Early Presidential Administrations Test

Something done or said that becomes an example for others to follow.

• Precedent

• Cabinet

• Bond

• Impressment

Seizing people against their will and forcing them to serve in the military or other public service.

• Precedent

• Cabinet

• Bond

• Impressment

A group of advisers to a president.

• Precedent

• Cabinet

• Bond

• Impressment

Certificate that promises to repay borrowed money in the future-plus an additional amount of money, called interest.

• Precedent

• Cabinet

• Bond

• Impressment

Firmly favoring one party or faction.

• Partisan

• Alien

• Sedition

• Nullify

To legally overturn

• Partisan

• Alien

• Sedition

• Nullify

Activities aimed at weakening the established government by inciting resistance or rebellion to authority.

• Partisan

• Alien

• Sedition

• Nullify

A person living in a country who is not a citizen of that country.

• Partisan

• Alien

• Sedition

• Nullify

George Washington and the new federal government took actions that would set an example for the future. What is the term used to describe this example?

• Precedent

• Practices

• Preferences

• Precursor

Which Act created our levels of courts and defined the relationship between federal and state courts?

• Intolerable Acts

• Stamp Act

• Judiciary Act of 1789

• Courts Act of 1830