Washington's Presidency

1. Which of the following set precedents for the executive branch of government?

• George Washington
• Alexander Hamilton
• Edmund Randolph
•  Thomas Jefferson

 The Cabinet member in charge of handling relations between the United States and other nations is the 

• Secretary of the Treasury
•  Secretary of War
• Secretary of State
• Attorney General

 Under Hamilton’s plan, the main source of government revenue was

•  income taxes
• tariffs
• donations
• interest from loans

Which of the following encouraged Americans to buy American-made goods

• high interest rates 
• national banks
• public debt
• tariffs on imports

 Which of the following proposals represented a loose construction of the Constitution?

•  tariffs on imports
•  creating a national bank
• appointing Supreme Court justices
• creating three branches of government