From Washington to Madison

The newly founded United States of America chose George Washington as her first President and ____________ as the first Secretary of the Treasury

• Thomas Jefferson

• Alexander Hamilton

• John Adams

• Samuel Adams

The Judiciary Act of 1789

• Established a police state

• Established the legislative branch

• Established the executive branch

• Established the court system

The first 10 amendments to the Constitution are called

• The Bill of Writs

• The Bill of Rights

• The Bills of Grievances

• The Bills for Dinner

By "pleading the 5th," one can avoid

• self-incrimination

• speaking

• working

• double-jeopardy

Other than direct taxation, how did the US government raise revenue

• Bake sales and car washes

• The Stamp Act

• Tariffs

• Embargo

Hamilton's financial plan was beneficial to__________ and damaging to _________.

• The South; the West and North

• Industry; agriculture

• Agriculture; Commerce

• The North; the South and West

Hamilton's financial plan included all of the following EXCEPT

• Bank of the United States

• Excise tax on whiskey and tariffs

• Making the states pay their war debts

• Paying back War Bonds

Why did Hamilton's financial plan favor the North?

• Because it favored agriculture over industry

• Because the North was more in debt than the South

• Because the North exported more raw materials

• Because the South used slave labor

What were the US's first two political parties?

• Democrat and Republican

• Green and Communist

• Democratic-Republican and Libertarian

• Federalist and Anti-Federalist

Who were the leaders of the first two political parties in the US?

• Hamilton and Jefferson

• Washington and Adams

• Madison and Jay

• Washington and Cornwallis