The New Republic Test Review

CurrentVocabulary

100

The choice not to pick sides in a conflict

Neutrality

200

A tax placed on imported goods

Tariff

300

To get or come to own something you don't already have

Acquire

400

A previous decision used an example for later situations

Precedent

500

The ability to borrow money with the plan to repay it

Credit

Washington'sPresidency

100

Washington created this group of advisors as President, which has grown in number over the years

Cabinet

200

The 22nd Amendment set the limit for presidential terms at this same number of Washington's terms

Two

300

Washington gave Alexander Hamilton the responsibility of improving our nation's economy and reducing its this

Debt

400

Washington's policy of neutrality upset some Americans and angered this nation

France

500

Washington utilized this to claim that he did not have to share every piece of information with the American public

Executive Privilege

The 1796Election

100

This man became our 2nd President after defeating Thomas Jefferson in the 1796 election

John Adams

200

The 1796 presidential election was the first election involving competing these

Political parties

300

President John Adams upset many Americans when the Alien & Sedition Acts violated this right

Free Speech / Freedom of the Press

400

Thomas Jefferson ran as a candidate of this party that preferred that most government power should be in the hands of state governments

Democratic-Republican

500

The 2nd President would continue this Washington precedent, which would save the US money and lives

Neutrality

The Electionof 1800

100

Following the 1800 election, the third President of the United States would be this man

Thomas Jefferson

200

The Election of 1800 was decided not by the general public but by this group

US House of Representatives

300

In 1804, this amendment was passed to require electors vote for president and vice president separately

12th Amendment

400

This man convinced Federalists in Congress to vote for a particular Democratic-Republican to become president in 1800

Alexander Hamilton

500

The 1800 electoral vote would involve a tie between the soon-to-be 3rd President and this man

Aaron Burr

The LouisianaTerritory

100

The Louisiana Territory was purchased from this nation

France

200

The Louisiana Territory extends from the Mississippi River to this mountain range

Rocky Mountains

300

The Corps of Discovery (Lewis & Clark) was intended to map and document western plants, animals, and these

People (Native Americans)

400

Lewis and Clark were greatly aided by the knowledge and help of this Native American woman

Sacagawea

500

In the Louisiana Purchase, the US acquired all of the Louisiana Territory, including this city

New Orleans