Washington-Jefferson Presidencies

Washington set many examples for future presidents to follow. An action or decision that later serves as an example

• Antecedent

• Exemplar

• Precedent

• Alliance

A group of experts that give advice to the President and lead their departments.

• Justices

• Cabinet

• Joint Chiefs of Staff

• Electoral College

A policy pursued by a nation in its dealings with other countries.

• Foreign Policy

• Domestic Policy

According to the image, we can conclude that a tariff...

• was put in place because Americans disliked British goods

• was supported by southern states who wished to see the industrial north flourish.

• To encourage Americans to purchase British goods by decreasing their costs

• aims to protect domestic industry by increasing the price of imported goods

Seizing sailors from American ships and forcing them to serve in the British Navy.

• Sedition

• Impression

• Embargo

• Impressment

Who was sent to England to negotiate a treaty between Britian and the United States?

• Benjamin Franklin

• Alexander Hamilton

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Jay

People from which of the following occupational groups were most likely to support Thomas Jefferson’s Democratic-Republican Party?

• Merchants

• Industrial manufacturers

• Bankers

• Owners of small farms

During George Washington’s presidency, what was the major reason for conflict between Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton?

• Washington’s decision not to seek a third term

• the distribution of power between the judicial branch and the legislative branch

• the U.S. government’s decision to remain neutral in the war between France and Britain

• Hamilton’s objection to Jefferson’s strict interpretation of the Constitution

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

This list refers to the contributions of which Founding Father?

• George Washinton

• James Madison

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams