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Chapter 7 Jeopardy

Section 1

Question: Why was Washington selected to be president?


Answer: Because the country saw him as a honest leader and hero of the revolution. 

Question: What is a Electoral College? 
Answer: A body of electors who represent the people's vote in choosing the president. 

Question: What was the first capital of the United States? 
Answer: New York City 

Question: What was the purpose of the Judiciary Act of 1789? 
Answer: It created three levels of federal courts and defined their powers and relationship to the state courts. 

Question: What expectations did most Americans have for the new nation?
Answer: They wanted improved trade, free from two many restrictions. But they also expected to protect them and to keep the economy stable. 

Section 2

Question: What is a National Debt? 
Answer: Money owed by the United States. 

Question: To what part of the U.S was the capital moved?
Answer: Pennsylvania 

Question: Who was Thomas Jefferson 
Answer: Thomas Jefferson was an American Founding Father who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and later served as the third President of the United States from 1801 to 1809.


Question: What was the Bank of the United States?
Answer: The United States first bank.

Question: Who opposed Hamilton's bank.
Answer: Thomas Jefferson 

Section 3

Question: What were some Americans worried about? 
Answer: About the French Revolution's violent attacks and riots. 

Question: Who criticized some of Washington's ideas? 
Answer: Members of the Congress. 

Question: Who was France's new to the United States?
Answer: Edmond Genet 

Question: What did Washington decide in 1796?


Answer: Not to run for a third presidential term.

Question: How did Washington conclude his speech?
Answer: By looking forward  to his retirement and praising his country.

Section 4

Question: What happened for the first time in the U.S. in 1796?
Answer: More than one candidate ran for president. 

Question: Which 2 people founded the Democratic Republican Party?
Answer: Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.

Question: What was one of Adam’s first goals as president?
Answer: To improve the relationship between the United States and France.

Question: Who are the Federalists? 
Answer: Alexander Hamilton, John Adams, and John Jay.

Question: What was the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions? 
Answer: Documents that argued that the Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional. 

Vocabulary

Question: What is a precedent? 
Answer: An action of decision that later serves as an example. 

Question: What are bonds?
Answer: Certificates of debt that carry a promise to buy back the bonds at a higher price. 

Question: What was the French Revolution?
Answer: A rebellion of French people against their king in 1789

Question: What were Political Parties? 
Answer: Groups that help elect people and shape politics. 

Question: What was the XYZ affair? 
Answer: As the French demand for a bribe.