Transcript Chapter 8 Review - Long Hill Township School District

Chapter 8
Launching the Nation
 was
originally a group selected
by state legislatures to represent
the popular vote in determining
the winner of presidential
elections.
 was
unanimously selected
as president of the United
States by the electoral
college.
 The
first capital of the
United States
The
idea for this group
originated when President
Washington began meeting
with executive department
heads as a group.
 heads
of the executive
departments
 His
biggest challenge was
finding a way to pay off the
national debt.
 created
a federal court
system with three levels.
 an
action or decision that
serves as an example.
Which
leader supported
strict construction, meaning
that the federal government
should do only what the
Constitution specifically says
it can do?
Was
chartered by Congress
in 1791 so the government
could safely deposit money
and make loans to state
government and businesses
 Who
supported loose
construction, meaning that
the federal government can
take actions that the
Constitution does not
specifically forbid?
 groups
that organize to help
elect government officials
and to influence
government policies
gave
the United States
access to American Indian
lands in the Northwest
Territory and guaranteed
safety of U.S. citizens there

His forces defeated
American Indian
confederation forces in
the Battle of Fallen
Timbers.
 American
Indians were
supplied with guns and
ammunition by
 In
1794 farmers protested a
tax on alcoholic beverages
in a revolt knows as
 stated
that the United
States would not take sides
in conflicts involving
European nations.
 the
amount of money owed
by the United States to
various lenders.
 certificates
that represent
money owed by the
government to private
citizens.
 Investors
who bought many
bonds at low prices in the
hope that the value would
rise later
 states
that the federal
government can do only
what the Constitution
specifically says it can do.
 states
that the federal
government can take
reasonable actions that the
Constitution does not
specifically forbid.
became
vice president in
1796 because he was the
second-place finisher in
the presidential election.
 first
secretary of the
treasury
 first
chief justice of the
United States
A
tax on imported goods is a
The
president was
allowed to expel foreign
citizens from the United
States under the authority
of the
 U.S.
citizens were forbidden to
“write, print, utter or publish”
any false or hostile words
against the government or its
polices by the
These
Acts were opposed
when Madison and
Jefferson wrote the
Kentucky and Virginia
Resolutions.