Early Republic Fast and Curious 1

What was the significance of the Whiskey Rebellion? 

• To tax whiskey
• Demonstrated the U.S. government’s power to enforce laws
• To create more whiskey
• Demonstrated the Supreme Court's power to create new laws

French agents attempted to get a bribe from US diplomats in exchange for an agreement that France would no longer attack American ships.

• XYZ Affair
• Whiskey Rebellion
• Shays' Rebellion
• Boston Tea Party

This list provides examples of -

• topics discussed during the Second Constitutional Convention

• domestic issues faced by the leaders of the new republic

• weaknesses of the government under the Articles of Confederation

• issues leading to the ratification of the first constitutional amendments

Which problem did George Washington encounter when he became president?

• Southern states were threatening to secede from the union.

• The United States had large debts from the American Revolution.

• Great Britain was refusing to trade with the United States.

• The Articles of Confederation needed to be replaced with a stronger constitution.

What Amendment did the Alien & Sedition Acts violate?

• 2nd

• 5th

• 1st

• 8th

What law passed by John Adams both targeted immigrants and made it illegal to criticize the President?

• XYZ Affair

• Embargo Act

• Alien & Sedition Acts

• Barbary Affair

Alexander Hamilton's financial plan:

• tariffs and a whiskey tax

• a national bank

• federal government buys the states' debts

• the government invests in manufacturing

term that means to cancel a law (for example: Kentucky and Virginia refused to follow the Alien and Sedition Acts)

• Nullify

• Ratify

• Approve

• Tariff

A tax on imported goods (products manufactured in other countries and brought into the U.S.)

• tariff

• embargo

• Impressment

• blockade

term that refers to issues at home or within a country's own borders

• foreign

• domestic