Important Vocabulary
The first 10 Amendments of the Constitution
Bill of Rights
The person G.W. chose as head of the State Department, which handles relationships with other nations.
Thomas Jefferson
Hamilton proposed a financial plan that would take over and pay off __________ ____________ debts. (Need both words)
States' Wartime
Washington disapproved of political parties, also called ___________________, because he thought they would divide the nation.
factions
The second president of the United States (1797-1801)
John Adams
Notes that promise repayment of borrowed money in the future
bonds
The person G.W. chose to manage the nation's money as the head of the Department of Treasury
Alexander Hamilton
Hamilton worked out a compromise with Southern leaders - if they voted for his plan to pay off states' wartime debts, he would support __________________________.
The nation's capital in the South
Political Party, led by Hamilton, that favored a strong federal government.
Federalists
The third president of the United States (1801-1809)
Thomas Jefferson
The group of executive advisers to the President
Cabinet
George Washington's Vice-President
John Adams
The political party, led by Jefferson and Madison, that favored strong STATE governments and less federal government
Democratic-Republicans
John Adams is best known for keeping the country out of war with _______________ while facing strong political disagreements at home.
France
Hamilton's national bank idea would give our nation a national __________________ instead of a different one for each state.
currency
Disagreements in Washington’s Cabinet, especially between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson, helped lead to the first _____________________ in the United States.
political parties
Federalists thought that ______ and _______ men should hold public office.
educated and wealthy
Allows the courts to determine the constitutionality of laws
Judicial Review
Jefferson and his running mate ________________ tied in the Electoral College because electors cast two votes without saying which was for president or vice president.
Aaron Burr
A tax on imported goods
tarrif
President Washington chose this man to lead the Supreme Court as Chief Justice
John Jay
1.__________________believed in a loose interpretation, meaning the government could do things not clearly written in the Constitution BUT 2.___________________ believed in a strict interpretation, meaning the government should only do what the Constitution clearly allows.
(Hint - answers are 2 previously stated men)
1. Hamilton
2. Jefferson
Meetings where political parties chose their candidates
caucuses
During John Adams’s presidency, the ___________________ were laws that made it harder for immigrants to become citizens and made it illegal to speak or write strongly against the government, which many people felt limited freedom of speech.
Alien and Sedition Acts