Washington's Presidency
This body of electors unanimously selected George Washington as the first president.
What is the electoral college?
Hamilton wanted the federal government to pay this amount that states owed for Revolutionary War expenses.
What is $25 million?
This 1793 proclamation stated that the United States would not take sides in the war between France and Great Britain.
What is the Neutrality Proclamation?
Alexander Hamilton helped found this party that supported a strong federal government.
What is the Federalist Party?
The election of 1800 was significant because it was the first peaceful change of political power from one party to this
What is another (party)?
This act created three levels of federal courts and defined their powers.
What is the Judiciary Act of 1789?
Jefferson favored this interpretation of the Constitution, believing the government should do only what the Constitution says it can do.
What is strict construction?
This 1794 treaty settled disputes between the United States and Great Britain but was unpopular in America.
What is Jay's Treaty?
Thomas Jefferson and James Madison founded this party that wanted to limit federal government power.
What is the Democratic-Republican Party?
Jefferson enacted these three policies as president: cutting domestic taxes, lowering military spending, and letting the Alien and Sedition Acts do this.
What is expire?
These examples for future action were set by the new government under Washington.
What are precedents?
Hamilton believed in this interpretation that allowed the government to take actions the Constitution does not forbid.
What is loose construction?
This 1795 treaty with Spain set the southern U.S. border at 31° N latitude and reopened New Orleans to trade.
What is Pinckney's Treaty?
The Federalist Party was more popular in these states, while the Democratic-Republican Party was popular in southern states.
What are northern states?
This Supreme Court case confirmed the Court's power of judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
This rebellion tested Washington's administration when western Pennsylvania farmers protested a tax on their cash crop.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
While Hamilton promoted business and manufacturing, Jefferson wanted the nation to remain mainly this.
What is agricultural?
Southerners were angry with Jay's Treaty because it did not ask this nation to repay them for slaves freed during the Revolutionary War.
What is Britain (or the British)?
These four laws were passed by Federalist-controlled Congress in 1798 to crush Democratic-Republican opposition.
What are the Alien and Sedition Acts?
Jefferson purchased this territory from France for $15 million, more than doubling the size of the United States.
What is the Louisiana Territory?
Rural Americans expected these three things from the new government: simpler trade laws, fair tax laws, and this right.
What is the right to settle western lands?
Southern states disagreed with Hamilton's debt plan because it was unfair to states that did not have many of these.
What are debts?
This affair involved French agents secretly demanding bribes before they would discuss a treaty with American diplomats.
What is the XYZ Affair?
Jefferson and Madison wrote these resolutions arguing that the Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional.
What are the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions?
This Shoshone woman guided the Lewis and Clark expedition after it reached Shoshone land near the Rocky Mountains.
Who is Sacagawea?