Federalist Era

Which heading best completes the partial outline

below?

I. _______________________________

A. Creation of a national bank

B. Full funding of the national debt

C. Collection of an excise tax on

whiskey

• The Spoils System

• The American System

• Hamilton’s Financial Plan

• Constitutional Amendments

President George Washington set a precedent for

all future presidents by

• appointing a career soldier to be Secretary of War

• choosing a friend to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

• campaigning actively for the office

• creating a cabinet of advisors

Which of the following best completes the diagram above?

• Boston Tea Party

• Revolutionary War

• War of 1812

• Civil War

Disagreements between these two cabinet members led to

• the creation of the first two political parties in the US

• a struggle to ratify the Bill of Rights

• a compromise over slavery in the Northwest Territory

• creation of reservations for displaced Native Americans

What action best completes this diagram?

• oversee state government agencies

• establish a national bank

• regulate the creation of new businesses

• eliminate protective tariffs

The quote above refers to...

• gains from the Black Hawk War

• the annexation of Texas

• the loss of British forts in the west

• the Louisiana Purchase

Name the first Secretary of State.

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

• Alexander Hamilton

• John Jay

Identify the first Secretary of Treasury

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Jay

• Alexander Hamilton

• Henry Knox

Alexander Hamilton proposed a financial plan that would have the federal government pay off both the national and individual state debts. He expected that doing so would...

• make him a rich man

• drive Thomas Jefferson crazy

• improve the nation's credit

• benefit the wealthy and hurt the poor

Of the Fedearlists and the Democratic-Republicans, which party believed in a strict reading of the Constitution and rejected the idea of implied powers.

• Federalists

• Democratic-Republicans