Key Figures
Who was the first Secretary of the Treasury and created the U.S. financial plan?
Who was Alexander Hamilton?
What term describes a tax on imported goods?
What is a tariff?
What was the name of the 1798 diplomatic incident involving French agents?
What is the XYZ Affair?
Which act extended the time an immigrant needed to live in the U.S. before gaining citizenship to fourteen years?
What is the Naturalization Act?
Which case established the principle of judicial review?
What is Marbury v. Madison?
Who was the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and negotiated a treaty with Britain?
Who was John Jay?
What term refers to a tax paid on the manufacture or sale of certain goods within the country?
What is an excise tax?
Which rebellion did farmers in Pennsylvania lead in response to an excise tax?
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
Which act allowed the president to expel or imprison dangerous foreigners?
What is the Alien Act?
Which case involved the appointment of "midnight judges" by President John Adams?
What is the Marbury v. Madison case?
Who served as the second president and appointed many Federalist judges at the end of his term?
Who was John Adams?
What term describes the formal ceremony beginning a president’s term?
What is an inauguration?
What battle in Ohio resulted in the U.S. defeating Native American forces?
What is the Battle of Fallen Timbers?
Which act made it illegal to say, write, or publish false or malicious statements against the government?
What is the Sedition Act?
Which chief justice of the Supreme Court was appointed by President John Adams?
Who was John Marshall?
Who was the third president and first Secretary of State?
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
What term refers to the U.S. right to declare a law passed by Congress as unconstitutional?
What is judicial review?
What was the event in which George Washington issued a statement to stay neutral in the French Revolution?
What is the Proclamation of Neutrality?
What was the name of the four laws passed by the Federalists in 1798 to protect the country during the threat of war?
What are the Alien and Sedition Acts?
What term describes the right of the Supreme Court to declare a law unconstitutional?
What is judicial review?
Who was the Vice President under Thomas Jefferson and tied for the most electoral votes in 1800?
Who was Aaron Burr?
What term refers to the diplomatic incident that nearly led the U.S. to war with France?
What is the XYZ Affair?
Which treaty did John Jay negotiate to settle issues between the U.S. and Britain?
What is the Jay Treaty?
Which act was a major point of contention between Federalists and Democratic-Republicans, as it violated freedom of speech?
What is the Sedition Act?
Who did President Adams appoint as the Supreme Court Justice before his departure?
Who was John Marshall?