Vocabulary: Chapter 9 (Launching The New Government)
Please use the glossary in your textbook to correctly/completely define each term.
- 1.Total amount of money that a government owes to others?
- A.
Bills
- B.
Bank of the United States
- C.
Sedition
- D.
Federalist
- E.
National Debt
- 2.Bank set up in 1789 to hold government deposits, issue paper money, pay government bills and to make loans to farmers?
- A.
Bank of America
- B.
Wells Fargo
- C.
Bank of the United States
- D.
Chase Bank
- E.
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- 3.Ceremony in which the President officially takes the oath of office?
- A.
Party
- B.
Tariff
- C.
National Debt
- D.
Inauguration
- E.
Farewell Address
- 4.Tax on foreign goods brought into a country?
- A.
Nations Cut
- B.
Import Tax
- C.
Whiskey Rebellion
- D.
Tariff
- E.
National Debt
- 5.Group of officials who head government departments and advise the President?
- A.
Tariff
- B.
Cabinet
- C.
Sedition
- D.
Federalist
- E.
Jay's Treaty
- 6.A 1795 agreement between Britain and the United States that called for Britain to pay damages for seized American ships and give up forts it still held in the West.
- A.
Jay's Treaty
- B.
Alien and Sedition Acts
- C.
States' Rights
- D.
XYZ Affair
- E.
Judiciary Act
- 7.1879 law that created the structure of the supreme court and set up a system of district courts and circuit courts for the nation?
- A.
Judiciary Act
- B.
Farewell Address
- C.
Federalist
- D.
States Rights
- E.
Cabinet
- 8.A 1794 protest over a tax on all liquor made and sold in the United States?
- A.
Whiskey Rebellion
- B.
Tariff
- C.
The Drunk Fight
- D.
Foreign Policy
- E.
XYZ Affair
- 9.Actions that a nation takes in relation to other nations?
- A.
National Debt
- B.
Tariff
- C.
Precedent
- D.
Cabinet
- E.
Foreign Policy
- 10.A 1793 statement by President Washington that the United States would not support or aid either France or Britain in their European conflict?
- A.
Emancipation Proclamation
- B.
Farewell Address
- C.
Neutrality Proclamation
- D.
Cabinet
- E.
Inauguration
- 11.An act or decision that sets the example for others to follow?
- A.
Whiskey Rebellion
- B.
French Revolution
- C.
Foreign Policy
- D.
XYZ Affair
- E.
Precedent
- 12.A 1797 French attempt to bribe the United States by demanding payment before talks could begin on the issue of French seizure of neutral American ships?
- A.
The ship conflict
- B.
Tariff
- C.
Cabinet
- D.
XYZ Affair
- E.
Foreign Policy
- 13.The final official speech of Presidents as they leave office?
- A.
Tariff
- B.
French Revolution
- C.
Cabinet
- D.
Sedition
- E.
Farewell Address
- 14.A 1789 rebellion in France that ended the French monarchy for a time?
- A.
Cabinet
- B.
The French Revolution
- C.
Jay's Treaty
- D.
States' Rights
- E.
Sedition
- 15.The right of states to limit the power of the federal government?
- A.
Tariff
- B.
Inauguration
- C.
Sedition
- D.
Precedent
- E.
States' Rights
- 16.Supporter of Thomas Jefferson who favored a decentralized government?
- A.
Democrat
- B.
Republican
- C.
Democratic Republican
- D.
Libertarian
- E.
Green Party Member
- 17.Declarations passed in 1798 and 1799 that claimed that each state has the right to decide whether a federal law is constitutional and to nullify laws deemed unconstitutional?
- A.
Cabinet
- B.
Kentucky and Virginia resolutions
- C.
Jay's Treaty
- D.
Foreign Policy
- E.
Precedent
- 18.A supporter of the constitution who favored a strong federal or nation government and the states.
- A.
Nationalist
- B.
Communist
- C.
Socialist
- D.
Pianist
- E.
Federalist
- 19.In 1798, federalists supported laws that permitted the President to expel foreigners and made it harder for immigrants to become citizens?
- A.
XYZ Affair
- B.
Alien and Sedition Acts
- C.
Federalist
- D.
Act II
- E.
Tariff
- 20.Stirring up rebellion against a government?
- A.
A trouble maker
- B.
Federalist
- C.
Farewell Address
- D.
National Debt
- E.
Sedition
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