First Five Presidents

The first president of the United States of America was

• George Washington

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

• James Monroe

Why did Washington call up an army to crush the Whiskey Rebellion?

• He saw the rebellion as a threat to the new government.

• He feared the rebels might stir up a bloody revolution.

• He felt he had to protect tax collectors in the west.

• He preferred leading an army to leading a national government.

The "whiskey tax" became law in 1791 and was intended to

• punish farmers for supporting Britain during the war

• test Congress's powers to collect taxes

• help pay off debt from the Revolutionary War

Thomas Jefferson and his followers were strong supporters of the French Revolution.

• True

• False

• They had no strong opinion.

In his Farewell Address, Washington urged Americans

• not to address the President using fancy titles

• to pay the taxes Congress placed on luxury goods nicely

• not to let loyalty to parties tear the nation apart

• to support the ideals, not actions, of the French Revolution

The first two major political parties were known as the

• Democrats and Republicans

• Republicans and Federalists

• Anti-Federalists and Federalists

• Independents and Nationalists

According to the Federalists, the best form of government was one in which decisions were made by

• a royal monarch

• the common people

• a public-spirited dictator

• the wealthy and well-educated

One of the major issues dividing the Federalist and the Democrat-Republic parties was

• how to divide the nation's wealth in a fair way

• how many terms a president should serve

• how large and powerful the federal government should be

• whether or not to pay off the nation's war debt

John Adams was a

• Republican

• Federalist

• Independent

The Alien Acts targeted

• Republicans who refused to vote for Adams

• supporters of the French Revolution

• immigrants who were not yet citizens

• martians from out er space