Exam 10: Launching the New Ship of State, 1789-1800

Before 1790, American political leaders denounced political parties.Explain why these early American political leaders denounced political parties as harmful to the political health of the early Republic and why, nonetheless, political parties came into existence in the 1790s and acquired legitimacy in the early Republic.

All of the following were part of Alexander Hamilton's economic program except  

Hamilton's position on the war between Britain and France in 1793 was primarily influenced by  

As secretary of the treasury, Alexander Hamilton's first objective was to  

One of the major criticisms of the Constitution, as drafted in Philadelphia, was that it  

The political party out of power in Congress and the executive branch of government that provided the loyal opposition to the party in power in the 1790s was the  

Locate the following places by reference number on the map: ​The United States, Spanish Louisiana, and the Old Northwest Around 1789 and Before the Louisiana Purchase  -____ Ohio

John Jay's 1794 treaty with Britain  

Jeffersonian Republicans favored a political system in which  

The United States finally negotiated a peace settlement with France in 1800 mainly because Napoleon  

Locate the following places by reference number on the map: ​The United States, Spanish Louisiana, and the Old Northwest Around 1789 and Before the Louisiana Purchase  -____ Baltimore

According to the text's authors, "critics claimed [Hamilton] loved his adopted country more than he loved his countrymen." Rephrase this statement in your own words; then supply evidence supporting the statement.

​Which of the following laws, resolutions, and treaties were enacted by the Federalist Congress in 1798 in an effort to muzzle politically their Jeffersonian opponents?  

A diplomatic historian has said, in reference to early American foreign policy, that "Europe's troubles became America's opportunities." What events of the 1790s would best illustrate the truth of this remark? Why?

The legal basis for Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton's Bank of the United States was 

All of the following are guarantees provided by the Bill of Rights except  

The formal Franco-American political and military defense alliance of 1778  

Washington's Farewell Address in 1796  

During its first quarter-century as a nation, one of the most vexing problems facing America was  

Locate the following places by reference number on the map: ​The United States, Spanish Louisiana, and the Old Northwest Around 1789 and Before the Louisiana Purchase  -____ Kentucky