The first major political parties in the Unites States
Who were the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans?
100
The House of Representative has 435 members and representation is based on this
What is population?
100
A national currency to encourage trade and commerce
What is common coinage?
100
Policy which concerns laws, government programs, and administrative decisions which are directly related to all issues and activity within a nation's borders.
What is domestic policy?
100
Examples of this include: Diaries, speeches, manuscripts, letters, interviews, news film footage, autobiographies, official records
What is a primary source?
200
The Federalist, especially Alexander Hamilton, supported this to boost the national economy by granting credit and loans
What is the National Bank?
200
The Senate has exactly this numbers of representatives as each state has the same number
What is 100?
200
Congress has the power to regulate trade or commerce
What is the commerce clause (in the Constitution)
200
Policy which concerns laws, government programs, and administrative decisions which are directly related to all issues and activity outside a nation's borders.
What is foreign policy?
200
Examples of this include:
A journal/magazine article which interprets or reviews previous findings
A history textbook
A book about the effects of WWI
What is a secondary source?
300
This first party supported states rights and a weaker national governments
Who were the Democratic-Republicans?
300
Bills often start in these small, specialized groups who look over them
What are committees?
300
The idea that written agreements are legally binding
What is sanctity of contracts?
300
During a brief role between England and France, President Washington strove to remain this... (the United States did the same during the French Revolution)
What is remain neutral?
300
This idea states that the Constitution should change with the times and not be a strict document
What is loose interpretation?
400
This first party had support in the North and favored industry to an agrarian society.
Who are democratic-republicans?
400
In order for a bill to reach the presidents it must first be approved by this
What is both houses of Congress?
400
States must respect the laws and regulations of other states
What is full faith and credit (in the Constitution)?
400
Some feared that supporting the French would hurt trade relations with this country
What was Great Britain?
400
This act of the late 1790s was passed due to a fear that immigrants would not be loyal to the United States
What was the Alien Acts?
500
The current political party generally accepts a stronger national government on things like taxes.
Who are the Democrats?
500
A president does this if he (or hopefully in the near future she) cancels a bill when it reaches them
What is a veto?
500
The American system of economics based on a system in which the government both supports and regulates private enterprise and economic decisions.
What is a mixed economy?
500
Democratic ideals and individual freedom were two reason to support this country during its Revolution
Who was France?
500
President Obama just passed an executive order trying to ease the number of these with illegal immigrants.