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SOCIAL STUDIES STUDY GUIDE CHAPTER 5: THE FIRST PRESIDENT
Lesson
5-1
(31)
5-2
Vocabulary
-national debt
-tarriff
-cabinet
-Hamilton’s view on
manufacturing
-impressment
-neutrality
(20)
5-3
(19)
-caucuses
-implied powers
-partisan
-sedition
-nullification
People, Places, Docs
-Bank of the US – p. 282
-Thomas Jefferson
-George Washington
-John Jay
-Alexander Hamilton
-Henry Knox
-Edmund Randolph
-James Madison
-Judiciary Act of 1789
-Battle of Fallen Timbers
-Whiskey Rebellion
-Treaty of Greenville
-Pinkney’s Treaty
-Thomas Pinkney
-Edmond Genet
-Jay’s Treaty
-General Arthur St. Clair’s
job
-XYZ Affair
-the National Gazette
-Federalists
-Democratic-Republicans
-John Adams
-French Agents
Main Ideas (Write 2 or more sentences for EACH main idea)
-Know and understand why George Washington didn’t want to be called “Your
Highness.”
-Know and understand why the Judicial Branch was the most vague in the Constitution.
-Know and understand the negative effects of the Revolutionary War on the US.
-Know and understand George Washington’s presidency.
-Know and understand the purpose of the Bill of Rights during Washington’s term.
-Know and understand Hamilton’s beliefs when it came to the National debt.
-Know and understand why the Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution.
-Know and understand the benefit of the federal government paying state debts.
-Know and understand who favored/opposed the National debt and why.
Paragraph – Discuss the major accomplishments of George Washington as our
nation’s first president. How would you rate him? Give evidence to support your
claims.
-Know and understand why other nations supported the Native American movements.
-Know and understand the reasoning behind farmers using their grain to make
whiskey.
-Know and understand why few Americans approved of Jay’s Treaty.
-Know and understand the content of Washington’s Farewell Address.
-Know and understand why farmers resented the new tax on alcohol.
Paragraph – Discuss US foreign policy in the years after 1789. Be sure to include
our relations with Britain, France, and Spain.
-Know and understand the two major leaders of each political party.
-Know and understand what the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of 1798 and 1799
tried to accomplish.
-Know and understand the beliefs of the Federalists.
-Know and understand the beliefs of the Democratic-Republicans.
Paragraph – Compare and contrast the ideas of the Federalists and the
Democratic-Republicans. If you had lived in this time period, which party would
you have sided with and why?
Essay Questions (Be prepared to answer both of the following questions on your chapter test.)
1. What did the Federalists believe in? Where did the party get its main support?
2. What were the arguments for and against protective tariffs?