Challenges of the New Nation (Early Republic)

The president's cabinet is made up of

• Supreme Court Justices.
• executive department heads.
• members of Congress.
• high-ranking military officers.

Why did Washington call up an army to cush the Whiskey Rebellion?

• He saw the rebellion as a threat to the new government's authority.
• He feared the rebels might stir up a bloody revolution like that in France.
• He felt he had to protect tax collectors at work west of the Appalachians.
• He preferred leading an army to leading a national government.

The Alien and Sedition Acts were viewed by Republicans as

• an attack on the First Amendment rights of free speech and press.
• a challenge to the power and authority of the state governments.
• a necessary measure to rid the country of legal immigrants.
• a warning to the Whiskey Boys to end their rebellion.

What slogan summarizes Americans' response to the XYZ Affair/

• Free trade and sailors' rights!
• My country, right or wrong!
• No taxation without representation!
• Millions for defense, not a cent for tribute!

Rebels were angry in the Whiskey Rebellion because the Government...

• taxed only the selling of whiskey

• taxed whiskey really high to make revenue in order to pay off debt

• taxed the selling and making of whiskey

• taxed whiskey really high just show the farmers who's boss out of boredom

The rebellion occurred when George Washington was President

• Shay's Rebellion

• Whiskey Rebellion

A tax on liquor led to the ____, which marked the first time the government sent troops to fight American citizens.

• Shays' Rebellion
• Pennsylvania tax rebellion
• Whiskey Rebellion
• Farmer Rebellion

The XYZ Affair was between

• French and British
• Natives and Americans
• Americans and French 
• French and Natives

What did agents XYZ want? 

• World Peace
• Energy Independence
• A Bribe
• A Minimum Wage

Three French agents demanded money and a bribe for the minster this event was known as?

• ABC Affair

• Quasi War

• XYZ War

• XYZ Affair