T5 Early Republic

With which of the following did Congress establish a federal court system?

• Bill of Rights

• Hamilton's Plan

• Judiciary Act of 1789

• Report on the Public Credit

The Democratic-Republicans believed in strong state governments and

• rule by the wealthy class

• a national bank

• a strong federal government

• rule by the people

What law made it illegal to criticize the government?

• Alien Act

• Sedition Act

• Naturalization Act

• Tyranny Act

The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of 1798 and 1799 spelled out a theory of

• states' rights

• individual rights

• federal rights

• soldiers' rights

The amount the nation's government owes is called the

• national loan

• national debt

• national plan

• national credit

Which view did Thomas Jefferson not hold?

• rule by the wealthy class

• pro-French ideas

• strong state government

• pro-state banks

Federalists believed in

• free trade

• state banks

• a national bank

• rule by the people

What law gave the president the power to deport aliens?

• Sedition Act

• XYZ affair

• Citizen Act

• Alien Act

What made it a crime to speak, write, or publish "false, scandalous and malicious" criticisms of the government?

• XYZ affair

• Citizen Act

• Sedition Act

• Alien Act

The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions suggested that states might

• be bound by federal laws

• write their own laws

• nullify federal laws

• overturn neighboring states' laws