Quarter 2, Unit 1, Regional Differences & Political Parties

George Washington was America's first President. His actions...

• Did not effect future Presidents

• Set a precedent (a standard) for future Presidents

• Were rejected by future presidents as flawed

• Were important, but not applicable to others

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Alexander Hamilton...

• Hoped the U.S. would become an agricultural country

• Hoped the U.S. would become a tax haven for European nations

• Hoped the U.S. would be a tourist destination

• Hoped the U.S. would become an industrial nation.

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Thomas Jefferson...

• Hoped the U.S. would become an agricultural nation

• Hoped the U.S. would become a tax haven for European nations

• Hoped the U.S. would become a tourist destination

• Hoped the U.S. would become an industrial nation

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Hamilton served as...

• George Washington's Secretary of State

• George Washington's Secretary of War

• George Washington's Secretary of the Treasury

• George Washington's Attorney General

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Alexander Hamilton could not be President because...

• He was a convicted felon.

• He was not born in the U.S.

• He was not popular

• He had already served as President for two terms

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John Adams became the 2nd President. He ran as the ____________ candidate.

• Democrat

• Federalist

• Republican

• Democratic-Republican

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John Adams only served one term as President because...

• He got bored with the job

• He died in office

• He passed the Alien & Sedition Acts which were unpopular

• He thought Jefferson would do a better job

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The Industrial Revolution was fueled by...

• The demand for cotton

• The demand for canals

• The demand for farmland

• The demand for common currency

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The American System was a plan to promote the U.S. economy by using...

• tax shelters, amortization, and vouchers

• scientific discovery, intellectual property, and wholesale

• advertising, merchandise, loopholes

• internal improvements, controlling currency (national bank), and tariffs

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The Missouri Compromise attempted to...

• Balance power between slave states and free states. It worked.

• Balance power between the South and the West.

• Balance power between slave states and free states. It failed.

• Balance power between the North and the West.

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