Chapter 6 Section 2: Hamilton and Finances

(Slide 3) Which word most closely relates to the term "economic"?

• Debt

• Money

• President

• Bonds

(Slide 5) Who is present in this illustration?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Alexander Hamilton

(Slide 5) Who is present in this image?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Alexander Hamilton

• Mr. Harper

(Slide 4) Which evidence supports the fact that Hamilton was able to help run a company as a teen?

• Friends and Family sent him to study in America.

• He married into a wealthy company.

• He helped operate a shipping company when he was a kid.

• He served as Washington's aid

(Slide 4) What was Alexander Hamilton's greatest challenge as secretary?

• Paying off or reducing the national debt

• Finding people who would work with him

• Going to war with another country

• Create a government that was strong

(Slide 5) Which person wanted a strong central government?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Alexander Hamilton

(Slide 5) Which politician believed that the states and the people should be stronger and hold more power?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Alexander Hamilton

(Slide 6) Why was the Capital of United States moved from New York?

• New York was too busy of a place. People in the South believed the capitol shoud be calm and peaceful.

• Many people considered New York as too ugly of a place.

• It has started to lose its popularity and businesses had started moving out New York.

• To satisfy the South's feeling that it was to far up North. They felt its Northern location was unfair.

(Slide 6) How much money did the United States owe after the revolutionary war?

• $23 million

• $25 Million

• $26 Million

• $21.5 Million

(Slide 8) What was Hamilton's central idea for creating a national Bank?

• He wanted the govt to have place to be able to do business

• He wanted the gov to have place to safely deposit its money

• He wanted a bank that would make more money any other

• He wanted a bank to pay of the National Debt