US History Chapter 6 Exam

Was inaugurated as our nation's first president in 1789.

• George Washington

• Gouverneur Morris

• Henry Knox

• Edmond Randolph

• Alexander Hamilton

This opponent of the three fifths compromise thought our nation might not survive unless George Washington agreed to be our first president.

• George Washington

• Gouverneur Morris

• Henry Knox

• Edmond Randolph

• Alexander Hamilton

This revolutionary War general was our first Secretary of War.

• George Washington

• Gouverneur Morris

• Henry Knox

• Edmond Randolph

• Alexander Hamilton

This author of the Virginia Plan was the Nation's first Attorney General.

• George Washington

• Gouverneur Morris

• Henry Knox

• Edmond Randolph

• Alexander Hamilton

This man came up with a plan to resolve the nation's debt as our first secretary of the treasury.

• George Washington

• Gouverneur Morris

• Henry Knox

• Edmond Randolph

• Alexander Hamilton

Money owed by our government to other nations and to its own citizens.

• national debt

• bonds

• speculators

• loose construction

• strict construction

Certificates of debt that promise to be worth more than the purchase price on a specified date in the future.

• national debt

• bonds

• speculators

• loose construction

• strict construction

Investors who buy land, bonds, or commodities at low prices in the hope of reaping large profits when the items increase in value.

• national debt

• bonds

• speculators

• loose construction

• strict construction

Hamilton's belief that the federal government can do anything except what is expressly forbidden by the constitution.

• national debt

• bonds

• speculators

• loose construction

• strict construction

Jefferson's belief that the federal government can do nothing except what is expressly allowed by the constitution.

• national debt

• bonds

• speculators

• loose construction

• strict construction