Washington & Adam's Presidencies

Washington set many examples for future presidents to follow.  These are called

• Prototype
• Illustration
• Precedent
• Hierarchy

Washington set up a group of advisors called the 

• Cabinet
• Advisory
• Commanders
• Joint Chiefs of Staff

Relations with the governments of other countries.

• Foreign Policy 
• Domestic Policy 

Not siding with one country or the other.

• Neutrality 
• Peace
• Diplomacy 
• Negligence 

The cabinet member responsible for managing foreign affairs (relationships with other countries) was called what?

• Secretary of War

• Secretary of State

• Secretary of Foreign Relations

• Secretary of Treasury

What caused the Whiskey Rebellion?

• The government put a tax on Whiskey in order to pay off the National debt.

• The government didn't like people drinking so much Whiskey, so they banned it.

• Farmers in Pennsylvania were in debt and were losing their land.

• The British started taxing American Whiskey and it made them mad.

How was the vice president chosen in the first three presidential elections?

• the party that won the presidential vote got to choose the vice president

• the same way they are chosen today

• congress chose the vice president

• the person with the second highest number of votes became the vice president

Why was the 1796 election unique (different than others)?

• it was the first election where there were political parties competing

• it was the only election where the president was from one party and the vice president was from the other

• there were too many candidates so no one got a majority

• both A and B

Why were the Republicans and many americans angry about the Alien and Sedition Acts?

• because they allowed more immigrants into the United States

• because people thought they violated the Constitution

• because the republicans wanted to be the ones deciding who was "dangerous" to the country

• because they stopped all immigration into the United States

Which of the following is true of the Federalist party?

• they supported ordinary people being part of government

• they believed in a very strong central government

• they supported agriculture and farming

• all of the above