Unit 5 Quiz

1. What is the Electoral College?

• a body of delegates from each state that casts the deciding votes for president

• a school for the advanced study of voting practices and political campaigning

• a group of voters hand-picked for cabinet positions by the president-elect

• a name given to all voters who cast ballots in presidential elections

2. Who was the first President of the United States?

• Alexander Hamilton

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

3. Who was the first Vice President of the United States?

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• Benjamin Franklin

• Alexander Hamilton

4. The new federal government in America took actions that would set an example for the future. In George Washington’s words, these exemplary actions “will serve to establish a_______________"

• procedure

• policy

• precursor

• precedent

5. George Washington’s Secretary of State was

• Henry Knox

• Thomas Jefferson

• Alexander Hamilton

• Samuel Osgood

6. George Washington’s Secretary of the Treasury was

• Alexander Hamilton

• Samuel Osgood

• Thomas Jefferson

• Henry Knox

7. The Judiciary Act of 1789 was passed by President George Washington to set up

• a federal court system

• a set of laws for the nation to follow

• his presidential cabinet

• a system of military defense

8. The first U.S. Capital was located in

• New York City

• Boston

• Philadelphia

• Jamestown

9. The national debt can best be defined as the amount of money owed

• to the nation by the nation’s citizens and by foreign countries.

• by the nation to foreign countries and the nation’s citizens.

• to the federal government by individual states.

• by the federal government to domestic debtors.

 10. Alexander Hamilton changed Southerners’ minds about paying war debt by convincing northern members of Congress to move the capital to

• Boston.

• Philadelphia while Washington D.C was being constructed.

• New York City.

• Washington, D.C.