APUSH Chapter 10 Test Review
The 1794 Whiskey Rebellion arouse in the southwestern Pennsylvania when the federal government levied an _______________ on whiskey.
excise tax
The Bill of Rights was intended to protect ____________ against the potential tyranny of a ______________.
individual liberties, strong central government.
Opposition by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison to the financial plan of Alexander Hamilton resulted in
the formation of permanent political parties.
According to the compact theory advocated by Jefferson and Madison
the national government was the creation of the thirteen sovereign states.
Alexander Hamilton's financial program for the economic development of the United States favored the ____________ groups.
wealthier
To the Jeffersonian Republicans, a ________________ was the ideal citizen of a republic.
independent farmer
For its continued success, Hamilton's financial program relied heavily on
trade with Britain.
Jefferson's argument against the constitutionality of a Bank of the United States were based on the strict construction principles, especially embodied in the ________ Amendment.
10th
The ______ Amendment might be called the states' rights amendment.
10th
In what area of the country did most Federalists live?
Seacoast
Secretary of War:
Henry Knox
The ________ Amendment dealt with the problem of having a president and a vice-president from two different political parties.
12th
The Sedition Act threatened __________ Amendment freedoms.
1st
The ______ Amendment guards against the danger that enumerating rights might lead to the conclusion that they were the only one protected.
9th
How did the Federalists feel about the extension of democracy?
Against
Secretary of Treasury:
Alexander Hamilton
The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions were written in response to the __________________.
Alien and Sedition Acts
What foreign alliance did the Federalists favor?
British
The US Constitution does not provide for the creation of a ______________.
Cabinet
How did the feel Democratic-Republicans about the extension of democracy?
For it
What foreign alliance did the Democratic-Republicans favor?
French
The event of the 1790s that has left the deepest scar on American political and social life is the _________________.
French Revolution
How did the federalists interpret the Constitution?
Loosely
What was the Democratic-Republicans' position concerning a U.S. Navy?
Minimal navy
What was the Democratic-Republicans' position concerning tariffs?
No tariffs
In what area of the country did most Democratic-Republicans live?
South and Southwest/Agricultural areas and backcountry.
How did the Democratic-Republicans interpret the Constitution?
Strict
What was the Federalists' position concerning a U.S. Navy?
Strong navy
According to the Federalists, the duty of judging the unconstitutionality of legislation passed by Congress lay with the ___________________.
Supreme Court
The first ten amendments to the Constitution are known as _______________.
The Bill of Rights
The United States acquired free navigation of the Mississippi River, that rights of deposit at New Orleans, and the large disputed territory of western Florida in _________________.
The Pinckney Treaty
In the 1796 campaign, _____________________ and ____________________ were the primary issues of the Democratic-Republicans
The Whiskey Rebellion, the negotiation of Jay's Treaty
_________________ was the immediate cause of the undeclared war between the United States and France.
The XYZ Affair
Whom did the Democratic-Republicans believe should rule?
The informed masses
Secretary of State:
Thomas Jefferson
Hamiltonian Federalists advocated
a strong central government.
Federalists advocated rule by the ________________.
best people
In the 1796 presidential campaign, the issue of the campaign focused heavily on ____________________.
candidates' personalities
Hamilton expected that the revenue to pay the interest on the national debt would come from _______________ and ____________.
customs duties, excise tax
The Founders had not envisioned the existence of permanent political parties because they saw them as a sign of ______________ and a lack of ________________.
disloyalty, national unity
Alexander Hamilton's proposed bank of the United States was based on the ___________ clause in the Constitution.
elastic/necessary and proper
Washington's major contribution as president was keeping the nation out of both _______________ and ______________.
overseas entanglements, foreign wars
Washington's Farewell Address in 1796 strongly advised the avoidance of ___________________.
permanent alliances
President Adams sought a peaceful solution to the undeclared war with France in order to
prevent the outbreak of a full-scale war.
In Jay's Treaty, the British
promised to evacuate the chain of forts in the Old Northwest.
The _____________ tariff was the aspect of Hamilton's financial program that received the least support in Congress because of its heavy agricultural and commercial interests.
protective
What type of tariff did the Federalists want?
protective
Britain made neutrality very difficult for the United States during the French and British conflicts of the 1790s by
seizing American merchant ships in the West Indies.
Washington's Neutrality Proclamation clearly illustrated the truism that __________________________________________.
self interest is the basic cement of alliances
The main purpose of the Alien and Sedition Acts was to
silence and punish the critics of the federalists.
Thomas Jefferson argued that a landless class of voters could be avoided in part by continuing ________________.
slavery
Thomas Jefferson favored a political party system in which the _______________ retained the majority of the political power.
states
Hamilton's major financial programs sharply encroached on ________________.
states' rights
During its first quarter-century as a nation, one of the major problems facing America was
the rivalry and warfare between France and Britain.
The Alien Laws struck heavily at _______________________.
undesirable immigrants
Alexander Hamilton believed that a limited national debt
was beneficial, because people to whom the government owed money would work hard to make the nation a success.