Lesson 1
An honest leader, a hero of the Revolution, and the first U.S. president?
Who is George Washinton
The first secretary of the U.S. Treasury who wanted to pay the nation's foreign debt immediately and gradually repay the full value of all bonds?
Who is Alexander Hamilton
A rebellion of the French people against their king that led to the creation of a republican government?
What is the French Revolution
Groups that help elect people and shape politics?
What are Political Parties
Federalist president first elected in 1796 who lost the 1800 presidential election?
Who is John Adams
George Washington's wife, who was the first First Lady?
Who is Martha Washinton
Certificates that represent money?
What are bonds
Private ships hired by a country to attack its enemies?
What are Privateers
A political group that wanted to limit the federal government's powers?
What is the Democratic-Republican party
A former army captain chosen by Jefferson to lead an expedition to explore the lands of the Louisiana Purchase?
Who is Meriwether Lewis
An act that created three levels of federal courts and defined their powers and relationships to the state courts?
What is the Judiciary Act of 1789
The first secretary of state who thought that repaying the full bonds would cheat bondholders who had sold their bonds at low prices?
Who is Thomas Jefferson
An agreement that settled the disputes between the US and Britain in the early 1790s?
What is Pickney's Treaty
Laws meant to crush opposition to war that deprived people of the freedom to say and write what they believe?
What are the Alien and Sedition acts
Shoshone who helped the expedition by naming plants and gathering edible fruits and vegetables for the group?
Who is Sacagewea
What were the two most important cabinet positions?
What are the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of State
The view that the federal government should do only what the Constitution specifically says it can do?
What is strict construction
The battle that broke the strength of Native American forces in the Northwest Territory?
What was the Battle of Fallen Timbers
During this time, how was the vice president determined?
The person who came second in votes
A case that established the Supreme Court's power of judicial review?
What is Marbury vs. Madison
The New York Stock Exchange has the largest what in the world?
What is the market for securities
What was Hamilton's economic plan?
Deal with debt, gain revenue, and stabilize the banking system
An uprising in which some farmers refused to pay the whiskey tax?
What is the Whiskey Rebellion
Who wanted to repeal the Alien and Sedition Acts?
Who are Jefferson and Madison
What did Thomas Jefferson and the Democratic-Republicans believe?
Rule by the people and a strong state government