Washington and Congress
Department heads were known as the _________.
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Cabinet
What law made it illegal to print or say anything "false, scandalous, and malicious" about the federal government?
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Sedition
On April 30th, 1803, the United States bought _______ from Frnace for $11.25 million.
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Louisiana
This act forbade trade with France and Britain while authorizing the president to reopen trade with whichever country removed its trade restrictions first.
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Non-Intercourse Act
The ______, a government ban on trade with other countries.
embargo
This law required importers to pay a precentage of the value of their cargo when they landed in the United States.
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Tariff of 1789
Kentucky Resolutions advanced the theory of _______. According to this theory, if the federal government passed an unconstitutional law, the states had the right to nullify the law, or declare it invalid.
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Nillification
Who guided and transleted for Lewis and Clark?
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Sacagawea
This group belived economic pressure had failed and the nation's reputation was in danger if it did not go to war to stop the British from seizing American sailors.
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War Hawks
If the federal government did something unconstitutional, the state could interpose between the federal government and the people and stop the illegal season.
What theory is this?
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Interposition
What rebellion erupted in Pennsylvania in 1794?
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Whiskey rebellion
France and the US were fighting in an undeclared war at sea in 1798. This war became known as ______.
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Quasi-war
Other than Lewis and Clark who else explored the Louisiana teritory?
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Zebulon Pike
From what three places did the US attack Canada from?
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Detroit, Niagra Falls and uo the Hudson River
What four things did Alexzander Hamilton want the government to do to sucure its ability to raise money?
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1. tax imports
2. take on the debts of the Continental Congress
3. establish a national bank
4. impose an excise tax on whiskey.
What were the nation’s first two political parties, and what issues did they favor?
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The two political parties were the Federalists and the Republicans. The Federalists favored a strong national government and the Republicans favored owning your own land and helped keep businesses intact.
What was the purpose of the Alien and Sedition Acts?
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They were four laws pushed by the people of America because of French and Irish people were living in America without being official citizens.
Why did Thomas Jefferson have Congress pass the Embargo act?
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He did not want to entangle the United States in the affairs of Europe, therefore stopping trade.
Why did Americans in the south and the west favor war with great Britain?
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They believed economic pressure had failed and the nations reputation was in danger if it did not go to war to stop the British from seizing american sailors.
What happened shortly after George Washington was inaugurated in 1789?
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The French Revolution began in Europe.
What was Jefferson's vision for the nation?
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The power of the national government should be minimized.
What was Pinckney's Treaty?
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Pinckney's Treaty granted the United States the right to navigate the Misssissippi and to deposit goods in New Orleans.
What did the Judiciary Act of 1801 create?
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This act created 16 new federal Judges.
What is 1 of the 4 main causes of the War of 1812?
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1. The British policy of intercepting U.S. ships trading with France.
2. British impressments of American sailor.
3. Problems with Native Americans on the frontier.
4. A group of Congressmen from the South and West who strongly pushed for war.
Thomas Jefferson asked congress to fund a expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory, his goal was to find a water route.
The route was called what?
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Northwest passage