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The New Republic
Chapter 8
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People to Identify:
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#1:____________1st Secretary of State
Thomas Jefferson

st Secretary of Treasury
#2: __________
1
Alex Hamilton

#3: __________1st Chief Justice of the
John Jay
Supreme Court

#4: John
____________1st Vice President
Adams
(1789-1796)
#5: Who makes treaties with other
governments?
 Secretary
of State
#6: Who handles the government’s
finances?
 Secretary
of Treasury
#7: Who is the military advisor?
Secretary
of War
#8: When did George Washington take the
oath of office and become the first
president of the United States?

1789
#9: How did Congress agree to address
George Washington, the first president?
“Mr.
President”
#10: Who did Washington meet with
regularly to help him solve the challenges
of the nation? (His official advisors)
Cabinet
#11: This act passed in 1789
established a federal court system?
The
Federal
Judiciary
Act
#12: Added to the Constitution to protect
individual liberties. (1st 10 amendments)
 Bill
of Rights
#13: The amount the nation’s
government owes.
National
Debt
#14: People who risk money in order
to make a larger profit.
Speculators
#15: When Hamilton proposed a plan to reduce the
national debt, was the North or South upset about
repaying the debt accumulated during the
Revolutionary War?
 The
South
#16: How was the South hurt by
protective tariffs?
 They
were hurt economically. The South
had little industry and purchased many
foreign goods.
#17: How did the North benefit from
the protective tariffs?
 It
encouraged Americans to buy
American products- most of which were
produced in the North.
#18: A compromise was made to win
support for Hamilton’s plan. Where did the
Southern leaders want to located the
nation’s capital? (Between what 2 states)
 Maryland
& Virginia
#19: Who helped plan the layout of the
nation’s capital?
Ben
Banneker
#20: The name of the new capital
 Washington
DC
#21: Who favored a strong federal
government because it would benefit the
economy and supported the establishment
of a national bank?
 Federalists
#22: Who opposed the idea of the national bank
because they believed it favored the wealthy and
was UNCONSTITUTIONAL?
 Democratic-Republicans
#23: What did the United States
establish in order to protect American
industry?
 Protective
Tariff
#24: Tax on imported goods.
 Protective
Tariff
#25: Alexander Hamilton’s plan to
strengthen the economy by creating
national taxes led to an uprising of farmers.
What was this known as?
 Whiskey
Rebellion
#26: Where did the rebellion occur?
 Western
Pennsylvania
#27: The rebellion showed that the
government would use ____ when
necessary to maintain the social order.
Force
#28: not taking sides in a conflict.
Neutral
#29: Why did Washington advise the
nation to remain neutral in world
affairs?
 Alliance
might pull U.S. into foreign
wars which we could not afford to be
involved in
#30: Washington set a key precedent
(example) by serving only __ terms as
President.
#31: In Washington’s Farewell
Address, what did he believe
would divide the nation?
Political
Parties
#32: In Washington’s Farewell Address,
he urged leaders to remain ____ and
steer clear of permanent alliances with
any portion of the foreign world.
Neutral
#33: Describe the impact of
Washington’s Farewell Address into
the 20th century?
 Established
a foreign policy of neutrality
for the U.S. that lasted into the 20th
Century.
#34: Person favoring one side of a
political issue.
Partisan
#35: Political parties started in the United
States due to disagreements over the
balance of
between
Federal and State governments.
Power
36. Name each party.
Democratic-Republican
Federalist
Strict interpretation of the
Constitution
Loose interpretation of the
Constitution
Agricultural economy
Industrial economy
Weak central government
Strong Central or federal government
State Bank
National Bank
#37: Created the Federalist Party
 Alexander
Hamilton
#38: Created the Democratic
Republican Party.
 Thomas
Jefferson
#39: In the election of 1796, who was
elected as the 2nd president of the United
States. He represented the Federalist Party.
 John
Adams
#40: Who became vice-president in the 1796
election because he was the runner-up to John
Adams? This was unusual because he was a
Democrat-Republican and the president was a
Federalist.
Thomas
Jefferson
#41: What is a person who lives in the
United States but is not a citizen
called?
Alien
#42: Passed in 1798 in order to
silence Republican critics. Newspaper
editors were arrested for criticizing the
government.
Sedition
Act
#43: An importance of the Kentucky and
Virginia Resolutions written by
Madison and Jefferson was that it
proposed that a) ____________should
States
Nullify
be able to b) __________
federal laws
they opposed. This is important because
it laid the foundation for c)
States
_____________
to limit the powers of
the federal government.
#44: Attempt by French agents to
extort money from American
representatives. [crisis with France]
XYZ
Affair
“Millions for defense, but not
one cent for tribute!”
#45: Who was the President of the
United States who became furious
during the XYZ affair?
John
Adams