Early Presidents

All of the following were true about the FEDERALISTS except

• Believed in Manufacturing, Industry, and Trade as the key to a successful Economy
• Alexander Hamilton, John Adams, John Jay were key Federalists
• Favored a strong federal government, Bank of the U.S., and were Anti-Slavery
• Favored strong state governments, agriculture and the key to success for the US economy

In exchange for Southern support for Hamilton's plan, the government promised to

• repay poor farmers who had sold their bonds to speculators.
• repeal the Tariff of 1789. 
• move the nation's capital to the South.
• relieve Southern states of their tax burden.

What global events caused tensions within the U.S. and diplomatic problems for Washington?

• the French Revolution and the subsequent war between England and France
• the seizure by England of French holdings in the Caribbean
• a war between Spain and France over colonies in North America
• the rise of Napoleon in France and his unpopular policies

In his Farewell Address, President Washington warned Americans

• that they should create political parties.
• that states should be sovereign.
• against westward expansion.
• against making alliances with other countries.

In response to the Alien and Sedition Acts, Virginia and Kentucky argued that

• states could disobey unconstitutional federal laws.
• all federal laws were subject to review by the federal judiciary.
• legislators had the right to override unconstitutional laws.
• immigrants in the South were exempt from the Alien and Sedition Acts.

How did Federalists respond to the XYZ Affair with France?

• They encouraged a boycott of French goods.
• They urged John Adams to continue negotiations.
• They initiated the Convention of 1800.
• They demanded that the country go to war with France.

The group of advisers to the president became known as

• the Advisory Council.
• the department heads.
• the cabinet.
• the Constitutional Convention.

George Washington made Thomas Jefferson the first secretary of

• war.
• state.
• the treasury.
• education.

"a national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing..." name the person who said this.

• Washington
• Jefferson
• John Jay
• Hamilton

In his farewell address, Washington warned against...

• Federalists, aliens, and war
• sectionalism, political parties, foreign alliances
• Federalists, sedition, and war
• Federalists, Antifederalists, and Democratic-Republicans