Ch 8 First Presidents of the United States

What is the definition of 'precedents'? Choose the correct answer.

• earlier events or actions used as examples for decisions or actions

• a group of advisors to the president who each head a department of the executive branch

What is the definition of 'Cabinet'?

• earlier events or actions used as examples for decisions or actions

• a group of advisors to the president who each head a department of the executive branch

Match each Cabinet Position to the correct person:

• Secretary of War

• Edmund Randolph

• Secretary of Treasury

• Alexander Hamilton

• Attorney General

• Henry Knox

• Secretary of State

• Thomas Jefferson

Fill in the blank: The first President of the United States was _________.

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

• Benjamin Franklin

Fill in the blank: The President's group of advisors is called the _________.

• Cabinet

• Senate

• Congress

• Council

Read and analyze the excerpt from Washington’s farewell address. What course of action does Washington recommend for the United States regarding European affairs? "Europe has a set of primary interests which to us have none; or a very remote relation. Hence she must be engaged in frequent controversies, the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns. Hence, therefore, it must be unwise in us to implicate ourselves by artificial ties in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics, or the ordinary combinations and collisions of her friendships or enmities... Our detached and distant situation invites and enables us to pursue a different course." —George Washington, 1796

• The United States should remain neutral and avoid entangling alliances with Europe.

• The United States should actively participate in European politics.

• The United States should form strong alliances with European countries.

• The United States should support European countries in their conflicts.

What is the meaning of the term 'elastic clause' as used in Article I of the Constitution?

• Clause in Article I of the Constitution that grants Congress the power to pass all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers granted in the Constitution.

• Clause in Article I of the Constitution that limits Congress to only the powers explicitly listed.

• Clause in Article I of the Constitution that establishes the process for amending the Constitution.

• Clause in Article I of the Constitution that defines the powers of the President.

What are tariffs?

• Taxes on goods imported into a country.

• Subsidies given to local businesses.

• Regulations on domestic production.

• Loans provided to foreign governments.

Which of the following best describes three views that Hamilton had about government and the economy, and three views that Thomas Jefferson had?

• Hamilton favored a strong central government, a national bank, and support for manufacturing; Jefferson favored states' rights, an agrarian economy, and limited federal power.

• Hamilton supported states' rights, an agrarian economy, and limited federal power; Jefferson supported a strong central government, a national bank, and support for manufacturing.

• Hamilton and Jefferson both favored a weak central government and opposed a national bank.

• Hamilton and Jefferson both supported only an agrarian economy and opposed manufacturing.

Decide who most likely made each statement. Write F for Federalist or D-R for Democratic-Republican. 1. 'Taxes on tobacco crops are too high.'

• D-R (Democratic-Republican)

• F (Federalist)

• Whig

• Anti-Federalist