First Parites

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

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

Native Americans fought against the U.S. Army and were defeated in the __________.

• Battle of Fallen Timbers

• Battle of Greenville

• Battle of the Miami Indians

• Little Turtle's War

_________ was signed by the United States and Great Britain which stated that the British would pay damages on seized American ships.

• Jay's Treaty

• Pickney's Treaty

• Neutrality Proclamation

• Treaty of Greenville

The ________ stated that the U.S. would not take sides with any European countries who were at war with one another.

• Neutrality Proclamation

• Treaty of Greenville

• Jay's Treaty

• Pinckney's Treaty

The bribe offer where French agents made unreasonable demands to U.S. diplomats is called the __________.

• XYZ affair

• ABC affair

• Alien and Sedition Acts

• Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

The ________ ended the frontier war and gave the U.S. right of entry to American Indian lands in the Northwest Territory.

• Treaty of Greenville

• Jay's Treaty

• Pinckney's Treaty

• Treaty of Fallen Timbers

Alexander Hamilton helped found the _________ which wanted a strong federal government.

• Federalist Party

• Democratic-Republican Party

• Diplomat Party

• Agricultural Party