M7,L1, Washington Leads A New Nation

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A group of delegates, or electors, who represent the people’s vote in choosing the president (vocab word)

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electoral college

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George Washington’s wife and the First Lady (vocab word)

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Martha Washington

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An honest leader, a hero of the Revolution, and the first U.S. president (vocab word)

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George Washington

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an act that created three levels of federal courts and defined their powers and relationships to the state courts (vocab word)

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Judiciary Act of 1789

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an action or a decision that later serves as an example (vocab word)

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precedent

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What role did the electoral college play in George Washington’s election to the presidency?

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It represented the people’s vote and unanimously selected the new president.

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Each of the eleven states that had passed the Constitution sent delegates to a group called the __________ in order to choose the first president.

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electoral college

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What precedent did Washington and the First Congress set when they organized the executive branch?

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They created cabinet positions to advise the president on different areas of national policy.

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For one of his most important cabinet positions, George Washington selected _______, a gifted economic planner, as secretary of the treasury.

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Alexander Hamilton

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Which of the following did farmers expect from the new government? (pg 248 next to last paragraph) Options: fair tax laws, simpler trade laws, heavy influence in daily life, protection from foreign competitors

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fair tax laws