APUSH American Pageant 16th Edition Chapter 10 Launching the New Ship of State

The French grew angry with the United States shortly after 1794 because

of Jay's Treaty.

The immediate cause of the undeclared war between the United States and France was

the XYZ affair.

Hamilton believed that, together, his funding and assumption programs would

gain the monetary and political support of the rich for the federal government.

Match the individual with his office in the new government. A. Thomas Jefferson B. Alexander Hamilton C. Henry Knox D. John Jay 1. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court 2. secretary of state 3. secretary of war 4. secretary of treasury

A-2, B-4, C-3, D-1

Which American political group wasmostalarmed by the Reign of Terror that occurred in France shortly after the French Revolution of 1789?

Hamiltonian Federalists

The ____ Amendment might rightly be called the states' rights amendment.

Tenth

Which amendment guards against the danger that enumerating rights might lead to the conclusion that they were the only ones protected?

Tenth

Jefferson's argument against the constitutionality of a Bank of the United States were based on the strict construction principles, especially embodied in the

Tenth Amendment in the Bill of Rights.

The legal basis for Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton's Bank of the United States was

The legal basis for Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton's Bank of the United States was

Hamiltonian Federalists advocated

a strong central grovernment.

Jeffersonian Republicans believed in all of the following except a. every adult white male's right to vote. b. central authority should be kept to a minimum. c. freedom of speech. d. opposition to a national debt. e. agriculture as the ideal occupation.

a. every adult white male's right to vote.

As secretary of the treasury, Alexander Hamilton's first objective was to

bolster the national credit.

Thomas Jefferson argued that the emergence of a large landless class of white citizens could be avoided in part by

continuing slavery.

Hamilton expected that the revenue to pay the interest on the national debt would come from

customs duties and excise tax.

The Treaty of Greenville signed in August with the Miami Confederation of Indian nations resulted in all of the following except a. the right of the Indians to hunt the land they had ceded. b. an annual annuity of $9,000 to the Indians. c. giving to the United States vast tracts of land in the Old Northwest. d. fair and reasonable financial compensation to the Miamis in exchange for an iron-clad promise from the U.S. government to restrict further westward expansion along the Old Northwest frontier. e. the anticipated recognition of the sovereign status on the Miami Confederation of Indian nations.

d. fair and reasonable financial compensation to the Miamis in exchange for an iron-clad promise from the U.S. government to restrict further westward expansion along the Old Northwest frontier.

All of the following were true of Alexander Hamilton except a. he would have been president if it were not for his ultraconservatism, a scandalous adultery, and a duelist's bullet. b. he served as the first Secretary of the Treasury. c. he claimed that the "British Government was the best in the world." d. his intelligence was constantly under question, but his loyalty to the republican experiment never wavered. e. his chief rival was Thomas Jefferson.

d. his intelligence was constantly under question, but his loyalty to the republican experiment never wavered.

Thomas Jefferson appealed to all of the following groups except a. small shopkeepers. b. the middle class. c. artisans. d. manufacturers. e. small yeoman farmers.

d. manufacturers.

All of the following are accurate descriptions of the young American nation except a. the first official census of 1790 recorded almost 4 million people. b. its population was still about 90 percent rural, despite the flourishing cities. c. foreign visitors looked down at the roughness and crudity of the pioneering life. d. most of the population lived in the eastern seaboard cities. e. all but 5 percent of the people lived east of the Appalachian Mountains.

d. most of the population lived in the eastern seaboard cities.

During its first quarter-century as a nation, one of the most vexing problems facing America was

developing and implementing a foreing policy strategy that would prevent the United States from entangling itself in the rivalry and warfare between France and Britain.

All of the following are true statements about the Whiskey Rebellion except a. backcountry pioneer folk saw whiskey not as a luxury but as an economic necessity and medium of exchange. b. whiskey rebels tarred and feathered revenue officers. c. protesters felt burdened by Hamilton's economic programs. d. protesters erected whiskey poles similar to liberty poles used against the Stamp Act in 1765. e. President Washington responded to the Whiskey Rebellion by negotiating a peaceful resolution of the conflict with the protestors.

e. President Washington responded to the Whiskey Rebellion by negotiating a peaceful resolution of the conflict with the protestors.

Federalists advocated rule by

elites uninfluenced by the informed masses or "the best people."

Washington's decision to retire from the presidency in 1797

established a two-term tradition for American presidents.

Jefferson asserted landlessness threatened democracy as much as illiteracy because

he feared that those without property could become political pawns of those who owned land.

To the Jeffersonian Republicans, the ideal citizen of a republic was a(n)

independent farmer.

The Bill of Rights was intended to protect ____ against the potential tyranny of ____.

individual liberties, a strong central government

One of George Washington's most significant contributions as president was

keeping the nation out of foreign wars.

Federalists strongly supported

law and order.

As a result of the Sedition Acts,

newspaper editors critical of the Adams administration were indicted, tried, convicted, and sent to jail.

President Adams sought a peaceful solution to the undeclared war with France in order to

prevent the outbreak of a full-scale war.

The Federalist-dominated Congress enacted the Alien Laws, which were aimed at ____; whereas, the Sedition Act was primarily aimed at ____.

recent immigrants; Jeffersonian newspapers and other outspoken political opponents of the Federalists

The Virginia and Kentucky resolutions were written in response to

the Alien and Sedition Acts.

The 1796 presidential campaign focused heavily on

the candidates' personalities.

Opposition by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison to the financial plan of Alexander Hamilton resulted in

the formation of permanent political parties.

When the new government was launched in 1789

the nation's population was doubling about every twenty-five years.

Hamilton's position on the war between Britain and France in 1793 was primarily influenced by

the national government's dependence on customs collections for revenue and the promotion of international trade with favored partners.

The United States finally negotiated a peace settlement with France in 1800 mainly because Napoleon

wanted to concentrate on gaining more power and territory in Europe.

Washington's Farewell Address in 1796

warned against the dangers of permanent foreign alliances.

Washington's Neutrality Proclamation of 1793

was based on calculations of American self-interest.

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.