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- In 1807 Robert Fulton stunned the nation when his steamboat chugged 150 miles up the Hudson River from New York City to Albany in just 32 hours. What was its name?
- Won the election of 1800 (over John Adams) to become president of the United States
- True or False - The new government would include 4 branches of government
- Leaders of the departments in the Executive branch came to be known as this. President's advisors
- What Confederate general was mistaken as the enemy and shot?
- Clause in article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution gave the federal government the power to "make all the laws which shall be necessary and proper" to execute its responsibilities. (what is this clause known as?)
- Edged out Thomas Jefferson 71 to 68 and became the second President of the United States
- Erupted in Western Pennsylvania in response to Congress imposing indirect taxes on the manufacture of whiskey
- The Virginia Resolutions introduced this theory. It states that if the federal government did something unconstitutional, the state could interpose between the federal government and the people and stop the illegal action
- powers specifically mentioned in the constitution
- True or False -The Legislative branch would include the President of the United States
- True or False - The Executive branch would be in charge of making laws
- True or False- The judicial branch of government would include the Supreme Court and lesser courts
- in 1798, France and the United States began fighting an undeclared war that came to be known as this type of war
- What started a relief agency to aid union soldiers on the battle field
- True or False - Our new government would include 3 branches of government. to make sure no one branch attained too much power, a system of checks and balances would be put in place in the new Constitution
- What general helped Lincoln win re-election in 1864
- By 1788, all states except North Carolina and this state had ratified the Constitution
- Opponents of the Constitution were known as this
- True or False - Federalists believed that power should be divided between a central government and regional governments