8.1 Washington Takes Office

Washington set the model for future Presidents>

• inauguration
• speculators
• precedent
• bonds

The American government borrowed money by issuing certificates that promise to repay money loaned plus interest.

• bonds
• debts
• speculators
• tariff

One way for the government to repay its debts was to collect taxes that make imported goods more expensive than goods produced within a country.

• bonds
• debts
• tariff
• speculators

After much discussion about whether the Constitution allowed it, the ____ was set up to issue paper money and make loans to farmers and businesses.

• Bank of the United States
• protective tariff
• Supreme Court
• State Bank of Maryland

A tax on liquor led to the ____, which marked the first time the government sent troops to fight American citizens.

• Shays' Rebellion
• Pennsylvania tax rebellion
• Whiskey Rebellion
• Farmer Rebellion

A challenge facing Washington was that he was the first President and had to determine how the government would work.

• True
• False

One of the challenges facing Washington was that the U.S. had huge Revolutionary War debts and was not taking in enough money to repay those debts.

• True
• False

Alexander Hamilton

• Secretary of the Treasury
• Secretary of State
• Secretary of War
• Chief Justice

Thomas Jefferson

• Secretary of the Treasury
• Secretary of State
• Secretary of War
• Chief Justice