| A | B |
|---|
| Type of government US has | federal |
| President is elected by | electoral college |
| President | nominates cabinet members |
| Senate | confirms cabinet members |
| The Constitution divides the government into | three branches |
| President has | veto power over Congress |
| Congress can override a veto | by having a 2/3 vote in both houses |
| First President | George Washington |
| Secretary of War | Henry Knox |
| Secretary of State | Thomas Jefferson |
| Secretary of Treasury/Leader of Federalist Party | Alexander Hamilton |
| Judiciary Act ot 1789 | set up a Supreme Court, 3 circuit courts, and 13 district courts |
| Report on Public Credit | Hamilton wanted the federal government to assume the war debts of the states |
| Report on the National Bank | created the National bank of the US |
| National Bank could | collect taxes, lend money, and provide paper currency |
| Report on Manufacturers | protective tariff on imported goods |
| 1794 Rebellion | Whiskey Rebellion |
| Washington' s response to Whiskey Rebellion | sent troops/proved authority of the national government |
| This act said that the President could deport anyone he wanted | Alien Act |
| This act imposed heavy fines or jail time for anyone opposing the government | Sedition Act |
| This second President was the only Federalist President | John Adams |
| Criticized the Federalists | Republican Party |
| The Election of 1800 | Jefferson and Burr tie for the office of President |
| Wins the Election of 1800/leader of the Republican Party | Jefferson |
| Wins the dual with Hamilton | Burr |
| Judicial Review | Supreme Court can declare a law passed by Congress unconstitutional |
| Established by Marbury v. Madison | Judicial Review |
| Chief justice that strengthened federal government | John Marshall |
| McClulloch v. Maryland | Necessary and Proper clause gives Congress powers that are not expressly written in the Constitution |
| States could not tax the federal government | according to McClulloch v. Maryland |
| Louisiana Purchase | doubled the size of the US |
| Explored Louisana Purchase territory | Lewis and Clark |
| Strict constructionism/Jefferson | Government can't do anything unless it is expressly written in the Constitution |
| Loose constructionism/Hamilton | can use the "neccessary and proper clause" to make laws so the government will work |
| Florida | gained by the Adams-Onis Treaty |
| Believed in an industrial society | Federalists |
| Believed in an agricultural society | Democratic Republicans |
| War of 1812 | fought by Americans and British |
| impressment | kidnapping of Americans from ships |
| Embargo Acts | US ships could not leave ports for foreign countries |
| Treaty of Ghent | ended War of 1812 |
| Trans-Appalachian West | land from the Appalachian Mts. to the Mississippi |
| Battle of Fallen Timber | Quieted Indian conflict in Ohio region |
| Jay's Treaty | British agree to recognize the boundaries set by The Treaty of Paris of 1783 |
| Pinckney's Treaty | Spain allows America to navigate the Mississippi River |
| How Washington wanted to handle foreign affairs | neutrality |
