Washington's Administration Notes

Multiple Choice

What was a direct result of the US assumption of all state debt?

• Granting Tennessee its statehood

• Creating the US capital on the Virginia border

• US treasury going bankrupt

• Election of George Washington as president

Multiple Choice

What was a direct result of the excise tax on distilled spirits?

• The Bank of the United States

• Shays's Rebellion

• The paying off of the debt

• Whiskey Rebellion

Multiple Choice

Why is Washington's response to the Whiskey Rebellion important?

• It proved the president could be a tyrant

• It proved the new constitution provided the federal government the power to handle rebellions

• It proved new constitution still needed some adjustments in adding a Bill of Rights

• It proved the congress needed to repeal the tax on distilled spirits

Multiple Choice

Name the treaty that prevented the US from going to war with England.

• Pinckney's Treaty

• Treaty of Ghent

• Treaty of Paris

• Jay's Treaty

Multiple Choice

Name the treaty that secured the right for the US to use the Mississippi River.

• Jay's Treaty

• Pinckney's Treaty

• Treaty of Paris

• Treaty of Ghent

Multiple Choice

About what did Washington warn the Americans in his farewell address?

• Political parties

• Spanish threat

• States' rights

• Slavery