Emerging Politics Test

1.       One of George Washington’s many precedents he set was:

• a.       Establishing a presidential cabinet                           

• a.       Established the capital city and how it would be designed

• a.       Made it mandatory to shake hands as a greeting    

1.       Alexander Hamilton

• a.       Believed educated, elite, upper-class citizens should lead the government.

• a.       Proposed that the government should not assume a national debt.

• a.       Opposed the establishment of a national bank.

1.       The Bank of the United States

• a.       Was approved by Thomas Jefferson.

• a.       Was opposed by Thomas Jefferson.

• a.       Passed a protective tariff on goods produced in Europe.

1.       The Republican Party (Anti-Federalists) of the late 1700s

• a.       Supported Jefferson’s vision.

• a.       Supported Alexander Hamilton’s vision.

• a.       Supported a strong central government.

1.       Some Americans opposed Alexander Hamilton’s plan for paying off war debt because:

• a.       It interfered too much with the states, making the government too powerful.

• a.       It would put us in more debt.

• a.       It would make some states rich while making other states poor.

1.       This treaty was an agreement in which Britain agreed to evacuate its posts in the Northwest Territory.

• a.        Grigioni Treaty

• a.       Treaty of Versailles

• a.       Jay’s Treaty

1.       Which of the following best describes Hamilton’s plan for paying off war debt?

• a.       Give up land in the west as compensation.

• a.       Collect taxes and use that money to slowly pay it off.

• a.       Give up control of American sea ports.

1.       Why was Jay’s Treaty so controversial?

• a.       Americans felt that the treaty did not accomplish anything.

• a.       Americans felt that it betrayed the ideals they fought for in the Revolution.

• a.       It made American shipping so much worse than previous years.

1.       Federalists (Hamilton and supporters) had this view of the French Revolution:

• a.       Supported it because it was an extension of the American Revolution.

• a.       Felt that it got way too out of control to a point where government was useless.

• a.       They felt it helped our economic activity.

1.       Jeffersonian-Republicans had this view of the French Revolution:

• a.       Supported it because it was an extension of the American Revolution.

• a.       Felt that it got way too out of control to a point where government was useless.

• a.       They felt it helped our economic activity.