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19th century america
notes 8.1 The First President
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History
9th Grade
09/13/2010

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Why didn't Washington want to be president?

 

 

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fear of being viewed as a king
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New York City
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where was the temporary capital of the U.S. during Wahington's administration?
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Inauguration
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Ceremony where presidnet takes oath of office
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John Adams
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Who was Washington's Vice-President
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Mr. President
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What became the official title for addressing the president
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State department

 

Treasury Department

 

War Department

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What 3 departments made up the Washington Cabinet?
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Edmund Randolph
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who was Washington's Attorney General?
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Established the federal court

 

States could create laws, but federal courts could reverse them

 

supreme court had final action on many issues

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What three issues did the Judiciary Act of 1789 address?
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John Jay
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The first Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme court
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James Madison
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Who proposed the Bill of Rights?
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Essential rights
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What was Madison trying to protect?
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Amend the constitution
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Why did the U.S. need a Bill of Rights?
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10 amendments
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What are the Bill of Rights also known as?
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Proposed that government pay off debts owed
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What was Hamilton's plan?
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To pay off states
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Congress did not agree to pay back which people
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What are bonds?

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Paper notes issued to borrow money
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What are speculators
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People who risk money in order to make profit
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If the north agrees to establish capital

then the south agrees to pay off state debts

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what was the compromise agreed upon by both federal and state governments?
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Government

 

and

 

private investors

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Hamilton proposes a National bank owned by what 2 groups?
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Feared national bank would benefit the wealthy and unconstitutional no right to create
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Madison and Jefferson argued against the national bank. they believed it was what?
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1. What is a Tariff?

 

 

2. What did tariffs encourage?

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1. Tax on imports

 

 

2. encouraged people to buy American

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Proposed national taxes
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What did Hamilton propse to reduce the national debt?
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