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US History - AGS Chapter 8
Special Ed American History Course at Seaside High School, CA
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History
11th Grade
01/15/2008

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Term
Constitution provides for freedom of speech and freedom of the ________
Definition
Press
Term
Adams supported the power of ________ government
Definition
Federal
Term
Vote result in election of 1800
Definition
Tie
Term
X, Y, and Z were agents of this country
Definition
France
Term
The states placed a ________ on the national government
Definition
limit
Term
Showing a feeling of being better than others
Definition
arrogant
Term
Someone who lives in one country but is a citizen of another
Definition
Alien
Term
Man who got sixty-four votes in 1800
Definition
Pinkney
Term
To send someone away from a country
Definition
Deport
Term
Man who influenced Congress about presidential choice
Definition
Hamilton
Term
Adams’s political party
Definition
Federalist
Term
Person who got same number of votes Jefferson (73)
Definition
Burr
Term
Act which made it a crime to speak out against the government
Definition
Sedition
Term
Members of the electoral _______ choose the President
Definition
college
Term
France agreed not to interfere with American ________ ships
Definition
Merchant
Term
The _________________ supported stronger state government.
Definition
Democratic Republican
Term
The United States could not go to war again because it was so far in _______
Definition
Debt
Term
When France and Great Britain went to war, President Washington decided the United States should remain
Definition
nuetral
Term
Great Britain been selling weapons to
Definition
American Indians
Term
John Jay went to London to discuss a _________
Definition
Treaty (with Great Britian because the US could not risk a war with the British and Indians)
Term
Washington could not decide how to deal with increasing __________ about how the government should be run
Definition
arguments
Term
Washington kept the nation out of _________ wars during his presidency
Definition
European
Term
WHAT WAS WASHINGTON'S MAIN GOAL?
Definition
Keep America neutral and out of war.
Term
What are some of the ways Washington kept America neutral and out of war?
Definition
Treaties with Great Britain and Spain
Term
At the end of the Revolutionary War, what was the condition of the treasury?
Definition
empty
Term
Why was the capital moved from New York to Washington, D.C.?
Definition
In order to become more popular with the people.
Term
George___________, was chosen by all the electors to be the________ President
Definition
Washington First
Term
Washington did all he could to get the country off to a good start. He served _____ terms as president.
Definition
two
Term
__________ was the vice president to George Washington. He defeated the _________ candidate ___________to become president after G Washington.
Definition
John Adams (a Federalist), defeated the Democractic Republican candidate T. Jefferson
Term
Some people felt that the central government was too strong. They wanted more power in the state governments. A new party called the __________________ party was started. The party supported the plans of __________.
Definition
Federalist, Alexander Hamilton
Term
For the first time, the United States had two political parties. The Federalists favored a strong central government. The Democratic-Republican party favored a stronger ______ government.
Definition
state
Term
In the election of 1800, John Adams came in ___________. There was a tie for first and secon d between ________ and ________.
Definition
third, Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr
Term
Alexander Hamilton had a great deal ofpower. He did not like or trust______. Hamilton said that _______ was dishonest.
Definition
A. Burr
Term
Although he didn't think _________ ideas about government were very good, Hamilton used his power to get ________ elected President.
Definition
Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson
Term
The ________ Amendment was passed in 1804 to prevent an electoral vote tie for President from happening in the future. However, since the election of 1800, the idea of the two-party system has continued.
Definition
Twelth
Term
present-day state that was part of Louisiana Purchase
Definition
Minnesota
Term
Where Jefferson was inaugurated
Definition
District of Columbia
Term
Forced to surrender Louisiana
Definition
Spain
Term
Chief Justice of Supreme Court
Definition
John Marshall
Term
country from which America bought Louisiana Territory
Definition
France
Term
French leader
Definition
Napoleon Bonaparte
Term
important port for international trade
Definition
new Orleans
Term
American ambassador sent to Paris by Jefferson
Definition
Robert Livingston
Term
believed Constitution controlled government
Definition
Thomas Jefferson
Term
approved the Louisiana Purchase
Definition
Congress
Term
waterway gained by Louisiana Purchase
Definition
Mississippi River
Term
Jefferson's home state
Definition
Virginia
Term
part of $10 million purchase
Definition
Florida
Term
site of United States Military Academy
Definition
West Point
Term
established the First Bank of the United States
Definition
A. Hamilton
Term
with Madison, wrote the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
Definition
Thomas Jefferson
Term
Secretary of War under Washington
Definition
Henry Knox
Term
French agents who wanted money
Definition
X, Y, and Z
Term
agreement over British forts and repayment of American debt
Definition
Jay's Treaty
Term
location of nation's first capital
Definition
New York
Term
became President after Washington
Definition
John Adams
Term
controlled by Spain
Definition
Mississippi
Term
nation's capital
Definition
Washington DC
Term
passed in 1807 to regulate trade
Definition
Embargo Act
Term
went to Paris to work on Louisiana Purchase
Definition
James Monroe
Term
got the Alien and Sedition Acts passed
Definition
Federalists
Term
lawmaking branch of the government
Definition
congress
Term
first President to have a cabinet
Definition
George Washington
Term

Who served as the first Secretary of Treasury in the at the beginning of the constitutional government in 1789?

A. Thomas Jefferson

B. Samual Adams

C. Alexander Hamilton

D. Alexander Graham Bell 

Definition

 

C. Alexander Hamilton

Term
The Consitution became law on what date?
Definition
June 21, 1788
Term

Who were the members of Washingtons cabinet?

(JKR -H)

Definition
Jefferson, Knox, Randolf, Hamilton
Term

 

Why did the United States treasury need more money during the First Adminstration?

Definition

To Pay off debts

and

To run the government

Term

 

What is our nation's captial and who helped establish it?

Definition

 

 

Washington DC

Alexander Hamilton

Term

 

What are four accomplishments of Alexander Hamilton?

Definition

1. Helped establish Washington D.C.

2. Suggested bonds (with interest) for people who had lent money to the government

3. Helped organize the first bank

4. Helped the government pay off its debts

Term
What were the two major political parties during the first administration?
Definition

1. Democratic Republicans

2. Federalists

Term
Which politcal party felt that *states* should have more power?
Definition
Democratic Republican
Term
Who did not

let America get involved in the war between British and American Indians?

Definition
George Washington
Term
What did the British sell to American INdians that caused problems int he Western Lands?
Definition
Firearms and Whiskey (bad combo!)
Term

What was Jay's Treaty?

Was it popular?

Definition

I don't know what Jay's Treaty is.

It was not popular, but it helped maintain peace with Britain.

Term
What did Spain agree to during the first administration?
Definition

Agreed to permit navigation on the Mississippi

 and

 turned over west Florida territory

Term
George Washington is known as what because of his contributions?
Definition
The father of our country
Term
John Adams was a _______ (political party affiliation) who became president in ________
Definition

Federalist

1796

Term

Which country thought America was still allied with with Britian during the Adams presidency?

Definition
France
Term

What was the "XYZ" Affair?

Definition

American delegates in France refused to give France money

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XYZ_Affair 

Term
Who fought several battles with France during the Adams administration? What was a condition for stopping the fighting?
Definition

The US Navy

condition: French must sign agreement

Term
Was John Adams a popular president?
Definition
No. (Sorry, John)
Term
What were the names of the acts were passed by the Congress during the Adams presidency that angered many, espcially anti-federalists? In what year were these acts passeed?
Definition

Alien and Sedition Acts

passed in 1798

Term
Who wrote the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions? In what year where the resolutions written?
Definition

T. Jefferson and J. Madison

1799

 

 

Term
When was the first "real" contest between the Federalist and Democratic Republic political parties?
Definition
1800
Term
Who was the Democratic-Republican who ran against incumbant (meaning the one in office) John Adams in 1800?
Definition
Thomas Jefferson
Term
In the election of 1800 which Democratic Republicans were tied with ___ electoral votes each?
Definition

<-T. Jefferson

and

A. Burr ->

 

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Term
With the help of which federalist did Thomas Jefferson become  president (instead of A. Burr)?
Definition
Alexander Hamilton
Term

In what year did Congress passed the 12th ammendment. How did this ammendment change way electors voted?

Definition

1804

electors would vote seperately

Term
When was Thomas Jefferson sworn as President?
Definition
1801
Term
Which early president believed that the government could only what was spelled out in the _________?
Definition

Thomas Jefferson

Constitution

Term
Who sold the Louisiana region fo $15 million to the US on ________ (date)?
Definition

Napolean

Dec 20, 1803 (just in time for Christmas!)

Term
What territory doubled the size of America?
Definition
Lousiana
Term
The Louisiana Purchase gave America the use of what port
Definition
Western
Term
Who was sent to explore the Lousianna Territory (unknown north) by President Jefferson in ____ (year)?
Definition

M. Lewis and W Clark

1804

Term
Who attempted to find the source of the Mississippi River in 1805 and 1806
Definition

Z. Pike

Term
Who was at war during the Jefferson Presidency?
Definition
France and Great Britain
Term
What did the Embargo Act state?
Definition
No American ships could trade with foreign nations.
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