Washingtons Presidency
Which of these was NOT one of President Washington’s cabinet departments?
Answer: Department of Education
What did Alexander Hamilton believe the United States needed to become a great nation?
Answer: A strong economy
Which group believed the economy should be based on agriculture?
Answer: Democratic-Republicans
Which election led to the creation of the 12th Amendment?
Answer: The Election of 1800
What was the Era of Good Feelings known for?
Answer: Strong national unity.
Why did President Washington send the army to stop the Whiskey Rebellion?
Answer: He saw the rebellion as a threat to the authority of the new government.
What was Hamilton’s purpose for creating a national bank?
Answer: To provide loans to businesses.
Why did most Federalists want good relations with Great Britain?
Answer: They depended on trade with Britain.
Why did Jefferson call the Election of 1800 a “peaceful revolution”?
Answer: Power changed without violence.
What event began to divide the country politically again?
Answer: The Election of 1824
What advice did Washington give Americans in his Farewell Address about political parties?
Answer: Do not let political party loyalty divide the nation.
What is an excise tax?
Answer: A tax on the production or sale of a product.
Why did Democratic-Republicans support the French Revolution?
Answer: They believed democracy was worth fighting for.
According to Jefferson and Madison, what power did states have under the States’ Doctrine?
Answer: The power to nullify federal laws.
Which policy warned European nations not to interfere in the Americas?
Answer: The Monroe Doctrine
Which foreign policy idea best describes Washington’s approach to other countries?
Isolationism
What event was caused by farmers protesting a tax on whiskey?
Answer: The Whiskey Rebellion
What major issue divided Federalists and Democratic-Republicans?
Answer: How strong the federal government should be.
What principle did most Americans agree on according to Jefferson’s inaugural speech?
Answer: The United States is an independent and free nation
What is an example of an early American Symbol?
Uncle Sam, the White House, US Flag Capitol building
Which of these happened during Washington’s presidency?
Answer: Cabinet members were selected.
What did the Jay Treaty accomplish?
Answer: The British removed their troops from the Ohio Valley
Why did Democratic-Republicans oppose the Alien and Sedition Acts?
Answer: They believed the laws attacked freedom of speech.
Which document contained Jefferson’s call for unity between political parties?
Answer: His First Inaugural Address.
Which writer became known for books sympathetic to women and Native Americans?
Answer: Catharine Sedgwick