Chapter 10 review
When the French Revolution developed into a war with Britain
George Washington and the American government remained neutral.
the Treaty of Greenville signed in August with the Miami Confederation resulted in all of the following
Giving to the United States vast tracts of land in the Old Northwest, the Indians receiving a $20,000 lump sum payment, an annual annuity of $9,000 to the Indians, the right of the Indians to hunt the land they had ceded
Know the following relationships:
Hamilton: privileges for the upper class, pro-British, potent central government, government support for business; Jefferson: sympathy for the common people, pay off the national debt, pro-French, universal education
know the following relationships
Implied powers - "necessary and proper" clause, strict construction - tenth amendment, loose construction - "elastic" clause, "necessary and proper" clause - vested powers
What were the positions of Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and Henry Knox?
Thomas Jefferson-secretary of state, Alexander Hamilton-secretary of treasury, Henry Knox-secretary of war
the aspect of Hamilton's financial program that received the least support in congress was
a protective tariff
Washington's Neutrality Proclamation of 1793 was based on
calculations of American self-interest
Hamilton expected that the revenue to pay the interest on the national debt would come from
customs duties and excise tax
When the new government was launched in 1789, the nation's population was
doubling about every twenty-five years.
all of the following are guarantees provided by the Bill of Rights
freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition
Alexander Hamilton's financial plan for strengthening the economy and bolstering national credit proposed all of the following.
funding the national debt, assuming state debts, establishing a national bank, and a low protective wall around infant industries.
Hamilton believed that, together, his funding and assumptions programs would
gain the monetary and political support of the rich for the federal government.
the Franco-American alliance of 1778 bound the United States to
help the French defend their West Indies.
One of the major criticisms of the constitution as drafted in Philadelphia was that
it did not provide guarantees for individual rights.
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.
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.
The Bill of Rights was intended to
protect individual liberties against the potential tyranny of a strong central government.
the new constitution did not
provide for the creation of a cabinet
Britain made neutrality very difficult for the united States during the French and British conflicts of the 1790s
seizing American merchant ships in the West Indies.
Hamilton's major programs
seriously infringed on states' rights.
regarding central authority, early Americans saw it as all of the following
something to be distrusted, something to be watched, something to be curbed, a necessary evil.
despite the flourishing cities, America's population was
still about 90% rural.
Alexander Hamilton's proposed bank of the United States was based on
the "necessary and proper," or "elastic," clause in the Constitution.
the tenth amendment might rightly be called
the "states' rights" amendment.
Alexander Hamilton's Bank of the United States was modeled on
the Bank of England
the political party of the "outs" (out of power) that provided the "loyal opposition" to the party in power in the 1790s was
the Democratic Republicans.
the event of the 1790s that has left the deepest scar on American political and social life is
the French Revolution.
Washington's Neutrality Proclamation clearly illustrated the truism that self-interest is
the basic cement of alliances
all of the following were part of Alexander Hamilton's economic program
the creation of a national bank, funding the entire national debt at "par", vigorous foreign trade, and protective tariffs.
the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794 arose in southwest Pennsylvania when
the federal government levied an excise tax on whiskey
opposition by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison to the financial plan of Alexander Hamilton resulted in
the formation of permanent political parties.
During its first quarter-century as a national one of the major problems facing America was
the rivalry and warfare between France and Britain
Alexander Hamilton's financial program for the economic development of the United States favored
the wealthier class.
The Founding Fathers had not envisioned the existence of permanent political parties because
they saw opposition to the government as disloyal
as secretary of the treasury, Alexander Hamilton's first objective was
to bolster the national credit
one of the first jobs facing the new government formed under the Constitution was
to draw up and pass a bill of rights
