Where US Politics Came From: Crash Course US History #9

Which of the following things did Alexander Hamilton favor?

• Government leaders that represented the lower class or common people

• An economy based on agriculture

• A weak federal government where most of the power was in the hands of the states.

• An economy based on trade with Great Britain

Which of the following best describes  Thomas Jefferson's views?

• He supported trade with Great Britain

• He supported an economy based on manufacturing

• He favored a strong government controlled by a ruling elite

• He distrusted concentrated power in a federal government and thought the people could govern themselves.

True or False:

George Washington won the election of 1788.

• True

• False

Federalists supported _______________, while Democratic-Republicans supported ______________.

• France; Native Americans

• Great Britain: France

• France; Great Britain

• Spain; Prussia

What foreign policy problem did Jay's Treaty resolve?

• the war between Great Britain and France

• Impressment

• threats against US trade with Great Britain

The XYZ Affair is a term used to describe...

• a situation where three French ambassadors demanded a bribe

• a duel between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson

• a war between the US and France

• the foreign policy goals of George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and Thomas Jefferson.

Why did the Alien and Sedition Acts violate the Constitution?

• It made it a crime to speak out against the government thereby violating the 1st Amendment.

• It allowed the President to throw anyone he didn't like in jail, even congressmen.

• It made it a crime to speak out against immigrants which violates the Constitution

How did Democratic-Republicans respond to the Alien and Sedition Acts?

• By declaring war on other states

• By claiming that the states could overturn a federal law they felt was unjust

• By "nullifying" or approving federal laws before the House of Representatives could vote on them

• By claiming the federal government was the supreme law of the land