Chapter 8
Chapter 8
A New Nation
Study Guide
1. Washington established several precedents. Explain what a precedent is
and give one example.
2. Explain the cabinet:
State Department
________________(1st Secretary of State)
_________________________________(explain what it does)
_______ Department
Henry Knox- 1st Secretary of _________ _________________________________(explain what it does)
Treasury Department
________________(1st Secretary of Treasury)
Handles all the financial matters of the United States
Justice Department
________________(1st Attorney General)
_________________________________(explain what it does)
3. What part of government created the Executive Departments?
4. The U.S. had a huge national debt and it was __________ _________’s( what man) challenge to solve the economic crisis.
His plan was:
1.
2.
3.
4. Why did Southern states dislike Hamilton’s economic plan to pay off the nation’s debt?
Section 2 – Early Challenges
7. The Whiskey Rebellion happened in _________(year) in western PA.
This rebellion was a reaction by _____________(group) refusal to pay
the federal tax that was the idea of ____________ _______________.
8. Indians challenged the U.S. in the western territories.
U.S. general _____________ _____________ was defeated by Indian
leader Little Turtle of the __________(tribe) in ________(year) along the
Wabash River.
In ______(year) U.S. general Anthony Wayne defeated Indian leader
_________ ___________ at the Battle of __________ ___________ in
present day Ohio. Following the battle Indians were forced to sign the
Treaty of _____________. In this treaty the Indians gave up much of
present day ___________(state).
9. At this time Britain and France went to war and this divided the
American people. Famous men like Hamilton and Adams supported the
___________(country), while men like Jefferson supported the
__________(country).
Washington tried to keep the U.S. out of the war by issuing the Proclamation of Neutrality. These were the two main points:
1.
2.
The foreigner that threaten American neutrality was__________ _________. He was trying to…………………………………………………………
10. Explain the parts of the following treaties:
Jay’s Treaty—this was negotiated with __________
_______(country).
Americans dislike the treaty because:
1.
2.
Pinckney’s Treaty—negotiated with ___________(country).
This treaty gave Americans use of the _________________ River and access to trade in __________ _____________.
11. When Washington left office he warned the U.S. against
1. involvement in foreign alliances
2. ?____________________________(fill this in)
Section 3 – The First Political Parties
12. In Washington’s cabinet the two men who began to take opposing
views were ______________ and _______________( last names will do).
13. The first two political parties were the Federalists and the
Democratic-Republicans, or simply called the _______________.
14. Understand and study the chart on p.269.
15. Which political party believed in implied powers?
16. Implied powers is the belief that ………………………………………
17. 1796 Election – list the Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidates for each party
Federalist—(President) (Vice President)-
Democratic-Republican—(President) (Vice President)-
18. The results of the 1796 election was :
____________- President
____________- Vice President
This occurred because the Constitution stated that……………………..
19. The major international incident that happened during the Adams presidency was the ____ _________ with France. This incident involved the French foreign minister, ___________ ___ _______________. He demanded a bribe before any negotiations would start. When the American diplomats refused both sides…………………………
20. During this incident Adams faced criticism. To deal with this he encouraged Congress to pass the Alien and Sedition Acts. This is what those acts said:
Alien Act- this was directed against _________________(group), and it gave the President power to ……………………….
Sedition Act- this act directed against anyone trying to weaken the government. This act made it a crime to write,__________ or __________ and criticisms of the government that was either false, scandalous or ________________.
21. As a part of these two acts the Congress also passed the __________________ Act that lengthened the time period it took to become a citizen of the U.S. It was changed from ______years to _______years, this was meant to discourage them.
22. Opposition to these acts were first stated in the ___________&____________ _________________ that said the state could declare acts of Congress unconstitutional. This was the beginning of the states rights movement. The two authors of these statements were __________ & _______________.
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