Washington's Precedents
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8th Grade
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1.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What is a precedent?
Back
something done or said that becomes an example for others to follow
2.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
Decisions that President Washington made that would influence the decision making of future Presidents are known as:
Back
Precedents
3.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What did George Washington consider to be a grave danger to the new nation?
Back
growth of political parties
4.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
Within the Executive Branch, what did the three department heads and the attorney general come to be known as?
Back
the Cabinet
5.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What message was George Washington delivering to his successors? "A passionate attachment of one Nation for another produces a variety of evils. . . . As avenues to foreign influence in innumerable ways, such attachments are particularly alarming to the truly enlightened and independent Patriot."
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Avoid forming alliances with foreign nations.
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FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
President George Washington began the custom of consulting with his principal department heads, such as Secretary of State and Secretary of the Treasury, as a group. What did this practice eventually lead to?
Back
the creation of the Cabinet
7.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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For decades after, the United States generally followed the precedent set by George Washington in regard to foreign policy. Which of the following best characterizes that policy? a position of containment, a position of neutrality, a position of aggression, a position of indifference
Back
a position of neutrality
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