George Washington’s Presidency
This group of advisors, created by George Washington, continues to assist the president today.
What is the Cabinet?
Alexander Hamilton’s plan aimed to pay off this to strengthen the nation’s economy.
What is national debt?
These laws targeted immigrants and made it illegal to criticize the government.
What are the Alien and Sedition Acts?
This compromise admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state to maintain balance.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
The Monroe Doctrine warned European nations not to interfere in this hemisphere.
What is the Western Hemisphere?
George Washington established this precedent by limiting his time as president.
What is serving only two terms?
This institution, proposed by Hamilton, was designed to stabilize the U.S. economy.
What is the National Bank?
This acquisition doubled the size of the United States, allowing for westward expansion.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This invention increased cotton production and led to a greater reliance on enslaved labor.
What is the cotton gin?
This policy marked the beginning of the U.S. acting as a protector of these regions.
What are the Americas?
George Washington’s leadership during this event demonstrated the federal government’s authority under the Constitution.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
Hamilton’s financial plan encouraged the growth of this economic sector.
What is manufacturing?
This event involved the forced relocation of Native Americans, resulting in suffering and loss of life.
What is the Trail of Tears?
This act allowed settlers in Kansas and Nebraska to vote on whether to allow slavery, increasing tensions.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
The Monroe Doctrine stated that the U.S. would oppose new attempts at this in the Americas.
What is colonization?
George Washington’s presidency helped stabilize the new nation and showed the strength of this foundational document.
What is the Constitution?
Hamilton’s plan was designed to establish this, which is a country’s reputation for repaying debts.
What is credit?
This Supreme Court decision ruled that enslaved people were property, not citizens.
What is the Dred Scott decision?
This series of laws aimed to ease tensions by balancing free and slave states, but it included a stricter Fugitive Slave Act.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
The Monroe Doctrine was issued during the presidency of this U.S. leader.
Who is James Monroe?
As the first president, Washington set the standard for peaceful transitions of this between leaders.
What is power?
By making the United States financially stable, Hamilton’s plan helped achieve this broader goal.
What is economic strength?
This system of government replaced the Articles of Confederation and strengthened the federal government’s power.
What is the Constitution?
This network of secret routes and safe houses helped enslaved people escape to freedom in the North.
What is the Underground Railroad?
The Monroe Doctrine reflected the United States’ growing confidence as a protector of these newly independent nations.
What are Latin American countries?