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| 11310719409 | Judiciary Act of 1789 | passed by the first Congress to establish the federal court system including the Supreme Court | 0 | |
| 11310719410 | Bill of Rights | First ten amendments to the Constitution; major source of civil liberties; promised to Anti-Federalists to secure ratification of Constitution | 1 | |
| 11310719411 | First Amendment | 5 freedoms: speech, press, religion, assembly, petition | 2 | |
| 11310719412 | Alexander Hamilton | First Secretary of the Treasury. He advocated creation of a national bank, assumption of state debts by the federal government, and a tariff system to pay off the national debt. | 3 | |
| 11310719413 | Report on the Public Credit | First Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton's proposal of the funding of the national debt at face value, federal assumption of state debts, and the establishment of a national bank. | 4 | |
| 11310719414 | Strict interpretation | whatever is not mentioned specifically in the Constitution cannot be done | 5 | |
| 11310719415 | Loose interpretation | Government can do anything not expressly forbidden by the Constitution. | 6 | |
| 11310719416 | Whiskey Rebellion | A protest (western PA) caused by tax on liquor; 1st test of the new federal govt's power; Washington's quick response showed the government's strength (led an army to put down the rebellion) | 7 | |
| 11310719417 | Citizen Genet | French minister to the US, broke rules of diplomacy by appealing directly to Americans | 8 | |
| 11310719418 | impressment | British practice of taking American sailors and forcing them into military service | 9 | |
| 11310719419 | Treaty of Greenville | Gave America all of Ohio after General Mad Anthony Wayne defeated the Indians at the Battle of Fallen Timbers. Added size and very fertile land to America. Decline of Native Americans | 10 | |
| 11310719420 | Jay's Treaty | Treaty signed in 1794 between the U.S. And Britain in which Britain sought to improve trade relations and agreed to withdraw from forts in the northwest territory | 11 | |
| 11310719421 | Pinckney's Treaty | Treaty with Spain; Gave Americans free navigation of the Mississippi and trade at New Orleans | 12 | |
| 11310719422 | Republicanism | A philosophy of limited government with elected representatives serving at the will of the people. The government is based on consent of the governed. | 13 | |
| 11310719423 | Washington's Farewell Address | warned of entangling foreign alliances and political parties | 14 | |
| 11310719424 | Election of 1796 | The person with the most electoral votes, John Adams, became President and the person with the second most electoral votes, Thomas Jefferson, became Vice President. A problem from this situation was that Adams and Jefferson belonged to different political parties, so political tensions were strong in the Executive Branch. | 15 | |
| 11310719425 | XYZ Affair | An insult to the American delegation when they were supposed to be meeting French foreign minister, Talleyrand, but instead they were sent 3 officials Adams called "X,Y, and Z" that demanded $250,000 as a bribe to see Talleyrand. | 16 | |
| 11310719426 | Quasi-War | Term widely used to describe French and American naval conflicts between 1798 to 1800. Neither nation declared war, although they carried out naval operations against each other | 17 | |
| 11310719427 | Alien and Sedition Acts | A series of laws that sought to restrict the activities of people who opposed Federalist policies (1798) | 18 | |
| 11310719428 | Virginia Resolutions | Suggested by James Madison, opposing the Alien and Sedition Acts; stated states had the right to nullify unconstitutional acts or even secede if the federal government acted unconstitutionally | 19 | |
| 11310719429 | Kentucky Resolutions | These stated that a state had the right to declare a law unconstiutional, or nullify a law, within its borders. Written by Jefferson to resist the Alien and Sedition Acts | 20 | |
| 11310719430 | nullification | A state's refusal to recognize an act of Congress that it considers unconstitutional | 21 | |
| 11310719431 | Election of 1800 | Jefferson and Burr each received 73 votes in the Electoral College, so the House of Representatives had to decide the outcome. The House chose Jefferson as President and Burr as Vice President. | 22 | |
| 11310719432 | Republican Motherhood | Expectation that women would instill Republican values in children and be active in families; helped increase education for women | 23 | |
| 11310719433 | Handsome Lake | a Seneca (a member of the largest tribe, Iroquois); he called for a rebirth of the Seneca culture that would blend Native American customs with those of the white Americans | 24 | |
| 11310719434 | Benjamin Banneker | African-American scientist who taught himself calculus and trigonometry. He also helped design the capitol in Washington D.C. | 25 | |
| 11310719435 | Richard Allen | An African American preacher who helped start the free African society and the African Methodist Episcopal church | 26 | |
| 11310719436 | Absalom Jones | Born a slave in 1746. An abolitionist who, with Richard Allen, helped found the first African Methodist Episcopal Church in 1816. | 27 | |
| 11310719437 | African Methodist Episcopal Church | first independent black-run Protestant church in the United States. Was active in the promotion of abolition and the founding of educational institutions for free blacks. | 28 | |
| 11310719438 | Gabriel's Rebellion | a Rebellion in Richmond Virginia. Rebellion got betrayed and all participants were hung. Led to stricter slave laws | 29 | |
| 11310719439 | cotton gin | Invented by Eli Whitney in 1793. It removed seeds from cotton fibers. Now cotton could be processed quickly and cheaply. Results: more cotton is grown and more slaves are needed for more acres of cotton fields | 30 |
