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.