7th Grade Chapter 7 Study Guide

1798 laws that allowed the government to imprison or deport aliens and to prosecute its critics.

• Alien and Sedition Acts

• Judicial Review

• Impressment

• Electoral College

What was Hamilton's job in Washington's cabinet (executive branch)?

• Secretary of State

• Secretary of the Treasury

• Vice President

• Chief of Staff

The first president of the United States

• George Washington

• Alexander Hamilton

• Thomas Jefferson

• Ms. Pearson

an action or decision that later serves as an example

• Precedent

• Speculators

• National Debt

• George Washington

created three levels of federal courts and defined their powers

• Precedent

• Thomas Jefferson

• Speculators

• Judiciary Act of 1789

certificates of debt that will be bought back by the government at a higher price

• Bonds

• Strict Construction

• National Debt

• Bank of the United States

Secretary of State under Washington, helped form the Democratic-Republican Party. Became Vice-President under Adams

• George Washington

• Alexander Hamilton

• Thomas Jefferson

• Henry Knox

Who was the second president of the United States? 

• Alexander Hamilton 
• Thomas Jefferson
• John Jay 
• John Adams 

This is the official attitude that George Washington took in response to the war between France and Britain, despite the 1778 treaty with France.

• poor
• excited
• sectionalism
• neutrality

A group of selected advisors that helped Washington with issues in office?

• Congress
• Police 
• Cabinet 
• Jury