FIRST POLITICAL PARTIES

Opposition to Hamilton's policies led to the organization of the Republican Party and the Federalist Party.

True

The United States did not take either side in the French Revolution but adopted a position of strict neutrality.

True

A separate vote for president and vice president was required by the Amendment to the Constitution.

Twelfth

permitted the president to deport aliens whom he judged "dangerous"

Alien Act

permitted the president to imprison or deport dangerous aliens in time of war

Alien Enemies Act

forced through Congress by the Federalists

Alien and Sedition Acts

Those who opposed Hamilton's financial policies were northern merchants who believed in government by the wealthy and powerful.

False

Leaders of the two political parties were Hamilton of the ______ Party and Madison and Jefferson of the ______ Party.

Federalist, Republican

The XYZ Affair was an attempt by the United States to negotiate a peaceful agreement with what country?

France

When _____ started to seize American ships, John Jay was sent to negotiate a peaceful agreement.

Great Britian

stated that a foreigner had to live in the United States fourteen years to become a citizen

Naturalization Act

authorized fines up to $5,000 and imprisonment for hindering the government

Sedition Act

Pinckney's Treaty was an agreement between the United States and _________.

Spain

A _____ is a meeting of the members of a political party.

caucus

The Kentucky and Virginia resolutions, made in opposition to the Alien and Sedition Acts:

claimed that the states could nullify any actions by the federal government that they judged unconstitutional

Jay's Treaty with England was unpopular in the United States because the British did not promise to stop interfering with American ________

shipping

was an effort to preserve Federalist principles

Judiciary Act