1. The Federal Period
George Washington( ) A. ___________________ 1. ___________________ 2. ___________________ 3. ___________________ B. Worked w/Congress to pass law to set up judicial branch 1. ___________________of 1789 a. Supreme Court, appeals courts, district courts

2. Washington
C. set up departments to help run executive branch (Cabinet) 1. Treasury – ______________________ a. favored ______________ national gov’t 2. State – ______________________ a. ____________ of power of national gov’t; more faith in common man

3. Washington D. Hamilton’s Economic Plan to manage country’s _________
a. create ________________
b. have federal gov’t take all the debt of the states
i. many _____________ states already paid off debt; not happy
ii. _______________: build new capital in the ____________

5. Washington E. ______________________(1794) _____________ protested
new ________ on whiskey
Washington raised/sent army to end it
first test of fed.gov’t to
______________________

6. Washington
F. Foreign Affairs 1. Proclamation of _____________________ a. Washington said US would be _______________ in war b/t Britain-France b. Jefferson resigned from Cabinet 2. __________________ Treaty a. w/Spain; gave US use of ______________________ River (port of New Orleans) 3. __________________ Treaty a. w/Britain; agreed to leave forts in NW territory

7. Washington G. Formation of ___________________________________
from Hamilton-Jefferson views about role of _____________
_______________ supporters – _____________________
a. strong _____________ gov’t, _____________/loose interpretation of the Constitution
_______________ supporters – _______________________
a. strong ___________ gov’ts, _________________/strict
interpretation of the Constitution

9. Washington H. __________________
1. warned about “the spirit of ___________” – growing division of the country
warned about
“___________________”
a. stay _______ of affairs of other countries

10. The Federal Period (con’t)
__________________( )
Election of 1796
election w/two political _______________
Adams (_____________) v. Jefferson (___________________)
3. Adams won more ________________votes – became president; Jefferson finished second – vp

11. John Adams B. Foreign Policy 1. ___________________ (1798)
1. ___________________ (1798)
US trying to stop France from taking _____________
Three ______________ officials demanded a ____________ from Americans in order to meet w/French foreign minister
Huge wave of anti-French feeling in US
i. “Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute.”
d. Undeclared _______________

12. John Adams Domestic Policy ____________________ ____ Acts (1798)
lots of new ____________________coming to US – many voting w/ Dem-Rep. Party
Federalists believed there were French spies in the US
_________ Act-allowed president to deport any immigrants (aliens); be in the US 14 yrs. to become a citizen
________________ Act-illegal for anyone to _____________________________
i. Federalists trying to target Dem-Rep
ii. violation of the _______ Amendment

13. John Adams Jefferson and Madison (D-R) said law was __________________
i. ___________________Resolutions
- said states had right to
______________act of
Congress they believe
was _________________
- ________________theory

14. The Federal Period ____________________(1801-1807) Election of 1800
Jefferson, Adams, Burr
a. Jefferson, Burr ______ in electoral college votes
b. Constitution said election decided
___________________________
c. Hamilton used influence to win votes for Jefferson
peaceful transfer of power from one ______________ to another
i. “We are all __________________, we are all _____________________.”
ii. 12th Amendment passed by Congress – separate vote for president/vp

15. Thomas Jefferson Domestic Policy ____________________ of 1801
a. passed at last minute by Federalist Congress and Adams
b. increased number of federal _____________ to try to control courts (“____________________”)
Jefferson told Sec.of State Madison not to deliver papers to appoint one of the judges; judge sued
_______________________(1803)
Chief Justice __________________
Court said a part of Judiciary Act of 1789 was ____________________
Established precedent of _____________________________– power of Supreme Court to declare law unconstitutional

16. Thomas Jefferson __________________(1803)
US wanted to buy ______________from France
France offered all of _______________________
Jefferson not sure at first if _________________allowed President to do this (Jefferson’s view of Constitution? ___________)
sent treaty to ___________; ratified
_______________size of US
_______________Expedition ( )

17. Thomas Jefferson Foreign Policy
1. US caught in the middle of war b/t Britain-France; US trying to stay ______________
British taking US __________ off ships and forcing them into British Navy – _________________
Embargo Act (1807)
i. Congress banned ____________ w/other countries

18. The Federal Period James Madison (1809-1817) (D-R) Foreign Policy
_________________ (US-Britain)
a. Issues
i. conflicts w/British on seas
(_________________________)
ii. Conflicts w/ ________________________
in Northwest
iii. ____________________– congressman from South, West pushing for _________ ; patriotism took over

19. James Madison b. US military not _________________
c. British Navy ________________ East Coast
i. hurt businessman in New England; Hartford Convention - to talk about __________________
d British Army invaded Washington
burned _______________________
e. Francis Scott Key – ____________________________
during attack on Baltimore
f. Battle of __________________________
i. US victory; made ___________________ a
hero
g. Treaty of Ghent (1814)
i. issues not resolved
ii. new mood of ___________________ in the
country
(“________________________________”)

20. The Federal Period James Monroe (1817-1825) D-R Post War US
1. migration West – new ______
a. increased trade w/Britain
b. regional differences creating
problems - _____________ (North,
South, West)
2. ______________________(1820)
a. what to do about ____________
in new states
b. Missouri admitted as __________
state, Maine as ___________ state
c parallel on map – _________ free, __________ slave