Chapter 8 Review Sheet Class Notes Key People

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Chapter 8 Review Sheet Class Notes

Chapter 8 Review Sheet Class Notes

Key People n n n n Alexander Hamilton: first Secretary of Treasury George Washington:

Key People n n n n Alexander Hamilton: first Secretary of Treasury George Washington: first president. Thomas Jefferson: first Secretary of State Henry Knox: first Secretary of War Charles de Talleyrand: French foreign minister who demanded a bribe from the US John Adams: first vice-president James Madison: wrote the Bill of Rights King Louis XVI: beheaded in the French Revolution.

Review Questions 1. How did Washington feel about the formation of political parties? He

Review Questions 1. How did Washington feel about the formation of political parties? He warned that they would divide and weaken the nation.

2. Why did Hamilton want to create a national bank? To put the nation’s

2. Why did Hamilton want to create a national bank? To put the nation’s money and build a strong economy.

3. How did Thomas Jefferson feel about a national bank? He thought it was

3. How did Thomas Jefferson feel about a national bank? He thought it was unconstitutional.

4. What acts did the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions declare unconstitutional? The Alien and

4. What acts did the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions declare unconstitutional? The Alien and Sedition Acts

5. Why did the French expect the US to help them in their revolution?

5. Why did the French expect the US to help them in their revolution? France had been the first ally of the US.

6. What did the Sedition Acts do? It made it a crime to criticize

6. What did the Sedition Acts do? It made it a crime to criticize the government.

7. What did the Judiciary Act do? Set up a system of federal courts

7. What did the Judiciary Act do? Set up a system of federal courts and circuit courts.

8. Which cabinet department is responsible for relations with other nations? the State Department

8. Which cabinet department is responsible for relations with other nations? the State Department

9. What does partisan mean? to take sides in an argument or issue.

9. What does partisan mean? to take sides in an argument or issue.

10. What was the Treaty of Greenville? a treaty in which Native American tribes

10. What was the Treaty of Greenville? a treaty in which Native American tribes agreed to give up 25, 000 square miles of land to the US for $25, 000.

11. What caused the Whiskey Rebellion? Farmers in Western Pennsylvania protested against a tax

11. What caused the Whiskey Rebellion? Farmers in Western Pennsylvania protested against a tax placed on whiskey.

Political Parties Federalists Republicans founded by Hamilton n rule by the wealthy class n

Political Parties Federalists Republicans founded by Hamilton n rule by the wealthy class n strong federal gov’t n. Emphasis on manufacturing n loose interpretation of the Constitution n British alliance n National Bank n n n Protective tariff founded by Jefferson n rule by the common people n strong state gov’t n emphasis on farming n strict interpretation of the Constitution n French alliance n State banks n Free Trade- no protective tariff