Important People
The first US president
Who is George Washington?
An organized political group
What is a faction?
The governing document of the United States
What is the Constitution?
The Constitutional amendment that covers freedoms (speech, press, and religion)
What is the first amendment?
The four offices that make up the Presidential Cabinet
What are the:
Secretary of Treasury
Secretary of War
Secretary of State
Attorney General?
The Federalist nominee for the 1796 election
Who is John Adams?
A tax on imported goods
What is a tariff?
The portion of the Constitution that makes up the first ten amendments
What is the Bill of Rights?
Extended the amount of time for a non-citizen to become a citizen from 5 to 14 years.
What is the Alien Act?
The time period in which the French Revolution became the most violent
What is the Reign of Terror?
The Vice President after the 1796 election
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The seizing of sailors and forcing them to serve for another country
What is impressment?
The documents that presented the ideas of states rights and nullification
What are the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions?
The amendment that consists of the right to bear arms
What is the second amendment?
The part of Hamilton's financial plan that did not pass
What is the high tariff?
The first Secretary of Treasury
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
An activity designed to overthrow a government
What is sedition?
The treaty that Britain and the US agreed upon during the French Revolution in which Britain agreed to pay for ships and the US agreed to pay old debt
What is the Jay Treaty?
Made it illegal to write or say anything offensive or untrue about the government
What is the Sedition Act?
The full date (Month, Day, Year) that George Washington was inaugurated.
What is April 30, 1789?
The first Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court
Who is John Jay?
To deprive of legal force
What is nullification?
The treaty that ended the struggle for the Northwest territory with Native Americans
What is the Treaty of Greenville?
The right to due process during criminal proceeding is covered under this Constitutional Amendment
What is the fifth amendment?
Occurred after farmers became angry about the additional tax of alcohol bought and sold in the United States
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?