Washington's Precedents

What is a precedent?

• Someone who is in charge of the United States

• Someone who must make all of the decisions

• When someone sets the example everyone else follows

• When someone decides their job is too hard

Who was Washington's secretary of state?

• Henry Knox

• Thomas Jefferson

• Alexander Hamilton

• John Jay

Who was Washington's Secretary of the Treasury?

• Henry Knox

• Thomas Jefferson

• Alexander Hamilton

• John Jay

Hamilton's financial plan called for the creation of what?

• A National Georgrapher

• A National Bank

• A National Road System

• A National Tax

Hamilton planned to pay off all of what Revolutionary war debt?

• All federal debt

• All citizen's debt

• All of the country's debt

• All state debt

The Whiskey Rebellion was caused because of ...

• Hamilton's tax on whiskey

• Hamilton's tax of rye

• Hamilton's tax on wheat

• Hamilton's tax on barrels

What was the significance of the whiskey rebellion?

• Showed that the state gov can use the militia

• Showed that the federal gov can enforce their laws

• Showed that the state gov can enforce their laws

• Showed that the federal gov can use the militia

Washington created the precedent that a president serves how many terms in office?

• One term

• Two terms

• Three terms

• Four terms

The Neutrality Act of 1794 kept the U.S. out of what conflict?

• The War of 1812

• The French and Indian War

• The French Revolution

• World War II

Loose Constructionists like Hamilton used what clause in the constitution to justify their actions?

• Executive Power Clause

• Separate but Equal Clause

• Clause 9

• Necessary and Proper Clause