Peeps and Positions
Money and Parties
Deals and Departments
Agencies and Treaties
Definitions
100
This man was the first president of the United States under the Constitution.
Who was George Washington?
100
This law made it illegal to criticize the government.
What is the Sedition Act?
100
This man was the leader of the Miami people. (Hint: It's not LeBron James, but he does have an awesome name.)
Who was Little Turtle?
100
Federalists believed in which of the following: state banks, a national bank, free trade, or rule by the people.
What is a national bank?
100
This is the term used to define immigrants living in a country that they are not citizens of.
Who are aliens?
200
This man was the first vice president.
Who was John Adams?
200
The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of 1789 and 1799 spelled out a theory of ______ rights.
What are the states?
200
This vocabulary word means to legally overturn.
What is to nullify?
200
Most Americans considered Jay's Treaty to be: an act of treason, an act of courage, dishonorable, or honorable.
What is dishonorable?
200
This is the name of the powers that are not expressly forbidden in the Constitution that Hamilton thought the federal government should have.
What are implied powers?
300
This vocabulary term means to not take sides.
What is neutrality?
300
This is the name of the first 10 amendments to the Constitution.
What are the Bill of Rights?
300
This government group deals with the nation's defense.
What is the War Department?
300
This government agency handles relations with other nations.
What is the State Department?
300
This is the practice of capturing people and forcing them into military services. The British did this to American crews and forced them into the British navy.
What is impressment?
400
This vocabulary term means favoring one side of an issue.
What is partisan?
400
The amount a nation's government owes is called the national _____.
What is debt?
400
This group of people admired Britain.
Who are the federalists?
400
With this Act Congress established a federal court system.
What is the Judiciary Act of 1789?
400
These are paper notes promising to repay the money in a certain length of time.
What are bonds?
500
This man was the first secretary of treasury.
Who was Alexander Hamilton?
500
To prepare for an election, the Federalists are the Republicans held meetings called ______.
What are caucuses?
500
This governmental agency deals with financial matters.
What is the Treasury Department?
500
To open Ohio to white settlement, Anthony Wayne forced Native American nations from the Great Lakes region to sign the Treaty of _________.
What is the Treaty of Greenville?
500
This term is used to refer to a tax on imports.
What is a tariff?
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