America: The Last Best Hope, chapter 5
General "Mad Anthony" Wayne's victory at the Battle of the Fallen Timbers in 1794 led to the United States claiming the current sites of...
Chicago and Detroit
The Fourth Amendment...
banned "unreasonable search or seizures"
During the Washington administration, Alexander Hamilton was most associated with which policy?
formation of a national bank
Hamilton's Excise Act of 1791 placed a heavy tax on ...
liquor
Secretary Alexander Hamilton pushed for a policy of "assumption". "Assumption" meant that the federal government would...
pay off the war debts incurred by the states
Washintom's Farewell Address is best remembered for his warning against...
permanent alliances with foreign states
Abolished in America with help of Thomas Jefferson, primogeniture and entail were Europe's monarchies' way of controlling...
property
All of the following rights are guaranteed under the First Amendment EXCEPT
right from testifying against yourself
Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress had all of the following powers EXCEPT the power to
tax the states
After the outbreak of hostilities between France and Britain in 1793, President Washington issued...
the nation's first Proclamation of Neutrality
Early on in it's existence, Congress began a practice known as "logrolling." "Logrolling" meant...
vote-swapping
The Bill of Rights include the first...
10 amendments to the Constitution
The Alien Act increased the time necessary for an immigrant to become a citizen from 5 to...
14 years
For the first Secretary of Treasury, President Washington selected...
Alexander Hamilton
The "Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions" were prompted by the passage of the...
Alien and Sedition Acts
The agents "X,Y,Z" were all from...
France
The "Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions" were authored by...
Jefferson and Madison
Prior to the building of Washington D.C. as the new capitol, which city served as the first U.S. capitol?
New York
The "right to bear arms" is guaranteed under the...
Second Amendment
In the first Washington administration, Thomas Jefferson served as...
Secretary of State
This Act allowed for the persecution of any person who published "false and defamatory" statements against the leaders of the United States:
Sedition Act
The government was prevented from stationing or "quartering" troops in private homes under which Amendment?
Third Amendment
Hamilton's Excise Act of 1791 led to the...
Whiskey Rebellion