Launching the Nation

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Chapter 8

• Launching the Nation

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• was originally a group selected by state
  legislatures to represent the popular vote in
  determining the winner of presidential elections.

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• was unanimously selected as president of the
  United States by the electoral college.

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• The first capital of the United States

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• The idea for this group originated when President
  Washington began meeting with executive
  department heads as a group.

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• heads of the executive departments

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• His biggest challenge was finding a way to pay
  off the national debt.

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• created a federal court system with three levels.

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• an action or decision that serves as an example.

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• Which leader supported strict construction,
  meaning that the federal government should do
  only what the Constitution specifically says it
  can do?

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• Was chartered by Congress in 1791 so the
  government could safely deposit money and make
  loans to state government and businesses

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• Who supported loose construction, meaning that
  the federal government can take actions that the
  Constitution does not specifically forbid?

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• groups that organize to help elect government
  officials and to influence government policies

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• gave the United States access to American Indian
  lands in the Northwest Territory and guaranteed
  safety of U.S. citizens there

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• His forces defeated American Indian
  confederation forces in the Battle of Fallen
  Timbers.

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• American Indians were supplied with guns and
  ammunition by

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• In 1794 farmers protested a tax on alcoholic
  beverages in a revolt knows as

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• stated that the United States would not take
  sides in conflicts involving European nations.

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• the amount of money owed by the United States to
  various lenders.

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• certificates that represent money owed by the
  government to private citizens.

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• Investors who bought many bonds at low prices in
  the hope that the value would rise later

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• states that the federal
• government can do only what the Constitution
  specifically says it can do.

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• states that the federal
• government can take reasonable actions that the
  Constitution does not specifically forbid.

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• became vice president in 1796 because he was the
  second-place finisher in the presidential
  election.

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• first secretary of the treasury

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• first chief justice of the United States

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• A tax on imported goods is a

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• The president was allowed to expel foreign
  citizens from the United States under the
  authority of the

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• U.S. citizens were forbidden to write, print,
  utter or publish any false or hostile words
  against the government or its polices by the

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• These Acts were opposed when Madison and
  Jefferson wrote the Kentucky and Virginia
  Resolutions.

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