When the writers of the Constitution wrote about the executive branch, what did they make sure it would have that the Articles of Confederation did not provide?

• an executive council

• a single president

• a senate committee

• judicial review

When did George Washington take the oath of office to become the president of the United States?

• January 20, 1789

• March 4, 1789

• April 30, 1789

• May 5, 1789

The four offices/departments that made up the first presidential cabinet included the State Department, Department of Treasury, Department of War, and the office of the...

• attorney general

• chief justice of the Supreme Court

• postmaster general

• Speaker of the House

Name the first Secretary of State.

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

• Alexander Hamilton

• John Jay

Identify the first Secretary of Treasury

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Jay

• Alexander Hamilton

• Henry Knox

The Judiciary Act of 1789 established the federal court system. Federal courts had the power to...

• elect the president

• reverse state decisions

• tax the people

• negotiate treaties

Who did George Washington appoint as the first chief justice of the US Supreme Court?

• John Marshall

• John Adams

• John Smith

• John Jay

Alexander Hamilton proposed a financial plan that would have the federal government pay off both the national and individual state debts. He expected that doing so would...

• make him a rich man

• drive Thomas Jefferson crazy

• improve the nation's credit

• benefit the wealthy and hurt the poor

Southern states strongly opposed Hamilton's financial plan. Why?

• they just hated the man

• they had been able to pay their own debts and felt they should not have to pay other states' debts

• they were drawing interest off other states' debts

• they were holding out for a new capital

How did moving the nation's capital to the south benefit most members of Congress?

• people had to pay the south to move there

• the weather was better

• George Washington was there

• the more central location relieved the burden of travel