History Study Guide

Match the following

• Who was the first chief justice

• John Jay

• Who headed the first Treasury Department

• Thomas Jefferson

• Who was the first attorney general

• Alexander Hamilton

• Who headed the first Department of State

• Edmund Randolph

• Who headed the first Department of War

• Henry Knox

Match the following

• John Marshall

• Which French leader agreed to peace arrangements with the United States?

• Napoleon

• Under what chief justice of the Supreme Court was the idea of judicial review established?

• Genêt

• What French citizen caused issues in America by attempting to recruit people to side with the French?

Match the following

• Thomas Jefferson

• Who led the Democratic-Republics

• Alexander Hamilton

• Who led the Federalists

• Anthony Wayne

• Who defeated a band of Indians at the Battle of Fallen Timbers?

Match the following

• nullification

• In order to stay out of the French Revolution, Washington issued the Proclamation of

• impressment

• The idea that the states could declare a federal law void was known as

• neutrality

• The formal ceremony beginning a president's term is

• inauguration

• Forcing captured Americans sailors to serve on British naval ships was known as

Match the following

• help farmers stay on farms

• What states passed resolutions against the alien and sedition acts

• France

• Which of the following was not something Washington cautioned the nation to avoid in his Farewell Address

• commercial ties with nations

• Which of the following was not part of Hamilton's financial plan for the US?

• Virginia/Kentucky

• The US almost went to war with what country because of the XYZ affair?

Match the following

• The Pinckney Treaty

• Which treaty attempted to smooth relations with the British?

• The Jay Treaty

• Which treaty attempted to smooth relations with Spain?

• Federalist; Democratic-Republicans

• The election of 1796 resulted in the election of the president from the _____ party and vice president from the ____ party.

Match the following

• House of Representatives

• What rebellion resulted from excise taxes?

• Midnight

• What court case established the principle of judicial review?

• Marbury V. Madison

• Who chose the president in the election of 1800 because of a tie in the Electoral College

• Whiskey

• Federal judges chosen late in Adam's term were called _____ judges