Test #3: Hamilton vs. Jefferson and the Marshall Court

The first political parties were created because

• of lack of leadership

• Washington told them to form

• of fights about moving West

• of tensions over Hamilton's financial plan

Alexander Hamilton’s program and influence led to the creation of a new political party that opposed his plans. This new opposition party was the

• Federalist Party

• Republican Party

• Liberty Party

• Whig Party

A poor Pennsylvania grain farmer in the early 1790s who feared having his rights trampled on by a powerful national government would have supported

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• Alexander Hamilton

• John Jay

Soon after the United States Constitution was adopted, disagreements arose over the proper role of government in the economy. These disagreements led to the development of the first

• corporations

• political parties

• cabinet officies

• civil rights movement

Alexander Hamilton urged Congress to pass a protective tariff to encourage the growth of

• labor unions

• manufacturing

• agriculture

• slavery

Alexander Hamilton’s financial plan helped to establish the credit of the United States government by

• providing for the payment of the nation's debt

• taxing only the people most able to pay

• favoring agriculture over industry

• encouraging spending for national defense

Which proposal was included in Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton’s financial plan in the 1790s?

• incentives to encourage agricultural expansion

• direct taxes on states to support government operations

• creation of a national bank

• free trade with other nations

Most historians consider Alexander Hamilton to have been a successful Secretary of the Treasury because he

• expanded trade with all nations

• established a sound financial plan for the new nation

• opposed payment of old federal government debts

• eliminated tariffs between the states

In his farewell address, George Washington warned against

• permanent alliances and political parties

• the Bank of the United States

• loose interpretation of the Constitution

• the Treaty of Greenville

Actions and policies of the government under President George Washington generally resulted in the

• establishment of strong political ties with other nations

• failure to create a financial program for the country

• liberation of many enslaved persons

• strengthening of the federal government