George Washington Quiz
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- Q1Alexander Hamilton wanted to do all of the following to stabilize the US economy exceptgive tax cuts to middle class AmericansCreate a National Bankconsolidate all states debt so the federal government could pay it offtaxes whiskey120s
- Q2A group of adviser to the presidentNational workersCabinetAdministratorsFederal workers120s
- Q3Thomas Jefferson's belief that the strength of the United States was its independent farmers is sometimes referred to asruralimplied powersfederalismagrarianism120s
- Q4The nation's first two political parties were the Federalist and theIndependentSpeculatorsDemocratic-Republicans, referred to as RepublicansAnti-federalist120s
- Q5In 1789, to raise money to operate, the new federal governmentimposed a tariffissued bondsimposed a sale tax on all purchaseimposed an income tax30s
- Q6The Bill of Rights that went into effect in 1791 had ________________ amendments.8101412120s
- Q7The war between Britain and France put Washington in a difficult position becausea treaty required the United States to help defend France's colonies in the Caribbeana treaty required the United States to help defend Britain's colonies in the CaribbeanAll of the abovehe opposed going to war, but most Americans wanted to support either France or Britain.120s
- Q8Pinckney's Treaty gave the United Statesthe right to navigate the Mississippi Riverthe right to limited trade with British Colonies in the Caribbeanmost-favored nation status with Spaincontrol of Florida120s
- Q9Thomas Jefferson was George Washington'ssecretary of stateSecretary of WarAttorney GeneralSecretary of Treasury120s
- Q10Alexander Hamilton was George Washington's Secretary ofStateWarTreasuryLaw120s
- Q11John Jay was George Washington's Attorney GeneralTrueFalse120s
- Q12Democratic-Republicans supporters tended to be in the NortheasttrueFalse120s
- Q13Federalist stood for states rights of states over the power of the federal governmentfalsetrue120s
- Q14Democratic-Republican party was lead by Thomas JeffersonTrueFalse120s
- Q15Supports of the Federalist party were usually wealthy elitesTrueFalse120s