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| George Washington had no desire to be president after the _____Convention | Constitutional |
| One of the first tasks Washington and congress tackled was the creation of a ________. | system. |
| The Judiciary Act of 1789 provided a _______ _____ consisting of a chief justice and five associate justices. | Supreme Court |
| The Judiciary Act of 1789 provided a Supreme Court consisting of | a chief justice and five associate justices. |
| George Washington picked capable and trusted leaders to head the Department of _____and the Department of ___. | State; War |
| Washington chose ______ _________ as secretary of state, _________ ________as secretary of the treasury. | Thomas Jefferson; Alexander Hamilton |
| True or False, The president’s chief advisers are called the Cabinet. | True |
| True or False, Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton always agreed with each other. | False |
| True or False, George Washington had no desire to be president after the Constitutional Convention. | True |
| What was Hamilton's proposal? | He wanted Washington to hand the Bank of the United States over to him so that he could fix all of the debt the United States was in. |
| What was one of the things Hamilton was afraid of? | A mob rule |
| What was one of the things Jefferson was afraid of? | He was afraid of absolute power or ruler. |
| Jefferson's Republicans-later called __________ ___________- were in fact the ancestors of today's Democratic Party. | Democratic Republicans |
| What is an excise tax? | A tax on a product's manufacture |
| _______ was the main source of cash for frontier farmers. | Whiskey |
| The first cabinet was comprised of Secretary of State ___ ____ and Secretary of Treasury _______ ______ and Secretary of War _______ ______. | Thomas Jefferson; Alexander Hamilton; Henry Knox |
| Who led the Federalists? | Alexander Hamilton |
| List three characteristics of the Federalists. | They wanted a powerful nation resting on balanced economy of agriculture |
| Who led the Democratic-Republicans? | Thomas Jefferson |
| List three characteristics of the Democratic-Republicans | They wanted a powerful nation resting on balanced economy of agriculture, trade, financing, and manufacturing and to use government to help economy. They believed the masses could not be trusted |
| One of President Washington's and Congress's first tasks was to create a (A) cabinet (B) Constitution (C) new Congress (D)judicial system | D. Explanation: One of the first tasks before Congress and the president was the creation of the judicial system that had been authorized by the Constitution but not defined or established. |
| Unlike Jefferson, Hamilton favored a (A) farming-based economy (B) limited central government (C) national bank (D) democracy of the virtuous | C. Explanation: Unlike Jefferson, Hamilton favored a national bank. Hamilton favored a national bank whereas Jefferson, who favored a strict interpretation of the Constitution, felt that a national bank was unconstitutional. |
| During the war of 1812, ____ [what American President?] led the Tennessee militia in an attack on the Creek Indians in Alabama | Andrew Jackson |
| Losing to John Quincy Adams for president, ____ [what American President?] led ran again and won in 1828. | Andrew Jackson |
| ________ ‘s greatest military victory was at the battle of New Orleans in 1815. | Andrew Jackson |
| _____ was the first American president to grow up on the frontier. All of the presidents who who preceded him had grown up east of the Allegheny Mountains. | Andrew Jackson |
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