAND SOLDIERS.
What WAS THE XYZ AFFAIR?
200
HE WAS THE FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER WHO WANTED A $250,000 BRIBE AND A U.S. LOAN OF $12 MILLION.
WHO WAS CHARLES-MAURICE DE TALLEYRAND?
200
THEY WANTED TO LIMIT THE POWER OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT…THEY WERE POPULAR IN THE SOUTH AND WEST.
WHO WERE THE DEMOCRATIC-REPUBLICAN PARTY?
300
THESE ARE GROUPS THAT HELPED ELECT GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND SHAPE GOVERNMENT POLICIES.
What WERE POLITICAL PARTIES?
300
IN 1793. WASHINGTON SIGNED THIS DOCUMENT THAT STATED THAT THE U.S. WOULD NOT TAKE SIDES IN THE WAR IN EUROPE.
What WAS THE NEUTRALITY PROCLAMATION?
300
IN THE SUMMER OF 1798, FEDERALISTS IN CONGRESS PASSED THIS WHICH GAVE THE PRESIDENT POWER TO REMOVE FOREIGN RESIDENTS FROM THE U.S. IF THEY WERE “ENGAGED IN TREASONOUS ACTS”.
What WAS THE ALIEN ACT?
300
THIS OUTLAWED U.S. CITIZEN’S INVOLVEMEMT IN ANY “PLOT” AGAINST GOVERNMENT POLICIES…IT MADE IT ILLEGAL TO MAKE FALSE OR HOSTILE COMENTS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OR ITS POLICIES.
What WAS THE SEDITION ACT?
300
THE MOVEMENT WHERE THE FRENCH PEOPLE OVERTHREW THE FRENCH MONARCHY AND CREATED A REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT.
What WAS THE FRENCH REVOLUTION?
400
THIS DOCUMENT STATED THAT THE BRITISH AGREED TO PAY DAMAGES FOR SEIZED AMERICAN SHIPS, SMALL. U.S. MERCHANT SHIPS WERE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE TRADING CERTAIN ITEMS IN THE CARIBBEAN, AND THE BRITISH AGREED TO ABANDON THEIR FORTS ON THE NORTHWESTERN FRONTIER.
What WAS JAY'S TREATY?
400
THIS DOCUMENT STATED THAT SPAIN AGREED TO CHANGE THE FLORIDA BORDER, REOPEN THE PORT OF NEW ORLEANS, AND ALLOW RIGHT OF DEPOSIT.
What WAS PINCKNEY'S TREATY?
400
HE WAS THE 1ST VICE-PRESIDENT
WHO WAS JOHN ADAMS?
400
HE WAS THE 1ST SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.
WHO WAS ALEXANDER HAMILTON?
400
HE WAS THE 1ST SECRETARY OF STATE.
WHO WAS THOMAS JEFFERSON?
500
THESE ARE ELECTORS WHO WOULD REPRESENT THE POPULAR VOTE IN THEIR STATE, BUT THEY COULD CHOSE DIFFERENT CANIDATES.
What IS THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE?
500
THE IDEA THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD DO ONLY WHAT THE CONSTITUTION SPECIFICALLY SAYS IT CAN DO.
What is STRICT CONSTRUCTION?
500
THE IDEA THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAN MAKE ANY REASONABLE ACTIONS THAT THE CONSTITUTION DOES NOT SPECIFICALLY FORBID IT FROM TAKING.
What is LOOSE CONSTRUCTION?
500
THIS WOULD ALLOW AMERICAN BOATS TO TRANSFER THEIR GOODS AT NEW ORLEANS WITHOUT PAYING FEES ON THEIR CARGO.
What is RIGHT OF DEPOSIT?
500
THIS CREATED A FEDERAL COURT SYSTEM WITH 3 LEVELS: DISTRICT COURTS, COURT OF APPEALS, AND THE SUPREME COURT.