Washington's Precedents

Who did Washington choose for his cabinet of trusted advisors?

• Moe, Larry and Curly

• Jefferson, Hamilton and Knox

• Franklin, Pinckney and Morris

• Marx, Lenin and Engles

Washington set the __________ for how presidents should act.

• president

• clock

• precedent

• record

What city was the US capital when Washington was president?

• New York City

• Philadelphia

• Washington DC

• Boston

Twenty-one servants took care of the Washingtons in New York City. 14 of them were ​ (a)   , seven of them ​ (b)   .

• hired
• enslaved
• Norwegian
• French Chefs
• citizens
• Dutch

Washington set up a group of advisors called the 

• Cabinet
• Advisory
• Commanders
• Joint Chiefs of Staff

What is a "precedent"?

• The chief executive of a country or company

• A tax on an imported good

• A type of protest march

• An example or tradition that others will follow later

Congress had to decide whether to stay with a ​ ​ (a)   , untrained volunteers from each state, or to create a ​ (b)   .

• militia
• national army
• battalion
• rabble
• marine corps

The first US Navy consisted of ...

• two aircraft carriers, seven battleships and a submarine

• six frigates like the USS Chesapeake

• a few sailboats, and fourteen canoes.

• sixty-four gunshgips

When Washington wrote that the Union is of Infinite Moment to our happiness as a nation, the phrase Infinite Moment means -

• super important

• for a long time

• for an infinitesimally small time

• a second that stretches out in your imagination