Unit 2 Review

agreement that settled border and trade disputes with Spain

• Jay’s Treaty

• Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

• Pinckney’s Treaty

• Treaty of Greenville

President Washington personally led the militia against the westerners in the Whiskey Rebellion because he believed

• the federal government was owed taxes for providing settlers with protection and opportunities for trade.

• individual farmers should have to pay off the national debt through taxes.

• the rebellion might spark similar incidents of violence.

• people needed to understand the constitutional right of Congress to institute tax laws.

What plan created 2 house in Congress, one based on a states population, the other house would be based on equal representation or 2 per state?

• Virginia Plan

• Great Compromise

• New Jersey Plan

• Alien and Sedition Act

What is the function of Congress in the federal government?

• Congress is the judicial branch, which enforces the nation’s laws.

• Congress is the legislative branch, which makes the nation’s laws.

• The judicial branch is led by Congress, which interprets the nation’s laws.

• The executive branch is led by Congress, which can veto the nation’s laws.

Official changes to a document.

• grammar

• spell check

• ratification

• amendments

A “protective tariff” adds a tax to the price of imported goods to protect domestic products from foreign

• competition

• contamination

• theft

• boycott

a political group that wanted a strong federal government and supported industry and trade

• Democratic-Republican Party

• Federalist Party

• Little Turtle

• privateers

What is the vice president’s role in the legislative branch?

• As senator pro tempore, he votes on behalf of absent members.

• As senator pro tempore, he represents the majority party’s view in debates.

• As president of the Senate, he chooses the day of the presidential election.

• As president of the Senate, he casts a vote only in case of a tie.

The electoral college is a

• body of delegates from each state that casts the deciding votes for president.

• group of voters hand-picked for cabinet positions by the president-elect.

• name given to all voters who cast ballots in presidential elections.

• school for the advanced study of voting practices and political campaigning.

voting rights

• constitution

• tariffs

• suffrage

• inflation