Washington Takes Office
The first president of the United States
$100: Who is George Washington?
A group of advisors who help the president
$100: What is the Cabinet?
The man who created the financial plan for the U.S.
$100: Who is Alexander Hamilton?
Washington’s goal to stay out of European wars
$100: What is neutrality?
The president elected in 1800
$100: Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The year George Washington became president
$200: What is 1789?
The document that protects individual freedoms
$200: What is the Constitution?
A bank created to help manage money
$200: What is the national bank?
The two main political parties that emerged
$200: What are the Federalists and Democratic-Republicans?
Land bought from France
$200: What is the Louisiana Purchase?
The city where Washington was sworn in
$300: What is New York City?
The first ten amendments to the Constitution
$300: What is the Bill of Rights?
Taxes placed on imported goods
$300: What are tariffs?
The second president of the U.S.
$300: Who is John Adams?
The French leader who controlled Louisiana
$300: Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
Washington served this many terms as president
$400: What is two terms?
The job of the Secretary of the Treasury
$400: What is managing the nation’s money?
A tax that caused anger among farmers
$400: What is the Whiskey Tax?
A conflict between the U.S. and France during Adams’s presidency
$400: What is the dispute with France (XYZ Affair)?
Explorers sent west by Jefferson
$400: Who are Lewis and Clark?
Washington’s decision to step down set this important example
$500: What is a peaceful transfer of power / no lifetime presidency?
Why the Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution
$500: What is to protect individual rights and freedoms?
One reason Hamilton wanted a strong national bank
$500: What is to stabilize the economy and build credit?
Laws that limited speech and targeted immigrants
$500: What are the Alien and Sedition Acts?
A Native American woman who helped the expedition
$500: Who is Sacagawea?