HIS – Ch. 9 – Flashcards
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Which factor contributed to a rift between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson during the 1790s?
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Hamilton admired the British.
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Why was Washington quickly and unanimously elected president in February 1789?
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Washington personified the republican ideal of leadership.
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How did Washington conduct himself once in office?
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He encouraged pomp and ceremony to create respect.
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Who did Washington choose to be his secretary of the treasury?
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Alexander Hamilton
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What was John Adams's only official duty as vice president?
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To preside over the Senate
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In response to promises that had been made in order to obtain ratification of the Constitution, James Madison drew up the
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Bill of Rights.
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The eighth and ninth amendments to the constitution dealt with
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federal and state authority.
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Significantly, no one complained about the Bill of Rights failing to protect
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the right to vote.
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According to Benjamin Rush and other republican writers, how could women contribute to a better society?
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By teaching sons virtue and good morals
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What effect did the founding of the new nation have on traditional gender relations?
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Traditional gender relations remained largely unaltered from the norm.
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Before the federal government settled into its permanent home in Washington, D.C., the nation's capital had most recently been moved from
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New York City to Philadelphia.
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Why did American cotton production experience a boom in the late
1790s?
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The invention of the cotton gin allowed greater production.
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What 1792 event stimulated road building?
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The U.S. Post Office was established.
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Why did Alexander Hamilton advocate for rolling old certificates of debt into new government bonds?
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Bonds would infuse money into the economy.
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To restore faith in the credit of the federal government, Hamilton proposed
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the assumption of the states' unpaid war debts by the federal government.
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Why did critics oppose the federal government's assuming the states' old Revolutionary War debt?
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Such action could subordinate the states to federal power.
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Why did James Madison eventually restrain his opposition to Hamilton's debt package?
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Hamilton promised to back the building of a new capital city on the Potomac River.
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Thomas Jefferson advised Washington that the Constitution prohibited which of Hamilton's economic programs?
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The chartering of banks by Congress
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How did Washington respond to Hamilton's idea for the Bank of the United States?
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He gave the bank a twenty-year charter.
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What was the purpose of the moderate tariff that Hamilton proposed in his Report on Manufactures?
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To encourage the production of American-made goods
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Congress rejected which of Hamilton's economic programs?
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The import tariff
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To meet the interest payments on the national debt under his consolidation plan, Alexander Hamilton convinced Congress to pass
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an excise tax on whiskey.
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Who participated in the Whiskey Rebellion?
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Grain farmers
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How did President Washington respond to the Whiskey Rebellion?
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Washington nationalized the Pennsylvania militia.
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What happened to the two men convicted of treason during the Whiskey Rebellion?
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Washington pardoned them.
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Who did Washington send to negotiate with Creek Indians in the
Southwest?
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Henry Knox
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The 1790 Treaty of New York prohibited the Creek Indians from
trading with
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the Spanish.
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Which of the following describes the U.S. government's early policy toward Indians in the Northwest Territory?
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Displace the Indians and clear the way for permanent settlements in Ohio
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What happened when General Anthony St. Clair led troops into Indian territory in the fall of 1791?
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His army fell to defeat after an attack by Miami and Shawnee tribes.
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In 1794, General Anthony Wayne's defeat of the Indians at Fallen Timbers resulted in
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the Treaty of Greenville.
