Historian Hustle – The First Presidents of the United States

__________________________ led the Democratic-Republican party that favored a strict interpretation of the Constitution.

• Thomas Jefferson

• Alexander Hamilton

• George Washington

• John Adams

The ______________________ was a political and diplomatic episode in 1797 and 1798, early in the presidency of John Adams, involving a confrontation between the United States and Republican France that led to the Quasi-War.

• Alien and Sedition Acts

• Virginia and Kentucky Resolution

• XYZ Affairs

• Whiskey Rebellion

___________________ was the 16^thstate to enter the union of the United States on June 1^st, 1796.

• Virginia

• Tennessee

• Kentucky

• John Adams

_________________________ was elected the first president of the United States by the Electoral College on February 4^th, 1789.

• Alexander Hamilton

• Farewell Address

• John Adams

• George Washington

In September 1796 George Washington wrote a famous letter to the nation, known as his ____________________________. In the letter he offered advice on how the nation should move forward.

• George Washington

• Alien and Sedition Acts

• Farewell Address

• President's Cabinet

_________________________ served as the second president of the United States. He prepared an army and navy for war and passed the Alien and Sedition Acts.

• Thomas Jefferson

• Alexander Hamilton

• George Washington

• John Adams

The _____________________________ was a group of advisors to the president who each head a department of the executive branch.

• Tennessee

• Farewell Address

• President's Cabinet

• XYZ Affairs

The _______________________________ was a statement drafted in 1798 and 1799, in which the Kentucky and Virginia legislatures took the position that the federal Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional.

• Tennessee

• President's Cabinet

• Thomas Jefferson

• Virginia and Kentucky Resolution

The _________________________________________ was a series of laws passed by the Federalist Congress in 1798 and signed into law by President Adams. These laws included new powers to deport foreigners as well as making it harder for new immigrants to vote.

• Alien and Sedition Acts

• President's Cabinet

• Farewell Address

• XYZ Affairs

___________________________ led the Federalist party who favored a loose interpretation of the Constitution.

• Alexander Hamilton

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams