Lesson 1: The First President
George Washington set many ___ as the first president
What is precedent?
The Whiskey Rebellion was
What was an event where an armed mob was furious about the whiskey tax, and Washington sent federal troops to maintain order?
Washington felt this way about political parties
What is he believed that he was above political parties and that they were bad for the government?
The leader of the Democratic-Republican Party is (2 possible answers)
What is Thomas Jefferson/James Madison?
The definition of cabinet is
What is a group of advisers to a president?
The Judiciary Act of 1789 was
What is an act that established a federal court system?
The Treaty of Greenville was
What is a treaty signed by the Native Americans to give up most of the land that is now Ohio?
John Adams was
What is the 2nd president who served during the XYZ Affair?
The Federalists believed that the Constitution gave the federal government
What is implied powers?
The definition of a caucus is
What is a meeting of members of a political party to choose candidates for the upcoming elections?
The Bill of Rights is a
What is the set of 10 amendments that guaranteed civil rights?
The Battle of Fallen Timbers had this impact on the Native Americans
What is crushing the Native Americans' hope of keeping their land?
These acts gave the president the right to imprison and/or deport those he thought could be dangerous
What were the Alien and Sedition Acts?
The supporters of the Democratic Republicans were mainly
What is farmers and ordinary people?
The definition of impressment is
What is seizing people against their will and forcing them to serve in the military or other public service?
The 3 departments, and the figures that made up the cabinet were
What is Alexander Hamilton (dept. of Treasury), Thomas Jefferson (dept. of State), and Henry Knox (dept. of war)
Anthony Wayne was
What is a war general that Washington sent to defeat the Native Americans?
This election resulted in a Federalist president and a Democratic- Republican vice president
What is the election of 1796?
This party believed that the constitution should be strictly followed.
What is Democratic Republicans
The definition of sedition is
What are activities aimed at weakening the established government by inciting resistance or rebellion to authority?
The national debt is
What is the amount of money that the government owes to other nations?
The reason why Jay's treaty was unpopular to the American people was because
What is due to the treaty not mentioning anything about the impressment of American sailors?
This was based on the principle of states' rights and claimed that states could nullify unconstitutional federal laws.
What were the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions?
This party was for the national bank.
The definition of states right is
What is the idea that states should have all powers that the Constitution does not give to the federal government or forbid to the states