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This man was elected as our first president because he was seen as an honest leader.

Who was George Washington?

This group believed that women should raise their children to be good citizens.

Who were the Republican Motherhood?

This body of delegates from each state cast the deciding votes for president.

What is the electoral college?

The new government under George Washington took actions that would set an example for the future called this.

What is a precedent?

Congress created departments in the executive branch to address this type of policy.

What is national policy?

This city represented the spirit of the new nation in 1790 by recovering after being damaged during the revolution.

What is New York City?

Taxing domestic goods and adding tarrifs to foreign imports was a part of this man’s economic plan.

Who is Alexander Hamilton?

People who buy items at low prices and hope to sell them for a profit are called this.

What is a speculator?

This kind of tariff adds tax to the price of imported goods to protect domestic products from foreign competition.

What is a protective tariff?

Of the many issues that Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton disagreed on, they agreed on this one.

Whether or not to move the capital?

This person favored small government, an economy based on farming, and was against a National Bank.

Who was Thomas Jefferson?

An interpretation of the Constitution that said Congress may only do what is specifically stated in the Constitution is this kind of interpretation.

What is strict construction of the Constitution?

Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton saw this major flaw in Alexander Hamilton’s plan for a National Bank.

What is the federal government’s lack of authority to create a bank (unconstitutional)?

This interpretation of the Constitution states that the federal government can take reasonable actions in special cases as long as they are not specifically forbidden by the Constitution.

What is loose construction of the constitution?

Alexander Hamilton asked each state to create their own bank to prevent this.

What is a monopoly?

George Washington issued this statement that America would not take sides in disputes between warring European countries.

What was the Neutrality Proclamation?

This was the reason that Thomas Jefferson criticized US policy towards France because of this.

What is he believed that the United States owed France support since France backed the United States during the revolution?

Pinckney’s Treaty addressed settlers’ disputes over the Florida border with this country.

What is Spain?

This policy was not favored by George Washington, even though he believed it was the best that could be done.

What was Jay’s Treaty?

This was the main threat faced by American settlers in the Northwest Territory.

What were Attacks from Native Americans supplied with guns and ammunition by the British?

This general led the United States to victory in the NW territory.

Who was Anthony Wayne?

Most of the rebels fled before the arrival of George Washington in this rebellion.

What was the Whiskey Rebellion?

This was the result of the federal government placing a tax on whiskey.

What was the Whiskey Rebellion?

During this speech, George Washington warned against burdening future generations with debt.

What was George Washington’s farewell address?

According to George Washington, this was the key to national success.

Was is political unity?

This was the first political party division in the United States.

What was the Democratic Republicans and the Federalists?

This is how a Vice President was selected in 1796.

Who was the candidate who came in second?

This man became the Vice President in 1796.

Who was Thomas Jefferson?

The incident in which 3 French agents offered treaty discussion with the United States in exchange for a bribe came to be known as this.

What was the XYZ Affair?

These acts were passed by Federalists to protect the government from its critics.

What were the Alien and Sedition Acts?

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This 1789 Act created the courts and defined the powers of the Judiciary Branch.

What was the Judiciary Act?