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Who was the first secretary of the treasury?
Alexander Hamilton p. 170
Who was the first attorney general?
Edmund Randolph p. 170
Who was the second president who appointed many federal judges at the end of his term?
John Adams p. 180, 188
Who was the first president?
George Washington p. 169
The states' act of declaring void a federal law is called ______.
nullification p. 185
Forcing captured American sailors to serve on British naval ships was known as ______.
impressment p. 177
Who was the first chief justice of the Supreme Court who negotiated a treaty with Britain?
John Jay p. 173, 178
Who was the first secretary of state who was also the third President?
Thomas Jefferson p. 170, 186
Who was the French citizen who tried to gain American support for France?
Edmond-Charles Genet p. 176
Who was the chief justice of the Supreme Court appointed by John Adams?
John Marshall p. 187
What is the formal ceremony beginning a president's term called?
Inauguration p. 169
Which of the following was not part of Hamilton's financial plan for the United States?
A. help farmers stay on farms
B. levy tariffs and excise taxes
C. establish a national bank
D. repay money borrowed during the war
A. help farmers stay on farms p. 171
Who was the first secretary of war?
Henry Knox p. 170
Write the best word or phrase in the blank provided.
Washington established a group of advisers called the _________.
Cabinet p. 169
A tax on imported goods is a _______.
A tax paid on the manufacture or sale of certain goods and services within a country is an ______ tax.
tariff; excise p. 171
Who was the vice president under Jefferson that was tied for the most electoral votes in 1800?
Aaron Burr p. 186
The United States almost went to war with _____ because of the XYZ Affair.
France p. 182
The _____ Act extended the time that an immigrant had to live in America before he could gain citizenship to fourteen years.
Naturalization p. 185
The ____ Act declared that any person who said, wrote, or published anything false or malicious against the government could be fined and imprisoned.
Sedition p. 185
Which of the following was NOT something Washington cautioned the nation to avoid in his Farewell Address?
A. factions
B. commercial ties with nations
C. political alliances with nations
D. debt
B commercial ties with nations p. 179
Washington issued the Proclamation of ______ to stay out of the French Revolution.
Neutrality p. 176
What rebellion was led by western Pennsylvania farmers who were upset over an excise tax?
Whiskey Rebellion p. 173
Hamilton's political party was the _______ Party.
Jefferson's political party was the _______ Party.
Federalist; Democratic-Republican p. 172
The _______ Resolutions claimed that the states, as a group, had the right to decide whether the national government exceeded its powers.
Virginia and Kentucky p. 185
In the case ________, the Supreme Court established the principle that the Supreme Court can declare a law passed by Congress as unconstitutional.
The right of the Supreme Court to declare a law passed by Congress as unconstitutional is called _______.
Marbury v. Madison; judicial review p. 188