Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights is composed of this many amendments.
What is ten?
He was the Secretary of the Treasury under George Washington.
Who was Alexander Hamilton?
Farmers in Western Pennsylvania refused to pay taxes levied on this drink made from distilled corn.
What is whiskey?
This document warned against the dangers of political parties in America.
What was Washington's Farewell Address?
This was the Democratic-Republican candidate that ran against John Adams.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
This Amendment guarantees the right to bear arms.
What is the Second Amendment?
The US Capital was moved here as part of a compromise.
What is Washington D.C.?
This practice carried out by the British forced American sailors into the British Navy.
What was impressment?
This political party believed state governments should be more powerful than the Federal government.
Who were the Democratic-Republicans?
This was the year of Adams' election.
This Amendment prohibits unreasonable search and seizure.
What is the Fourth Amendment?
Jefferson used this amendment to argue that a national bank was unconstitutional.
What is the 10th Amendment?
This agreement gave Americans access to the Mississippi River and New Orleans.
What was Pinckney's Treaty?
This is a way of interpreting the Constitution that allows the Federal government only the powers specifically listed in the Constitution.
What is Strict Interpretation?
This is the idea that states can refuse or strike down Federal laws that are deemed unconstitutional.
What is nullification?
This Amendment guarantees due process of law.
What is the Fifth Amendment?
These are high taxes on imported goods to raise revenue and to encourage domestic manufacturing.
What are protective tariffs?
The Shawnee gave up all claims to Ohio following this agreement.
What was the Treaty of Greenville?
This way of interpreting the Constitution allows the Federal government any powers that are "necessary and proper" and not forbidden by the Constitution.
This was an undeclared war between France and America between 1798 and 1800.
What was the Quasi-War?
This amendment guarantees a right to trial by jury.
What is the Seventh Amendment?
These were promises made by the government to repay loans during the Revolutionary War.
What are bonds?
This high-ranking member of the Federalist Party served as the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
Who is John Jay?
This French minister demanded bribes before meeting with American ambassadors.
Who was Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord?