American History Chapter 8 Study
Adam's effort to fill the judiciary with Federalists
"midnight appointments"
America's best-known frontiersman
Daniel Boone
Americans almost universally praised the Jay Treaty
False
From its beginning, the Supreme Court has wielded immense power and demanded greatest respect
False
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson remained bitter enemies throughout their lives
False
President Washington fell for Citizen Genet's charm and intrigues
False
The Bill of Rights protected individual liberties from state government
False
A party that supported industry, a growing centralized government, and rule by property owners
Federalist
Independence movement that deteriorated into violence
French Revolution
Plot to bring America into the French war against Britain
Genet Episode
Established the nation's first cabinet
George Washington
Which of the following was not among the original executive departments
Labor
America's refusal to take sides in the war between Britain and France
Proclamation of Neutrality
Which the following was not accomplished during the first session of Congress
Proclamation of Neutrality
The main objectives of the first National Bank were to issue a unified currency and to do what
Provide for local businesses
French seizure of American cargo
Quasi War
What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution
The Bill of Rights
The first head of the Department of State
Thomas Jefferson
Loose constructionists say that specified ends justify unspecified means
True
The Alien and Sedition Acts were clearly unconstitutional
True
The Judiciary Act of 1789 clearly established the supremacy of the federal courts over the states
True
The war with France was called a "Quasi War" because war was never officially declared
True
Washington proposed that America "steer clear of permanent alliances, with any portion of the foreign world"
True
Declaration that the states have the right to nullify unconstitutional federal acts
Virginia Resolutions
In what resolutions did James Madison suggest that states have the right to secede when the federal government acts unconstitutional
Virginia Resolutions
Monarchists
What was another name for the Federalists?
Violent attack against the government over taxes
Whiskey Rebellion
George Washington
Who was the first president of the United States?
America's humiliating peace negotiations with France
XYZ Affair
The national government's taking over all state debts
assumption
What did the South accept in return for locating the national capital in the South
assumption of state debts
The main effect of Jay's Treaty was that it did what
averted war with Britain
The department heads with advise the president
cabinet
What issue first opened debate over constitutional interpretation
creation of national bank
The Alien Acts granted the president the power to do what
expel or imprison immigrants
Paying debt with bonds that are to be recognized as currency
funding
The Federalists strongly supported what
industry and commerce
Someone who allows great flexibility in interpreting the Constitution
loose constructionist
The Virginia and Kentucky resolutions advocated what
nullification
What caused the Whiskey Rebellion
opposition to an internal tax
The Sedition Act granted the president the power to do what
prohibit treasonous speech
Someone who allows little flexibility in interpreting the Constitution
strict constructionist
What act ensured that the Federalists would have a lasting influence on the judiciary
the Judiciary Act of 1801
The United States broke the Treaty of Alliance with France because
. The French had overthrown their old government
The first secretary of the treasury
Alexander Hamilton
Introduced the Bill of Rights
James Madison
Averted war with Britain
Jay Treaty
America's second president
John Adams
