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| 541959415 | Thomas Jefferson | Secretary of State under Washington | |
| 541959416 | Alexander Hamilton | Secretary of Treasury under Washington | |
| 541959417 | Henry Knox | Secretary of War under Washington | |
| 541959418 | Kentucky, Tennessee, and Ohio | Three territories where most of the trans-Appalachian settlers settled. | |
| 541959419 | New York City | Temporary capital of United States | |
| 541959420 | James Madison | Drafted the Bill of Rights | |
| 541959421 | Judiciary Act of 1789 | Organized the Supreme Court, federal district and circuit courts, and an attorney general | |
| 541959422 | John Jay | First chief justice of the United States | |
| 541959423 | Assumption Plan | Federal government takes on state debts and pays them off | |
| 541959424 | Whiskey | Product that was taxed by Hamilton that was so freely traded that it was used for money | |
| 541959425 | Bank of the United States | Government would be a major stockholder of this bank, and it would print paper money for the country. Supported by Hamilton | |
| 541959426 | loose construction | Federalist version of interpreting the Constitution, what the Constitution didn't forbid it permitted | |
| 541959427 | Whiskey Rebellion | Rebellion in Pennsylvania against Hamilton's taxes on whiskey, much like the Stamp Act Rebellions. After crushing it, Washington gained new respect | |
| 541959428 | Liberty and No Excise | Cry of supporters of the Whiskey Rebellion | |
| 541959429 | Jeffersonian Democratic-Republicans and Hamiltonian Federalists | Two political parties after Washington's first administration | |
| 541959430 | American opinion of the French Revolution | French Revolution at first delighted colonists, but after the Reign of Terror began, colonists grew disgusted of the Revolution. (c) | |
| 541959431 | Washington's Neutrality Proclamation | Declared that war must be avoided, as the United States was too militarily disjointed to engage in war. | |
| 541959432 | Citizen Edmond Genêt | French representative who, against the Neutrality Proclamation, gathered armies against Spanish Florida, Louisiana, and Canada. | |
| 541959433 | Miami Confederacy | An alliance of eight Indian nations who terrorized Americans and were given firearms by the British | |
| 541959434 | Little Turtle | Indian war chief who defeated Generals Josiah Harmar and Arthur St. Clair | |
| 541959435 | General "Mad Anthony" Wayne | Defeated Miamis at the Battle of Fallen Timbers when British refused to shelter them. | |
| 541959436 | Treaty of Greenville | Indians give up vast tracts of the Old Northwest (Indiana and Idaho) in this treaty | |
| 541959437 | Royal Navy impressed American seamen and seized merchant ships, angering Americans. | Royal Navy impressed American seamen and seized merchant ships, angering Americans. (c) | |
| 541959438 | Jay's Treaty | Treaty in a desperate attempt to avert war with Britain, was not very effective, and much was conceded to Britain | |
| 541959439 | Pinckney's Treaty of 1795 | Spain's hasty treaty with America, fearing an Anglo-American alliance, granting America almost everything it wanted | |
| 541959440 | High Federalists | War faction of the Federalist party | |
| 541959441 | John Adams | Successor of George Washington, did not really try to conform to the needs of the people | |
| 541959442 | Talleyrand | French foreign minister | |
| 541959443 | X, Y, and Z | French go-betweens in negotiations between America and France to discuss the French mistreatment of Americans | |
| 541959444 | French proposal was ridiculous, and French were rejected. An unofficial war ensued. | French proposal was ridiculous, and French were rejected. An unofficial war ensued. (c) | |
| 541959445 | John Marshall | One of the negotiators in France, was hailed as a hero upon his return | |
| 541959446 | Alien Laws | Laws against hostile or dangerous foreign immigrants, gave government power to deport or imprison immigrants in times of hostilities and in times of peace | |
| 541959447 | Sedition Act | An act that prohibited and called for harsh punishment on whoever falsely defamed government officials or impeded on the policies of the government | |
| 541959448 | Matthew Lyon | Gained fame by spitting in the face of a Federalist | |
| 541959449 | compact theory | Stated that the thirteen sovereign states, in creating the government, had entered into a contract that allowed the government to rule while states would regulate it. Was used to reject the Alien and Sedition Acts | |
| 541959450 | Thomas Jefferson | leader of the anti-Federalists | |
| 541959451 | John Adams | leader of the Federalists | |
| 541959452 | Excise Tax | Tax on common items, created by Hamilton | |
| 541959453 | Strict Construction | Anti-Federalist version of interpreting the Constitution, Constitution should be taken word for word. | |
| 541959454 | Funding at Par | Hamilton's urging the government to take on the entire national debt | |
| 541959455 | Hamilton Position | Constitution was a broad, "elastic" document, open for interpretation | |
| 541959456 | Necessary and Proper | One of the most controversial clauses of the Constitution governing the power of the Congress | |
| 541959457 | Enumerated Powers | Powers granted to Congress by the Constitution | |
| 541959458 | Implied Powers | Powers granted to Congress through interpretation of the Constitution | |
| 541959459 | First census of the United States recorded about 4 million people. | First census of the United States recorded about 4 million people. (c) | |
| 541959460 | Tariff of 1789 | A tax on foreign imports of glass and pottery to raise money for the Federal Government and to encourage domestic production of glass and ceramics | |
| 541959461 | Hamilton's Program | Included three parts: First Report on Public Credit, which involved Federal assumption of State Credit; Second Report of Public Credit which involved the formation of the National Bank, and the Report on Manufactures which involved policies to encourage manufacturing in the United States. | |
| 541959462 | Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions | Political statements drafted in 1799 and 1798 in which those state legislatures resolved NOT to abide by the Alien and Sedition Acts. | |
| 541959463 | Elastic Clause vs The 10th Amendment | The 10th amendment which asserts that states retain all power that has not been surrendered is in conflict with the 'elastic clause' (article I, section 8) which states that the federal government can pass any laws it needs to, to fulfill it's constitutional function. | |
| 541959464 | Doctrine of Nullification | Says that States can declare null and void federal laws they deemed to be unconstitutional. |
