Ch. 7: Launching the Nation

Congress passed the _________ to set up the number of federal courts and the courts' location.

• Judiciary Act of 1789

• The Constitution

• Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

• Alien and Sedition Acts

The group of delegates who were sent to choose the first president of the United States were called the __________.

• Electoral College

• Presidential Congress

• Neutrality Proclamation

• Presidential College

A _________ is an action or a decision that later serves as an example.

• precedent

• president

• lesson

• exception

_________ was the first capital of the United States because of its population and booming economy.

• New York City

• Philadelphia

• Washington, D.C.

• Boston

The amount of money that was owed by the United States was called the ___________.

• national debt

• foreign debt

• money we owed

• debt bonds

The secretary of the treasury who had to deal with the challenge of paying off the national debt was ___________.

• Alexander Hamilton

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Jay

• Thomas Pinckney

________ are certificates that represent money.

• Bonds

• Speculators

• National debt

• Privateers

__________ are people who buy items at low prices in the hope that the value will rise.

• Speculators

• Bondsmen

• Prospectors

• Certificate givers

Hamilton's view of the Constitution was called _________, which means the federal government can take reasonable actions that the Constitution does not specifically forbid.

• loose construction

• strict construction

• flimsy construction

• solid construction

Thomas Jefferson's view of the Constitution was known as _________, which means the federal government should do only what the Constitution specifically says it can do.

• strict construction

• loose construction

• flimsy construction

• solid construction