Washington Review

Who was Washington's Secretary of Treasury?

• Alexander Hamilton

• James Monroe

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

What was Hamilton's Plan for the national debt?

• Don't pay it
• Make each state pay their own
• Combine State debt into one National Debt, raise taxes to help pay debt and create a national bank
• Hope it goes away

The Whiskey Rebellion was the result of -

• Anti-federalists protesting Hamilton's financial plan.
• Farmers refusing to pay Hamilton's tax on whiskey.
• The start of the Revolution.
• A protest against Washington.

How did Washington respond to the Whiskey Rebellion?

• He sent Thomas Jefferson to collect the taxes.
• He invited leaders to the capital to talk.
• He and Hamilton marched out with the army to put down the rebels. When the rebels realized they were coming, they quickly gave up.
• He signed a treaty with the farmers

What were the first two political parties?

• Democrats and Republicans
• Right and Left
• Democratic Republicans and Federalists
• Warhawks and Republicans

Which party did NOT like Hamilton's financial plan?

• Democratic-Republicans

• Federalists

What was George Washington's foreign policy?

• Alliance with Spain
• Alliance with Britain
• Neutrality between countries
• Alliance with France

Washington issued the Proclamation of Neutrality in 1793 to keep the United States out of the war between what two countries?

• Britain and Spain
• France and Spain
• Britain and France
• Russia and Austria

The Northwest Ordinance provided a pathway for territories to apply for

• statehood
• federal funding
• infrastructure grants
• taxes

The Northwest Ordinance said that slavery was illegal in the Northwest Territory

• True
• False