Chapter 10
All of the following were part of Alexander Hamilton's economic program except
Paying only domestic debts but not foreign debts
Jays treaty contained all of the following provisions except
a promise by the British to stop selling arms to the Indians
The bill of rights was intended to protect____ against the potential tyranny of _________
individual liberties, a strong central government
Federalists advocated rule by
the best people
The 1796 presidential campaign focused heavily on
the candidates' personalities
The Treaty of Greenville signed in August with the Miami Confederation resulted in all of the following except
the establishment of an equal relationship with the Indians
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
According to the compact theory advocated by Jefferson and Madison
the national government was the creation of the thirteen sovereign states
To the Jeffersonian Republicans, the ideal citizens of a republic was a(n)
Independent farmer
Washington's Neutrality Proclamation, 1793
was based on calculations of American self-interest
John Jay's 1794 treaty with Britain
created deeper splits between Federalists and Democratic-Republicans
Despite the flourishing cities, America's population was still about ____ percent rural.
90
The aspect of Hamilton financial program that received the least support in Congress, because of its heavy agricultural and commercial interests, was
A protective tariff
Match each political leader with his positions on public policy in the 1790s
A-1, 2, 4, 6—B-3, 5, 7, 8
Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions were written in response to
Alien and Sedition Acts
Hamilton expected that the revenue to pay the interest on the national debt will come from
Custom duties and excise tax
arranged the following events in chronological order: XYZ Affair, Neutrality Proclamation, Jays Treaty, Kentucky and Virginia resolutions
BCAD (c)
Alexander Hamilton's bank of the United States was modeled on the
Bank of England
Alexander Hamilton's proposed bank of the United States was
Based on the "necessary and proper" or "elastic" clause in the constitution
Johns jays 1794 treaty with Britain
Created deeper splits between federalists and democratic-republicans
The political party of the outs that provided the loyal opposition to the party in power in 1790s was the
Democratic-Republicans
The event of the 1790s that has left the deepest scar on American political and social life is
French Revolution
foreign relations between the United States and France deteriorated in the late 1790s over
French seizure of American merchant ships
All of the following were true of Alexander Hamilton except
His intelligence was constantly under question, but his loyalty to the republican experiment never wavered
The French grew angry with the United States after 1794 because
Jay's Treaty
One of George Washington's major contributors as president was
Keeping the nation out of foreign wars
The whiskey rebellion of 1794 arise in southwestern Pennsylvania when the federal government
Levied a excise tax on whiskey
All of the following were accurate descriptions of the young American nation except
Most of the population lived in the eastern seaboard cities
Which amendment guards against the danger that enumerated rights might lead to the conclusion that they were the only ones protected?
Ninth
Jay's Treaty contained all of the following provisions except
Promise to evacuate the chain of forts in the old northwest
Washington Neutrality Proclamation clearly illustrated the truism that
Self interest is the basic cement of alliances
Hamilton's major programs seriously infringed on
States rights
According to the Federalists, the duty of judging the unconstitutionality of legislation passed by Congress lay with
Supreme Court
Jefferson's argument against the constitutionality of a bank of the United stares were based on the strict construction principles, especially embodied in the
Tenth amendment in the bill of rights
Hamilton's position on the war between Britain and France in 1793 was primarily influenced by
The national government dependence on customs collections for revenue
The United States acquires free navigation of the Mississippi River, the rights of deposit at New Orleans, and the large dispute territory north of Florida in
The pickeney treaty
The United States acquired free navigation of the Mississippi River, the rights of deposit at New Orleans, and the large dispute led territory north of Florida in
The pickney treaty
Alexander Hamilton's financial program for the economic development of the United States favored
The wealthier class
The United States finally negotiated a peace settlement with France in 1800s mainly because Napoleon
Wanted to concentrate on gaining more power in Europe
Washington's farewell address in 1796
Warned against the dangers of permanent foreign alliances
The immediate cause of the undeclared war between the United states and France war
XYZ affair
All of following careers were tried by john adams except
artist
As secretary of the treasury, Alexander Hamilton's first objective was to
bolster the national credit
Franco-American Alliance of 1778
bound the United States to help the French defend their West Indies
Match the individual with his office in the new government
c. A-2, B-4, C-3, D-1
The new Constitution did not provide for the creation of a(n)
cabinet
Thomas Jefferson argued that a landless class of voters could be avoided in part by
continuing slavery
One of the major criticisms of the Constitution as drafted in Philadelphia was that it
did not provide guarantees for individual rights
One of the first jobs facing the new government formed under the Constitution was to
draw up and pass a bill of rights
Jeffersonians believed in all of the following except
every adult white male's right to vote
Hamilton believed that, together, his funding and assumption programs would
gain the monetary and political support of the rich for the federal government
One of George Washington's major contributions as president was
keeping the nation out of foreign wars
Federalists strongly supported
law, order
Neutrality Proclamation of 1793
officially proclaimed America's neutrality in Old World quarrels
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 Federalist-dominated Congress's Alien Act was aimed at ____________________, whereas the Sedition Act was primarily aimed at _____________________.
recent immigrants, newspapers
Regarding central authority, early Americans saw it as all of the following except
something to be ultimately eliminated
When the French Revolution developed into a war with Britain, George Washington and the American government
remained neutral
The Founders had not envisioned the existence of permanent political parties because they
saw them as a sign of disloyalty and lack of national unity
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
The main purpose of the Alien and Sedition Acts was to
silence and punish critics of the Federalists
Which of the following pairs of items are not directly related to each other
states' rights- loose construction
Hamiltonian Federalists advocated
strong central government
The High Federalists were
supporters of the war faction of the Federalist Party
The _______ amendment might rightly be called the states rights amendment
tenth
All of the following are guarantees provided by the bill of rights except
the right to vote for all citizens
During its first quarter-century as a nation, one of the major problems facing America was
the rivalry and warfare between France and Britain.
Thomas Jefferson favored a political system in which
the states retained the majority of political power
In the election campaign of 1796, the democratic-republicans made their primary issue
the terms of Jay's Treaty and the crushing of the Whiskey Rebellion
The sedition act
threatened First Amendment freedoms
For its continued success, Hamilton's financial program relied heavily on
trade with Britain
The ________ amendment dealt with the problem of having a president and vice-president from two different political parties
twelfth
Thomas Jefferson appealed to all the following groups except
upper class
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