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Chapter 9 Launching The New Government
Chapter 9 Launching The New Government
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8th Grade
01/12/2012

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Chapter 9 Launching The New Government
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Foreign Policy
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Term used to describe relationships with other countries
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Bonds
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Certificates that promise to repay money owed
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Cabinet
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Term used to define the group of people that advise the President
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Nullify
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"to get rid of"
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Neutral
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Take no side in a conflict
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Jay's Treaty
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Called for Britain to pay damages for seized American ships
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Judiciary Act
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Called for one Chief Justice and five Associate Justices on the Supreme Court
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Kentucky/Virginia Resolutions
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Claimed that states could judge whether a law was constitutional
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Neutrality Proclamation
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Declared that the United States would NOT take sides in the war in Europe
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Whiskey Rebellion
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Called for a protest against taxes by backcountry farmers who made and sold whiskey
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The behavior of President Adams during the crisis with France
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He kept America out of the war with France
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Alexander Hamilton would agree that
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The United States should be allies with Britain
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One of Alexander Hamilton's primary goals as Secretary of Treasury was
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Reducing the national debt and forming a national bank
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Who decided who won the Presidential election of 1800?
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The House of Representatives
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Why did the House of Representatives decide the Presidential election of 1800?
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Aaron Burr and Thomas Jefferson were tied in the electoral college.
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The Alien and Sedition Acts DID NOT
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Have the support of Republicans in the House of Representatives
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The Federalist Party split because
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of the disagreement between President Adams and Alexander Hamilton about whether the United States should go to war
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The French Revolution lost support in the United States because
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Radicals in France had executed thousands of people in the name of reform
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Thomas Jefferson believed
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The violence of the French Revolution was justified
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Alexander Hamilton planned to reduce the national debt by
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buying up state debt and forming a national debt/bank
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United States neutrality was challenged during Washington's presidency when
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Britain seized United States ships
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Many people feared that if political parties formed in the United States
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Political divisions would threaten national unity
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Washington DID NOT
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issue a mandatory two term limit for the presidency
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Pesident Washington's belief about foreigh policy was
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The United States should stay out of foreign conflicts
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Thomas Jefferson's political view was
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The United States should favor ties with Britain over ties with France
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The major result of the Whiskey Rebellion was that
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People realized that the new government would not tolerate violent protests
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Aaron Burr
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Came in second place during the election of 1800
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