Section 1
who did Americans see as a honest,intellegent and steady leader?
George Washington
Who entertained guests and attended social events with her husband?
Martha Washington
In what year did presidents start having cabinet meetings with their top advisors?
1792
While still in his teens, he helped run a shipping company in his native British West Indies. Family friends then sent him to the American colonies for an education. He then eventually married into a wealthy New York family and began practicing law. He served as Washington’s aide and as a delegate to four Continental Congresses. Who was this man?
Alexander Hamilton
Who are people who buy items at low prices in the hope that the value will rise and they can sell the items for a profit.
Speculators
Hamilton wanted to pass higher tariffs.These taxes would raise the prices of foreign products.
Protective Tariffs
who said this? you would not accept the presidency, it should prove fatal . . . to the new
government.” Morris concluded confidently, “Of all men, you are the best fitted to fill that office.”
Gouverneur Morris
Who was a women that was an author and believed women needed to play a greater role in the nation?
Judith Sargent Murray
This act created three levels of federal courts and defined their powers and relationship to the state courts. It set up federal district courts and circuit courts of appeals.
Judiciary Act of 1789
What is money owed by any country after a war?
National Debt
How much money did the state owe for revolutionary war expenses
$25 million
Hamilton wanted to start a national bank where the government could safely deposit its money. The bank would also make loans to the government and businesses. Hamilton also thought that the United States should build a what?
National Mint
What is a body of electors who represent the people’s vote in choosing the president?
Electoral College
whats the idea that women played an important role in teaching their children to be good citizens.
Republican Motherhood
In 1790 the United States was home to almost how many people?
4 Million
The United states owed about how much money to foreign country?
$11.7 million
they did not want to help the federal government pay the debts of other states. States such as Virginia and North Carolina did not have many war debts. They thought Hamilton’s idea was unfair.
The South
What means that the federal government can take reasonable actions that the Constitution does not specifically forbid?
Loose Construction
Who was known for his strong supoort and was the 1st vice precident?
John Adams
What is an action or decision that later serves as an example
Precedent
What and Philadelphia had populations larger than 25,000,and was the first capital of the United States, and it represented the spirit of the new nation. Although badly damaged during the Revolution, the city had already begun to recover. Citizens got rid of many signs of British rule.
New York City
What is the amount the United States owed to U.S citizens
$40.4 million
The national capital was moved to where in 1791 for 10 years?
Philadelphia
people who think that the federal government should do only what the Constitution specifically says it can do believe in what?
Strict Construction
100 men might be called what for their work in founding the nation
Founding Fathers
what created departments in the executive branch for different areas of national policy?
The First Congress
In 1792 some 24 stockbrokers signed an agreement under a buttonwood tree on Wall Street. This agreement was the foundation.
New York Stock Exchange
What are certificate of debt that carry a promise to buy them back at a higher price
Bonds
For the capital’s permanent location, Washington chose a place on the Potomac River that included part of both Maryland and Virginia. The land was made up of swamps and farms.
Washington D.C.
What is the country's first national bank that was constructed in Feburary 1791 called? The bank played an important role in making the U.S. economy more stable.
Bank of the United States