What law created the office of Attorney General? –Judiciary Act of 1789 (p 328)
What proclamation, given by G.W., stated that US would trade with both Britain and France? (p 335)
--Proclamation of Neutrality
Who was the first chief justice of the United States Supreme Court? (p 329)
--John Jay
Where were the Native Americans defeated by Anthony Wayne’s army? (p 334)
--Battle of Fallen Timbers
Which treaty (Jay or Pinckney) was an agreement with Great Britain signed in 1794? (p 336)
--Jay
Which treaty was an agreement with Spain in 1795? (p 337)
--Pinckney
What was the Whiskey Rebellion? (p 331)
--Farmers made their whiskey out of crops and used it as a form of currency; were mad because
they could not get their goods to market because of bad roads; G.W. said “that’s whack” and silenced
them.
How many amendments are included in the Bill of Rights? (p 328)
--10
What did Washington warn against in his Farewell Address? (p 327)
--Divisive political parties; permanent alliances with other countries; rivalries between North
and South
Sedition means to act out or speak out against the _______________. (p 346)
--Government
The XYZ Affair led to the Congress enlarging the ________________. (p 345)
--army and navy
What is the group of presidential electors chosen by the states called? (p 327)
--Electoral College
Who is in charge of the Senate when the Vice President is away?
-President Pro Tempore
What word means a vote of approval? (p 327)
--Ratification
What do we call the amount of money that the national government owes to other nations? (p 329)
--National Debt
Which of these men, Alexander Hamilton or Thomas Jefferson, favored a WEAK central government?
--Thomas Jefferson
What were the two primary political parties of this time?
--Federalists and Democratic-Republicans
Which party favored a loose construction/ interpretation of the Constitution? (p 340)
--Federalists