Washington and Adams

Washington was the first president ___ elected by the electoral college.

• unanimously

• anonymously

• miraculously

The presidencies of Washington and Adams were known as the

• Age of Jefferson

• Federalist Era

• Era of Good Feelings

As the first president, Washington set many ___ (examples) for future presidents.

• petitions

• principles

• precedents

Congress created departments of the Executive Branch. Washington chose the heads of these departments to advise him. These advisors are known as the

• Cabinet

• electoral college

• Congress

What role did Alexander Hamilton play in Washington's Cabinet?

• Secretary of War

• Secretary of the Treasury

• Attorney General

Washington chose this person to be his Secretary of State to help him handle foreign affairs.

• John Jay

• Edmund Randolph

• Thomas Jefferson

Hamilton's main goal was to

• encourage manufacturing

• pay off national and state war debts

• promote trade

Madison and Jefferson worried that keeping the capital in New York would favor northern interests. What did they agree to do in order to get the capital moved to the south?

• support Hamilton's plan to pay off state debts

• pass high tariffs and excise taxes

• create a uniform currency

In the summer of 1794, the __ __ occurred which was a farmers' uprising in western Pennsylvania that arose in protest of a recent tax.

• Bacon's Rebellion

• Whiskey Rebellion

• Shays' Rebellion

The Whiskey Rebellion of 1794 was an important test of the new nation. What was the significance of the Whiskey Rebellion?

• Washington proved that the federal government had the power to enforce its laws

• Washington maintained neutrality and negotiated Jay's Treaty

• Washington sent troops to subdue Native Americans in Ohio and negotiated the Treaty of Greenville