Name: ___________________________________
Can you answer the following “Federalist Era” questions?
Terms Locate the following terms. For each term define and explain its significance on a
separate sheet of paper.
inauguration
executive departments
the French Revolution
Alexander Hamilton
Judiciary Act of 1789
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Alien and Sedition Acts
James Madison
Bill of Rights
precedent
national debt
Henry Knox
partisan
caucus
impressment
Greenville´s Treaty
Jay´s Treaty
Pinckney´s Treaty
Proclamation of Neutrality
nullify
Whiskey Rebellion
bonds
cabinet
Federalists
George Washington
Treasury Department
War Department
XYZ affair
Essential Questions For each question below, record notes on a separate sheet of paper that
prepare you to answer it.
1. How did the conflict between Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton give rise to two
opposing political parties and two plans for what was best for America?
2. Why is the Bill of Rights important?
3. What was the significance of the Whiskey Rebellion and the way the government responded to
it?
Name: ___________________________________
4. How did Washington’s Farewell Address help set America’s future direction?
5. What were the major differences between the Federalist and Republican parties?
6. What is the significance of the idea of states’ rights?
7. What is the significance of the term nullify?
8. What were some of the hopes and ideals expressed by Americans in the early years of the
nation’s history?
9. Who had already paid off their Revolutionary War debt? Why was the capital moved from
Philadelphia to Washington, D.C.?
10. What did Washington warn that political parties would do?