Unit 6 Creating a Nation Review

The Virginia and Kentucky resolutions established the principle of:

• States' Rights

• Checks and balances

• A strong federal gov't

• Separation of Powers

Which document did not allow the federal gov't to levy taxes?

• Articles of Confederation

• The Great Compromise

• The U.S. Constitution

• The Bill of Rights

The Northwest Ordinance:

• Allowed for a portion of African Americans to count toward population

• Made a plan for territories to become states

• Established the need for a Bill of Rights

• Ended the slave trade in the U.S.

Which political party believed in:

Pro-French

American farming

Strong state gov't

Strict interpretation of the Constitution

• Anti-Federalists

• Federalists

• Democrats

• Democratic-Republicans

The Sedition Act made it illegal to:

• Print state money

• Print criticism of the U.S. gov't

• Trade with foreign countries

• Help France in their war with Britain

Hamilton's Financial Plan included (check all that apply)

• A trade relationship with France

• Creating a national debt from state debts

• Taxing foreign goods

• Creating a national bank

Thomas Jefferson and James Madison were both (Choose 2):

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

• Democratic-Republicans

• Northerners

In Washington's cabinet, ___ was Secretary of State and ___ was Secretary of Treasury.

• James Madison, Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams, Alexander Hamilton

• Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson

• Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton

___ was signed to keep the U.S. neutral with Britain, and ___ was signed with Spain to keep the peace with them.

• The Proclamation of Neutrality, Jay's Treaty

• Alien Acts,

  Sedition Acts

• Pinckney's Treaty, Treaty of Greenville

• Jay's Treaty, Pinckney's Treaty

Check all of Washington's precedents:

• Being called "Mr. President"

• Remaining neutral in foreign affairs

• Refusing a 3rd term

• Relying on the VP for advice