Washington & Early Presidency
The precedent that George Washington set by stepping down after two terms.
What is the two term precedent?
Washington’s Secretary of the Treasury who proposed a plan to handle national debt.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
The name of the uprising against the excise tax on distilled spirits?
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
The president who completed the Louisiana Purchase in 1803.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The two members of Washington's first cabinet.
Who are Thomas Jefferson & Alexander Hamilton?
The institution did Hamilton support creating to help manage federal finances.
What is The First Bank of the United States (national bank)?
Two Acts did the Federalist-controlled Congress pass in 1798 that limited speech and targeted immigrants.
The cost the United States paid for the Louisiana Territory (total dollar amount).
What is $15 Million?
The proclamation that Washington issue in 1793 to keep the US out of European conflicts?
What is the Proclamation of Neutrality?
The tax Hamilton proposed that led to a violent uprising in western Pennsylvania.
What is the excise tax on distilled spirits (the whiskey tax).
The main argument of the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions in response to the Alien and Sedition Acts.
What is violation of the Constitution?
The two leaders of the Corps of Discovery who explored the Louisiana Purchase lands.
Who are Lewis and Clark?
Which law did Washington use to call up state militias to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion?
What is the Militia Law of 1792?
Two parts of Hamilton’s financial plan.
Examples: What is Debt assumption — federal government assumes state debts to centralize and improve credit; Creation of a national bank — manage finances and issue currency; Tariffs/subsidies — promote manufacturing; Excise taxes — raise revenue.
The diplomatic scandal involving French agents angered the United States during John Adams’s presidency.
The Shoshone woman and two contributions she made to the Lewis and Clark expedition.
Who is Sacagawea; interpreter & guide?
One reason Washington favored a strong, centralized executive during the 1790s.
Possible answers: What is to enforce federal laws; to show the national government could maintain order (e.g., Whiskey Rebellion); to prevent monarchy; to ensure peaceful transfer of power?
How did Hamilton’s assumption of state debts help establish public credit for the nation?
What is assumption of consolidated debts under the federal government, improving creditworthiness and encouraging investment by showing the U.S. would honor its obligations.
Why President Adams decided to avoid full-scale war with France even when pressured by Federalists.
What is peace sought by Adams to avoid costly war, protect national stability, and because sending a negotiator led to a treaty in 1800; his choice split the Federalists and reduced support for war.
The Burr Conspiracy and why Aaron Burr was tried.
What is Burr's plot to form an independent nation in the West or invade Spanish territory; he was arrested for treason but acquitted for lack of evidence; the conspiracy showed political instability on the frontier?