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| Viginia and Kentucky Resolutions |
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| Asserted that states could nullify federal laws |
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| Alexander Hamilton's view on debt |
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| He believed the federal government should take on state debts |
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| made it illegal to criticize the government |
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| What was one of the most controversial things of Alexander Hamilton's economic plan? |
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| current holders of federal notes would be paid in full no matter how or when they were aquired |
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| Why did George Washington adopt the trappings (ways and customs) of royalty? |
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| He wanted to gain people's respect for the office |
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| The Whiskey Rebellion refrclect Washington's beliefs on what? |
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| that the federal laws must be enforced |
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| What was one result of the XYZ affair? |
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| The American public was outraged and an unofficial war started with France |
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| The Whiskey Rebellion was a response to what? |
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| Jefferson's election as president in 1800 demostrated what? |
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| the country could peacefully transfer power from one party to another |
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| On what grounds did Jefferson and Madison argue against the national bank? |
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| The Constitution did not gove congress the power to create a national bank. |
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| What led Geroge Washington to send John Jay to England to negotiate a treaty? |
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| The Britishhad seized American merchant ships and pressed (forced the to join to Navy) the sailors |
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| What did the Northwest Ordinance do? |
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-Established the process for a territory to become a state
-prohibit slavery north of the Ohio River
-create 5 new states |
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| The XYZ affair showed that the US had trouble with which country? |
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| What was a major goal of George Washington as President? |
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| To gain repsect for the US from other nations |
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| What was interesting about the election of 1796? |
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| the Prez and VP were from different political parties |
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| Washington issued the Neutrality Proclamationto avaoid being drawn into a war between which two countries? |
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| What was Hamilton's financial plan? |
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-federal government assumed all state war debt
-tarriff on inported goods (to encourage people to buy US made)
-create a Bank of the United States |
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-Signed into lawby John Adams
-Republicans said they Violated the Bill of Rights
-increased tensions between Republicans and Federalists |
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| What was the outcome of Gabriel Prosser's rebellion? |
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| Prosser and other slave rebels were executed |
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| What was the main points of Washingtons fairwell address? |
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-We should stay out of alliances with other countries
-Should NOT have political parties |
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| In the 1790s, which country did the Republican back? Which country did the Federalists back? |
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Republicans- France
Federalists- England |
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| Where was Washington sworn in as president? |
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| What was a provision of Jay's Treaty? |
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| -remove all British soldiers from the Northwest territories |
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| Why was Jefferson not automatically named president in the election of 1800? |
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| He did not get the majority of electoral college votes |
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| Describe Jeffersonian Republicans |
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| objected to national governement's interference in state and local governmental affairs |
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| Five Freedoms in the First Ammendment |
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1. religion
2. Press
3. Petition
4. Protest
5. speech |
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