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100
Political parties were a result of a dispute over this
What is Hamilton's financial plan?
100
What is needed to override a presidential veto
What is 2/3s of both houses of Congress?
100
involvement in Europe would risk US security
What is the reason George Washington advised the nation to "steer clear of permanent alliances" in his Farewell Address?
100
Required by the Constitution in order to determine the number of members from each state in the House of Representatives
What is the census? (every 10 years)
100
Designed to protect American industry
What is a protective tariff? (part of Hamilton's financial plan)
200
The Political ideology of Alexander Hamilton
What is a strong central government is essential for the economic growth of the nation?
200
Where impeachment trials are held
What is the Senate?
200
The major foreign policy success of Thomas Jefferson
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
200
"A man's house is his castle" codified in the Bill of Rights
What is the 4th Amendment prohibition of unreasonable search and seizures?
200
Established the ability of the judicial branch to declare governmental acts as unconstitutional (Judicial Review)
What is Marbury v. Madison
300
The three parts of Alexander Hamilton's financial plan
What is a National Bank, the assumption of state debt, and a protective tariff
300
The part of the government that was originally created to respond most directly to the will of the people
What is the House of Representatives?
300
The chief reason the US acquired the Louisiana Territory
What is to control the Mississippi River? (allow farming to spread west)
300
The way to overturn a ruling of the Supreme Court of the United States
What is amending the Constitution? (or getting the Court itself to overturn their own decision)
300
They supported the addition of a bill of rights to the Constitution
Who were the Antifederalists?
400
Showed the federal government's intention to enforce its laws (with force if necessary)
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
400
The balance of power between levels of government (between the states and national government)
What is federalism?
400
Americans built less ships as a result of this in 1807
What is the Embargo of 1807?
400
Who the due process clause in the 5th Amendment and the right to an attorney in the 6th Amendment were designed to protect
What are people accused of crimes?
400
Argued that states could nullify (void) federal laws that they did not agree with
What are the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions?
500
Two precedents (unwritten or informal Constitution) started in the Federalist Era
What is the cabinet, two term tradition, and/or political parties?
500
Senate rejects President's choice for Secretary of State
What is an example of checks and balances?
500
This type of interpretation was applied when Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory
What is loose construction (although Jefferson had not supported this interpretation when he wasn't president)
500
An Enlightenment concept included in the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence?
What is John Locke's idea that government gets its power from "the consent of the governed"?
500
The Supreme Law of the Land
What is the Constitution?
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