Chapter 9 Test tomorrow! Get out your Notebooks to review

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Chapter 9 Test tomorrow!Get out your Notebooks
to review
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Chapter 9Study Guide
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1. a party or a group that is split because of
differences.
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• A faction

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• 2. Group of department leaders who serve the
  President

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• Cabinet

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• 3. Decision not to take
• sides in a war.

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• Neutrality

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• 4. Ship that sails fast and has many guns.

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• Frigate

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• 5. Total amount of money that a government owes
  to others.

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• National Debt

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• 6. What event called for a protest against taxes
  by backcountry farmers?

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• Whiskey Rebellion

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• 7. This called for one Chief Justice and five
  Associate Justices on the Supreme Court.

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• Judiciary Act

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• 8. This declared that the United States would not
  support either side in the war in Europe

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• Neutrality Proclamation

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• 9. This called for Britain to pay damages for
  seized American ships.

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• Jays Treaty

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• 10. This claimed that states could judge whether
  a law is constitutional.

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• The Kentucky
• And
• Virginia Resolutions

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• 11. What important precedent did President
  Washington set at the beginning of his first term?

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• He named well-known, talented leaders to head
  government departments.

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• 12. What did President Washington believe about
  Foreign Policy?

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• He believed the U.S. should remain independent
  from disputes between other nations.

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• 13. What caused a split in the Federalist Party?

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• A Disagreement between President Adams and
  Alexander Hamilton over whether the U.S. should
  go to war.

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• 14. What is the main reason American leaders
  formed political parties?

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• To organize support for their political views.

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• 15. Who believed that the U.S. should have strong
  ties with Britain to promote trade?

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• Alexander Hamilton

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• 16. Why did the French Revolution lose support in
  the U.S?

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• French Radicals executed thousands of people.

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• 17. How was the United States neutrality
  challenged during Washingtons presidency?

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• Britain and France seized cargo from U.S. ships.

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• 18. How was the winner of 1800 presidential
  election determined?

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• The House of
• Representatives chose the president due to a tie
  in the electoral college.

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• 19. How did Alexander Hamilton plan to reduce the
  national debt?

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• By buying up Revolutionary War bonds and
  issuing new ones.

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1. How did President Adams react to the crisis with
   France?

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• He strengthened the navy
• but kept the U.S. out of war.

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• 21. What happened as a result of the Whiskey
  Rebellion?

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• The people realized that the new government would
  not tolerate violent protests.

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• 22. Who established many of the precedents that
  our presidents still follow today?

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• George Washington

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• 23. What was Alexander Hamilton's major goal as
  Secretary of Treasury?

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• Reducing the
• National Debt

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• 24. Why did President Washington want to remain
  neutral in foreign wars?

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• He did not want to disrupt U.S. relations with
  other countries.

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• 25. What effect did policy disputes in the 1790s
  have on American government?

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• Leaders tried to build support for their views by
  forming political parties.

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• 26. What issue caused a serious split that
  weakened the power of the Federalist party?

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• Continuing diplomatic talks
• with France

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• 27. What did many people fear would happen if
  political parties formed in the U.S?

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• Political divisions would
• threaten national unity.

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• 28. Which American leader believed that the
  violence of the French Revolution was justified?

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• Thomas Jefferson

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• 29. How did Thomas Jefferson feel about a strong
  federal government?

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• He felt that a strong federal government
  threatened the rights of the states.

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• 30. Why did the House of Representatives decide
  the presidential election of 1800?

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• Each elector cast one vote for Thomas Jefferson
  and one for Aaron Burr - It was a tie.

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• 31. How did President Adams handle the crisis
  with France?

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• He resisted American war fever and avoided armed
  conflict.

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• 32. Why was it difficult for the American
  government to maintain a neutrality policy?

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• American merchants profited from trade with
  Britain and France

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• 33. How many states voted for Adams in 1796?

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• More than half

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• 34. How did the election results in 1796 reflect
  growing political tensions in the U.S?

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• Southern voters protested Federalist policies by
  refusing to vote in the election.

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• 35. In what region was Federalist support the
  strongest?

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• Federalist support was
• strongest in the North.

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• 36. Who proposed the Alien and Sedition Act?

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Federalists
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• 37. How did Jefferson respond to the Alien
  Sedition Acts?

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• By helping pass the
• Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions.