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100
This term refers to a group of advisors to the president; includes such positions as the Secretary of State; the Secretary of War; the Secretary of the Treasury; and the Attorney General.
What is CABINET?
100
He was Secretary of the Treasury during Washington's presidency AND a staunch Federalist.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
100
True or False: Madison and Jefferson opposed Hamilton's plan to create a national bank because the Constitution did NOT explicitly give Congress the power to create such an institution?
What is TRUE?
100
This is the side that the United States supported in the war between Great Britain and France in the 1790s.
What is NEITHER; the U.S. remained neutral, despite attempts by both sides to lure them into their conflict.
100
TRUE OR FALSE: The parts on the map that are shaded pink indicate disputed areas?
What is FALSE; parts shaded pink indicate states.
200
This term refers to something that is done or said that becomes an example for others to follow.
What is a PRECEDENT?
200
He was the Miami chief who defeated Arthur St. Clair's forces in an early battle of the Northwest Indian War.
Who is Chief Little Turtle (aka. Chief Receding Hairline)?
200
This person expressed concern that political parties were a threat to the ability of people in government to work together.
Who is George Washington?
200
This is the main reason that conflict developed between Native American tribes and U.S. settlers in the 1790s.
What is U.S. settlers were moving onto lands promised to the natives in treaties negotiated at the beginning of Washington's presidency?
200
This is the title of the map.
What is The United States, 1790?
300
This practice entails seizing people against their will and forcing them to serve in the military or other public service; the British were engaging in this practice throughout their war with France.
What is IMPRESSMENT?
300
He was a Revolutionary War hero who Washington chose as his Secretary of War.
Who is Henry Knox?
300
This is the reason why many Americans wanted a Bill of Rights added to the Constitution.
What is to guarantee civil liberties for all citizens?
300
This is what Washington did to put an end to the impressment of U.S. sailors by the British navy.
What is send U.S. Supreme Court justice, John Jay, to Britiain to a work out a solution with the British government.
300
According to the map, these two European nations had significant land holdings in North America at this time in U.S. history.
What are Spain and Great Britain?
400
This term refers to a refusal to take sides in a conflict; both Washington and Adams maintained this with foreign nations during their presidencies.
What is NEUTRALITY?
400
He was the French ambassador sent to the United States to negotiate with Washington and to persuade him to assist the French in their war against the British. His efforts were in vain, as Washington refused to get involved and issued an official declaration of neutrality.
Who was Edmond Genet (aka. Citizen Genet)?
400
These were a series of four laws passed in 1798, in the midst of strong public outrage over the XYZ affair; they gave the president/government the power to deport "suspicious" aliens and to fine or imprison anyone who criticized the government.
What are the Alien and Sedition Acts?
400
This is the reason why farmers in western Pennsylvania were so outraged by the tax on whiskey that was passed in 1791.
What is the farmers were whiskey distillers who relied on the sale of the whiskey they manufactured to supplement their low incomes?
400
These three states have undergone the most changes to their shape/borders since the 1790s.
What are Georgia, Virginia, and Massachusetts?
500
These are activities aimed at weakening the established government by inciting resistance or rebellion to authority.
What is SEDITION?
500
He was a celebrated Revolutionary War general who was sent by Washington to suppress native resistance in Ohio; defeated Shawnee forces at Fallen Timbers.
Who is General Anthony Wayne?
500
These were statements of protest issued by two state legislatures, regarding the "unconstitutionality" of the Alien and Sedition Acts.
What are the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions?
500
This episode in U.S.history occurred during John Adams' presidency and involved three French agents demanding a bribe and a loan for France as "repayment" for the U.S.'s shady dealings with the British.
What is the XYZ affair?
500
Using the map's scale, this is the approximate distance between the southernmost point of South Carolina AND the northernmost point of Pennsylvania.
What is 800 miles (The scale is 1/2 inch = 200 miles; the distance between the southernmost point of South Carolina and northernmost point of Pennsylvania on the map is 2 inches)?