Washington and Adams Review

What is a precedent?

• The Bill of Rights

• How someone in Congress is elected to office.

• The process for a judge to sit on the Supreme Court.

• An example for the president to follow.

What oath did Washington have to take and every other president, in order to become president?

• Hippocratic Oath

• An Inauguration

• Oath of Enlistment

• Magician's Oath

What was the main precedent Washington set as the first president?

• Going to war with Britain.

• Going to war with France.

• Only serving two terms.

• Serving as president his entire life.

What did Washington create to advise him during his presidency?

• The Supreme Court

• The Cabinet

• The Legislative Branch

• The Navy

Who was Washington's Secretary of Treasury and handled the Nations money?

• Alexander Hamilton

• Abraham Lincoln

• James Madison

• Thomas Jefferson

What was one issue Washington faced while president?

• The U.S. couldn't trade with any country.

• Congress wouldn't approve his cabinet.

• The Dutch wanted to start a war.

• The nation had a lot of debt.

What did the Neutrality Proclamation accomplish?

• The US decided to join the war with France.

• The US decided to join the war with Britain.

• It kept the US out of foreign wars.

• The proclamation that ended the war in Europe.

How many terms did Adams serve as president?

• 3 term

• 1 term

• 5 terms

• 2 terms

What was the XYZ Affair?

• French diplomats demanded money to stop seizing US ships.

• The British kept attacking US forts.

• The Dutch wanted to retake New York.

• France wanted the US to pay back their war debt.

How did Adams respond to the XYZ Affair?

• He was impeached and left office.

• He declared war with France.

• He paid the bribe to France and help them fight the British.

• He did not pay the bribe.