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- Legalized form of kidnapping carried out by the British navy
- Alexander Hamilton was a Federalist who believed that manufacturing and trade would be the basis of national wealth and power.
- The Louisiana Purchase more than doubled the size of the United States
- T or F: In 1970 Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton proposed redeeming bonds issued under the Articles of Confederation for 10 cents on the dollar.
- Land bought by the United States from France in 1803
- The ____________ was an undeclared war at sea between the United States and France that began in 1798.
- Supreme Court's power to decide whether laws are constitutional and strike down those that are not
- The closely contested election of 1800 revealed a flaw in
- The second president of the United States, elected in 1796, was
- Groups of Federalists who wanted to take New England out of the United States
- T or F: President George Washington chose John Jay to be the first chief justice of the United States.
- Alexander Hamilton believed that the federal government had "implied powers" based on the U.S. Constitution's ____________ clause.
- President George Washington was able to avoid war with Britain and win some trade concessions in what came to be known as
- Pickney's Treaty was a treaty between the United States and
- In response to harsh criticism from Republican newspapers, Federalists in Congress passed which of the following in 1798?
- name the amendment that made " all persons born or naturalized in the United States" citizens of the nation
- what amendment granted citizenship to former slaves and equal protection under the law
- Name the Union commander who was victorious at the battle of Vicksburg in Mississippi.
- name the institution that African Americans controlled during reconstruction
- what caused the riots to break out in New York City in July 1863