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Vocab Terms for Section 1

Total questions: 9

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the Federal Judiciary Act?

a)

Law passed in 1789 that set up new rules for courts

b)

Law passed in 1789 by the first congress that set up lower Federal Courts

c)

Law passed to help suppress a Rebellion in Rural Pa

d)

Law passed that a state could cancel federal law

2.

What was the Whiskey Rebellion?

a)

A protest against the rising taxes on imported goods from Europe

b)

A rebellion against the two growing Political parties

c)

A protest in 1794 against the government's tax on whiskey by back country farmers

d)

A rebellion against the government on a tax on tea

3.

What was Jay's Treaty?

a)

Agreement that ended the dispute with Britain over American Shipping during the French Revolution

b)

Agreement between Spain and America that allowed Americans to use the Mississippi

c)

Agreement between Native Americans and Settlers that brought peace to the frontier

d)

Agreement between France and Britain that allowed trading to the Americas

4.

What was Pinckney's Treaty?

a)

Agreement that ended the dispute with Britain over American Shipping during the French Revolution

b)

A treaty between the Federal Government and the backcountry farmers that ended the Whiskey Rebellion

c)

A treaty between the Federal Government and France to open up trade to South America

d)

1795 treaty with Spain allowing Americans to use the Mississippi River and store goods in New Orleans

5.

What does it mean to Cede?

a)

Surrender, or give up

b)

To be victorious

c)

To take

d)

To demand, or force

6.

What was the Alien and Sedition Acts?

a)

Series of acts in 1798 to reduce the political power of backcountry settlers

b)

Series of four acts enacted in 1798 to reduce the political power of recent immigrants

c)

Series of acts to reduce the federal power in state elections

d)

Series of act to reduce the states power in federal election

7.

What is Nullification?

a)

Idea that the federal government can cancel state law

b)

Idea that citizens can decide which taxes to pay

c)

Idea that a state could cancel a federal law within the state

d)

Idea that the federal government can cancel any treaty with other nations

8.

What is Foreign Policy?

a)

Relationships with the governments of other nations

b)

Relationships between the Federal government and State government

c)

Relationship between the states and its citizens

d)

Relationship between congress and the President

9.

What are Political Party's?

a)

Group of people that try to influence foreign governments

b)

The republican party and the democratic party

c)

Group of people that are solely focused on westward expansion

d)

Group of people that tries to promote its idea and influence goverment