Term
When was "Millions for defense,
but not one cent for tribute"
a Federalist slogan? |
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Definition
"Millions for defense but not
one cent for tribute"
was a Federalist slogan during the
X Y Z Affair. |
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Term
What are three main points of the
necessary and proper clause? |
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Definition
The necessary and proper clause
1. was also called the elastic clause
2. Hamilton lused it to convince the president to
sign a bank bill.
3. Is often used to stretch the powers of
Congress. |
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Term
Who is the government official responsible
for relations with foreign countries? |
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Definition
| The government official who is responsible for managing relations with other countries is the secretary of state. |
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Term
Who does the First Amendment protect
the people's freedom of speech, religion,
and press from interference from? |
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Definition
| The First Amendment protects the people's freedom of speech, religion, and press from interference by Congress. |
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Term
What statement was
Thomas Jefferson
most likely to make? |
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Definition
Thomas Jefferson would
most likely have said
"The best government is small government". |
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Term
Name three things that are true of the
Alien and Sedition Act. |
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Definition
The Alien and Sedition Acts
1. were aimed at foreigners.
2. were aimed at people who were supposedly
trying to undermine the government in order to
help France.
3. they made it illegal to "defame" the president
but not the vice-president. |
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Term
What are three true statements about
America and the French Revolution? |
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Definition
The French Revolution
1. The American Revolution was one of its
causes.
2. American enthusiasm for the French Revolution
slackened when extremists took control of
France.
3. The Revolution began in 1789. |
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Term
| Describe American relations with Britian. |
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Definition
British and American relations
1. British refused to move their troops from forts
on American soil.
2. Americans believed the British were supplying
guns to the Indians.
3. The British would not allow American
merchants to trade with the British sugar
islands in the West Indies. |
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Term
| Who was the first secretary of state? |
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Definition
Thomas Jefferson
was the first secretary of state. |
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Term
How did the Alien and Sedition Acts threaten everything the American Revolutio
had soulght to protect? |
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Definition
The Alien and Sedition Acts threatened everything the American Revolution sought to protect because the Acts attacked
freedom of speech and freedom of the press. |
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