Early Presidents

Which of the following was a precedent established by President Washington? 

• "His Rotundity"
• Two-term presidency
• Creation of the navy
• First president to live in the White House

Who was Washington's Secretary of the Treasury? 

• Thomas Jefferson
• Sam Osgood
• Alexander Hamilton
• Henry Knox

Which of the following was a CAUSE of the XYZ Affair? 

• The United States built a navy
• The United States didn't pay the bribe
• France was seizing and capturing American ships
• The French demanded a bribe of $10 million

Which of the following is an EFFECT of the XYZ Affair? 

• The French demanded a bribe of $10 million
• The United States built a navy
• The French seized and captured American ships
• The French and America went to war

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a Federalist? 

• Wanted a strong national government
• Believed in a strict interpretation of the Constittution
• Wanted an economy based on trade
• Supported by lawyers, businessmen, and manufacturers

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the Democratic-Republicans? 

• Wanted a limited national government
• Wanted an economy based on agriculture
• Believed in a strict interpretation of the Constitution
• Supported by lawyers, merchants, and manufacturers

What was the significant outcome of the Whiskey Rebellion? 

• The farmers burnt Pittsburgh to the ground
• The national government showed it could enforce its laws
• The US didn't pay a bribe
• Ten newspaper editors were put in jail

Which of the following was NOT part of Hamilton's financial plan? 

• pay off all war debts by consolidating state debts into one national debt
• raise government revenue through taxes
• building a national bank
• selling off land in the west

The establishment of judicial review in Marbury v. Madison (1803) gave federal courts the authority to

• decide whether a law is constitutional

• create lower courts

• approve foreign treaties

• appoint judges to lifetime terms

Base your answer on the passage below and on your knowledge of social studies.

… Europe has a set of primary interests which to us have none or a very remote relation. Hence she must be engaged in frequent controversies, the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns. Hence, therefore, it must be unwise in us to implicate [connect] ourselves by artificial ties in the ordinary vicissitudes [changes] of her politics or the ordinary combinations and collisions of her friendships or enmities [antagonisms].…

— President George Washington, Farewell Address, 1796

According to the passage, President Washington believed that the United States should

• seek financial aid from European nations

• end all existing European friendships

• avoid involvement in the political disputes of Europe

• discontinue commercial relations with Europe