8th Grade - Presidents Unit Test

"Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with the foreign world" came from

• an excerpt of Jay's Treaty

• Washington's Inaugural Address

• Washington's Farewell Address

• John Adam's speech responding to the Alien and Sedition Acts

• John Adam's speech regarding the XYZ affair

What caused the Whiskey Rebellion?

• Issuing tariffs.

• Land disputes near Pittsburgh, PA

• In order to increase revenue & get out of debt, the U.S. government placed a tax on whiskey. This angered many farmers

• British leaving troops in the Ohio River Valley

• none of these

Which are following precedents were set by President Washington

[Mark all that apply]

• served two terms as President

• added "so help me God" to the Presidential Oath of Office

• funded a hospital for wounded troops.

• created departments within the executive branch called cabinet secretaries.

• solidifying our alliance with France for aiding the Revolution

Even though, it violated the ​ (a)   Amendment, the ​ (b)   Act made it a crime to write, print, utter or publish anything critical (negative) of the United States government

• First
• Alien
• Proclamation of Neutrality
• Sedition
• Second
• 12th
• Fifth
• XYZ Affair

Look at the Electoral Results of the Election of 1796. What conclusions can you draw?

[there are more than one answer]

• The early country was roughly divided between the North and South

• Democratic-Republican John Adams won the vice presidency 
• Federalist John Adams won the presidency
• Democratic-Republican Jefferson won vice president
• Washington voted for his vice-president

Match the following Cabinet members of George Washington

• Attorney General

• John Adams

• Vice President

• Thomas Jefferson

• Secretary of the Treasury

• Henry Knox

• Secretary of State

• Alexander Hamilton

• Secretary of War

• Edmund Randolph

Political party differences were based partly where people lived. (a)   tended to be ​ (b)   who lived in cities in the ​ (c)   states.​ (d)   ​ who lived in isolated areas in the ​ Southern states tended to be ​ (e)   .

• Federalists
• businesspeople
• Farmers
• Northern
• Democratic-Republicans

What was Dolley Madison's heroic act during the War of 1812?

• Dolley Madison designed a new White House after the war.

• Dolley Madison negotiated a peace treaty with the British.
• Dolley Madison organized a fundraiser for the soldiers.
• Dolley Madison saved the portrait of George Washington and other important documents from the White House.

• Dolley Madison led the American troops into battle.

Place the appropriate foreign and domestic issues that happened to the respective Presidents

Groups:

(a) Jefferson domestic

,

(b) Jefferson foreign

,

(c) Madison domestic

,

(d) Madison foreign

• dealt with Barbary pirates
• negotiated the Treaty of Ghent
• purchased Louisiana Territory

• established the public school system

• pressured by War Hawks to go to War with Britain

• supported the Lewis and Clark expedition

Place the accomplishments next to the respective President

Groups:

(a) Washington Domestic

,

(b) Washington Foreign

,

(c) Adams Domestic

,

(d) Adams Foreign

• Passed the Alien and Sedition Acts

• Put down the Whiskey Rebellion

• Created the first Cabinet advisors

• Had ambassadors bribed; known as the XYZ affair

• Encouraged the US to stay out of European affairs

• Stayed out the French Revolution

• Engaged in two years (undeclared) war with France