Unit 4: A New Republic

1755-1804 He was an American Statesman and member of the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, author of the Federalist Papers, first Secretary of Treasury under George Washington, developed the Bank of the US

• Thomas Jefferson
• Alexander Hamilton
• Federalist Party
• Democratic-Republican Party

to swear in or induct into office in a formal ceremony.

• precedent

• inaugurate

• cabinet

• tariff

a group of department heads who serve as the president's chief advisers.

• tariff

• foreign policy

• Federal Judiciary Act

• Cabinet

a 1794 protest against the government's tax on whiskey, which was valuable to the livelihood of backcountry farmers.

• Whiskey Rebellion

• Jay's Treaty

• Battle of Fallen Timbers

• Pinckney's Treaty

relations with the governments of other countries.

• political party

• cabinet

• tariff

• foreign policy

Who did Washington name as his Secretary of the Treasury?

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

• John Jay

• Alexander Hamilton

As part of the compromise reached Hamilton and Madison, Congress agreed to pay off state debts if the nation's capital was moved to:

• Washington, D.C.

• Boston

• Philadelphia

• New York City

What was the impact of Washington's Farewell Address?

• It kept future Presidents from running for more than two terms.

• It guided American foreign policy toward neutrality for quite some time.

• It made the new nation realize how much Washington had given up to be President.

• It made Congress determined that all Presidents would follow Washington's example.

George Washington warned Americans that by forming _____________they risked weakening and dividing the nation.

• states
• political parties
• the Constitution
• the Supreme Court

Serving only two terms and having a cabinet of advisors are

• Washington's precedents
• A loose interpretation of the Constitution
• Judicial Review
• A strong national government