| A | B |
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| Census of 1790 | Effort that counted 4 million Americans. |
| Alexander Hamilton | Brilliant administrator and financial wizard whose career was plagued by doubts about his character and belief in popular government. |
| Thomas Jefferson | Washington's secretary of state and the organizer of a political party opposed to Hamilton's policies. |
| James Madison | Skillful politician scholar who drafted the Bill of Rights and moved it through the First Congress. |
| Supreme Court | Body organized by the Judiciary Act of 1789 and first headed by John jay. |
| Funding and Assumption | Hamilton's aggressive financial policies of paying off all federal bonds and taking on all state debts. |
| Bank of the United States | Institution established by Hamilton to create a stable currency and bitterly opposed by states/ rights advocates. |
| Whiskey Rebellion | A protest by poor western farmers that was firmly suppressed by Washington and Hamilton's army. |
| Federalists | Political party that believed in a strong central government run by the wealthy, government aid to business, and a pro British foreign policy. |
| Republicans | Political party that believed in the common people, no government aid for business, and a pro French foreign policy. |
| XYZ | Secret code names for three French agents who attempted to extract bribes from American diplomats in 1797. |
| Talleyrand | Craft French foreign minister who turned from hostile to friendly to Americans during a crisis. |
| Alien and Sedition Acts | Harsh and probably unconstitutional laws aimed at radical immigrants and Jeffersonian writers. |
| Bill of Rights | Ten amendments designed to protect individual liberty from the national government. |
| Farewell Address | Message telling America that it should avoid unnecessary foreign entanglements. |
