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| Six cities that were over 8000 people | Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Charleston, Baltimore, and Salem. |
| Who was the women who took this road from the new capital city of Washington to her home in Massachusetts. | Abigail Adams |
| Who invented the steamboats | John Fitch |
| What did some farmers do to their grain? | they converted it into whisky. |
| Who begin settling in Kentucky and Tennessee shortly before the Revolution? | Daniel Boone and other bold frontier men and women. |
| When did Kentucky become a new state | June 1, 1792 |
| Who invented the cotton gin | Eli Whitney |
| Who advised the house of representatives | James Madison of Virginia |
| What did the Judiciary Act of 1798 do? | It set up the Supreme Court.Three circuit courts Thirteen district courts (one in each state) To each district court it attached a United States Attorney to serve as a federal prosecutor and a United States Marshal to serve as the federal police. |
| The congress set up what departments? | Treasury, State, War, Postmaster General, Attorney General |
| Who held each cabinet position in Washington's first term? | Secretary of the Treasury - Alexander Hamilton, Attorney General- Edmund Randolph of Virginia, War Department - Henry Knox of Massachusetts, Secretary of State- Thomas Jefferson |
| What were the three reports that Hamilton made to present his financial plan to the House of Representatives- | The Report on the Public Credit (January 1790)/ The Report on the National Bank (December 1790)/The Report on Manufacturers (December 1791) |
| How big was America's debt? | $54 Million dollars, $10 Million was owed to our wartime ally, France and to our Wartime Allies. |
| What's the difference between strict and broad interpretation of the constitution: | Strict - "If it doesn't say it in the constitution, then you can't do it!"/ Broad - "If it doesn't say it in the constitution, then you can do it!" |
| Who was the American general to first launch a full-scale combat with the Indians of the Northwest | General Josiah Harmar |
| What American General attempted to invade the Northwest Territory after Josiah Harmar had failed? | General Arthur St. Clair |
| What were the followers of Jefferson and Madison called? | Republicans |
| When did Washington’s second term start? | March 4, 1793 |
| Who was the representative the French sent to America to convice them to aide them | “Citizen” Edmond Genet |
| What did the Proclamation of 1793 do? | It declared that the United States would not take sides in the Struggle.’ |
| What did Jay’s Treaty do? | England was to leave the frontier fur posts in American territory by June 1, 1796. |
| What did Pinckney’s Treaty do? | 1) free navagation of the Mississippi 2) acceptance of 31 north latitude as the southern boundary of the United States 3) “Right of Deposit” The right to transfer cargoes at New Orleans from riverboats to ocean-going vessels without paying duty. |
| What American General won the Battle of Fallen Timbers in Northwestern Ohio | General “Mad Anthony” Wayne |
| What chiefs of the Delaware agreed to open up most of the Ohio Territory to settlement after the defeat in the Battle of Fallen Timbers | Delaware, Shawnee, Wyandot, Miami Confederacy and other tribes. |
| Who was the federalist candidate for president in the election of 1796 | John Adams |
| Who was the republican candidate for president in the election of | Thomas Jefferson |
| Who won the Presidency? Who was the Vice-President? | John Adams, Thomas Jefferson |
| Who was the father of the navy? | John Adams |
| What did Adam’s Cabinet consist of? | Secretary of State: Timothy Pickering, Secertary of the Treasury: Oliver Wolcott, Secertary of War: James McHenry, Attorney Journal: Charles Lee. [all second-raters] |
| A new government of 5 men came to power in France, what were they called? | The directory. |
| What was the first Minister sent to France to work out the previous treaties | James Monroe. |
| Who said “Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute!” | Robert Goodloe Harper |
| After James Monroe failed, what commision of people did the U.S. send to France | Elbridge Gerry and John Marshall. [with C.C. Pickney who was already there] |
| Who were the 3 frenchmen involved in the XYZ affair | Hottinguer, Hauteval, Bellamy |
| Who was the French Foreign Minister at the time of the XYZ affair | Talleyrand |
| What was the new national song made after the envoys to France came back | Hail Columbia! |
| What treaty did Napoleon void with the US when he came to power | Treaty of Alliance |
| What was the act that extended the time it took to become a citizen from 5 to 14 years – | The Naturalization Act. |
| What was the act that gave the President the power to deport any alient he thought dangerous to the nation’s security, or in time war, the power to deport or arrest all aliens who came from an enemy nation | The Alien Act. |
| What was the act that provided a heavy fine and a jail term for any person found guilty of “combining and conspiring to oppose the execution of laws, or publishing false, scandalous, or malicious writings against the President, Congress, or the government of the United States | The Sedition Act. |
| Who made the Virgina Resolution? | James Madison |
| Who made the Kentucky Resolution? | Thomas Jefferson |
| What does null mean? | unvalidating |
| What does it say on Jefferson’s Tomb? | Author of the Declaration of American Indendence, Author of the Virginia Statue for Religious Freedom and Father of the University of Virginia. |
| What does “Monticello” mean? | little mountain |
| What did the 12th amendment say? | It reformed the way electors chose the Vice-President and President, by making them specify who they specifically voted for the respective positions. |
| What did the 17th amendment say? | The 17th amendment stated that senate should be composed of two senators from each State, for six years and each Senator shall have one vote. It also had instuctions on how to replace vacancies. |
| What did the 20th amendment say? | It stated that the terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3rd day. |
| What did the 22nd amendment say? | No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice. |
| What presidents were in the Virginia Dynasty? | Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe. |
| Who was the first black civilian to work for the federal government? | Benjamin Banneker. |
| Who was the architect for the new capitol’s location? | Major Pierre-Charles L’Enfant. |
| What was the name of Jefferson’s Wife? | Martha Wayles Skelton |
| What was the cabinet of Thomas Jefferson | Secretary of State: James Madison, Secretary of Treasury: Albert Gallatin |
| What nations did the Barbary Pirates consist of? | Algiers, Morocco, Tunis, and Tripoli. |
| Who was the American who improved conditions in the seas with the Barbary Pirates – | Stephen Decatur |
| Who was the black general as commander in chief of the armies in Haiti? | General Pierre Dominque Toussaint. |
| Late it 1801, Napoleon sent out from France 25,000 crack troops to recapture Haiti from the blacks, who was their general | General LeClerc [Napoleon’s brother-in-law.] |
| Who succeeded LeClerc after he had failed in recapturing Haiti? | General Rochambeau |
| Who did Jefferson appoint ot explore the lands beyond the Mississippi? | Meriwether Lewis, and William Clark [with Clark’s black servant, York] |
| Who was the french-canadian fur trapper Clark and Lewis discovered on their trip to the wildneress beyond the Mississippi? Who was his wife that served as an interpreter? | Toussaint Chabonneau and his wife Sacajewea. |
| What did Clark carve on a tall yellow pine tree when he reached the Pacific? | “Wiliam Clark December 3rd 1805. By land from the U. States in 1804 and 1805. |
| Who was the other exploreer who explored upper Mississippi and ventured as far as the Rockies | Captain Zebulon Pike. |
| Who was the Senator who became desperate and considered breaking up the Union and setting up a northern confederacy? | Thomas Pickering |
| Which general betrayed Aaron Burr? | General James Wilkinson. |
| What case became a landmark in American History | Marbury vs. Madison |
| Which English General destoryed the combined French and Spanish Fleets of Cape Trafalgar near the Straight of Gibraltar | Lord Nelson. |
| What 2 forces did Napoleon defeat at Austerliz? | The Russian and Austrian armies |
| What orders did the British decree to shut off France’s commerce? | Orders in Council |
| What orders did Napoleon set to hurt British trade? | Imperial decrees. |
| Which captain commanded the frigate, the Chesapeake | Captain Barron |
| What was the British warship that impressed the Chesapeake | The Leopard |
| Who was the british foreign secreatary who wished to avoid war and was eager to right the wrong done by the attack on the Chesapoeake | George Canning. |
| What act did Jefferson pass that prohibited any American vessel from sailing for any foreign port? | Embargo Act |
| What act replaced the Embargo Acts | The Nonintercourse Acts. |
| Who were the two candidates who ran in the election of 1808 | Madison , C.C. Pinckney. |
