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| What cabinet position takes care of the nation's finances? | Sec. of Treasury |
| Who was Washington's Sec. of Treasury? | Alexander Hamilton |
| What does the Attorney General do? | top law enforcement officer |
| Who was Washington's Attorney General? | Edmund Randolph |
| What does the Sec. of State do? | handles foreign affairs |
| Who was Washington's Sec. of State? | Thomas Jefferson |
| What did the Sec. of War do? | in charge of the military |
| political party believing in strong central government. | Federalists |
| party believing in limited central government. | Democratic-Republican |
| party fearful of mob rule | Federalists |
| party wanting common man to rule | Democratic-Republican |
| party afraid of one man or small group ruler | Democratic-Republican |
| party favoring rule by the wealthy, educated | Federalists |
| party believing in loose interpretation of constittution | Federalists |
| party favoring protective tariffs | Federalists |
| party wanting a national bank | Federalists |
| party favoring the British over the French | Federalists |
| party favoring French over the British | Democratic-Republican |
| party favoring emphasis on farming | Democratic-Republican |
| Aaron Burr's party | Democratic-Republican |
| Charles Pinckney's party | Federalist |
| party favoring state banks | Democratic-Republican |
| party favoring free trade | Democratic-Republican |
| present day party favoring gay marriages | Democrats |
| present day party favoring drilling for oil in wildlife refuges | Republicans |
| present day party favoring more environmental regulations | Democrats |
| present day party favoring school prayer | Republicans |
| present day party favoring tax breaks for businessmen | Republicans |
| present day party favoring collecting taxes for poor and disadvantaged | Democrats |
| present day party opposing school prayer | Democrats |
| present day party opposed for money for untested defense systems | Democrats |
| present day party wanting to privatize social security/medicare | Republicans |
| location of 1st capital | New York City |
| location of 2nd capital | Philadelphia |
| location of today's capital | Washington, D.C. |
| first president to live in Washington, D.C. | John Adams |
| name of Washingon's personal home | Mount Vernon |
| name of the building where the President resides | White House |
| Thomas Jefferson's main political foe | Alexander Hamilton |
| Jefferson's opinion on paying off the debt | opposed paying off the debt |
| What were the 3 parts of Hamilton's Economic Plan? | 1- pay off the debt; 2- raise revenues; 3-create National bank |
| What are excise taxes? | taxes on goods produced |
| What are tariffs? | taxes on imports |
| How did the gov't collect most of its money in Washington's time? | tariffs |
| Why did people want tariffs? | 1-provide money for gov't 2- protect U.S. businessmen |
| What did the farmers do to protest excise taxes? | Whiskey Rebellion |
| What compromise was reached to pass Hamilton's Economic Plan? | move the capital further south (Washington, D.C.) |
| Why might France expect the U.S. to help fight the British? | because they helped the colonists in the Revolutionary War |
| Today, what is the main source of income for our government? | income taxes |
| Who helped Native Americans achieve victories in the NW Territories? | Little Turtle |
| What leader defeated Native Americans @ Fallen Timbers? | "Mad Anthony" Wayne |
| What was the Treaty of Greenville? | Native Americans gave present day Ohio to U.S. |
| Name for the French diplomats demanding a bribe just to talk to the U.S. | XYZ affair |
| African American who helped with the building of Washington, D.C. | Benjamin Banneker |
| President elected after George Washington | John Adams |
| Who was Adam's Vice President? Why was this unusual? | Thomas Jefferson; he was from a different party (Democratic-Republican) |
| How is a President elected? | by an electoral college |
| name of law to keep immigrants out and prevent criticism of gov't | Alien & Sedition Act |
| Who were the Alien laws aimed at? | Catholics and French |
| What Congressmen called the President a "mad man" and got in a fight in Congress? | Matthew Lyon |
| What is the term for states refusing to follow federal laws? | nullification |
| What two states passed laws "nullifying" federal laws? | Virginia & Kentucky |
| name of area set aside for the nation's capital | District of Columbia |
| name of President Adams' son | John Quincy Adams |
| (T-F) It was possible at this time for the President & Vice President to be from different parties | True |
| What foreign policy said not to get involved beyond our borders? | isolationism |
| Where did many battles take place between the U.S. Army & Native Americans? | Northwest Territories |
| What party was led by Hamilton that supported a strong central gov't, rule by wealthy & a national bank? | Federalists |
| What political party was led by Jefferson believing in strong state gov't, strict interpretation of the Constitution & rule by the common man? | Democratic-Republican |
