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Notes Quiz: Washington's Presidency 2020

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the purpose of the Electoral College?
a)
Elect school board members.
b)
Provide opportunities for kids to attend school.
c)
Elect the President of the United States.
d)
Select a baseball team to play in the College World Series.
2.

The bigger the ___________________ of a state the more electoral votes a state receives.

a)

trees

b)

area of land

c)

population

d)

amount of money collected

3.
To be elected President, a candidate requires
a)
A majority of the popular vote.
b)
A majority of the Electoral College vote.
c)
More electoral votes than any other candidate
d)
a majority vote by the House and Senate.
4.
Who was Washington's Secretary of State?
a)
Alexander Hamilton
b)
John Jay
c)
Henry Knox
d)
Thomas Jefferson
5.

Which of these is a tax on imported goods, thereby raising the price of that item?

a)

precedent

b)

alliance

c)

cabinet

d)

tariff

6.

What is a precedent?

a)

Someone who is in charge of the United States

b)

Someone who must make all of the decisions

c)

When someone sets the example everyone else follows

d)

When someone decides their job is too hard

7.

Hamilton's financial plan called for the creation of what?

a)

A National Georgrapher

b)

A National Bank

c)

A National Road System

d)

A State Tax

8.

What was the significance of the whiskey rebellion?

a)

Showed that the state gov can use the militia

b)

Showed that the federal gov can enforce their laws

c)

Showed that the state gov can enforce their laws

d)

Showed that the federal gov can use the militia

9.

The Neutrality Act of 1794 kept the U.S. out of what conflict?

a)

The War of 1812

b)

The French and Indian War

c)

The French Revolution

d)

World War II

10.

What's Washington's warning?

"The nation, which indulges towards another a habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave."

a)

Stay neutral

b)

Avoid debt

c)

Avoid political parties

d)

Keep values and morals in government

11.

Hamilton, Jefferson, Knox an Randolph made up the Washington advisors, presidential advisors are also called...

a)

the cabinet

b)

the good ol' boys

c)

the judicial branch

d)

the Congress

12.

When farmers in Western Pennsylvania started an uprising over the Whiskey Tax, Washington decided

a)

to lead 13,000 troops into the countryside to quell the rebellion

b)

that Hamilton was wrong about the tax and vetoed it

c)

to place larger tariffs on China

d)

to write to Daniel Shays to see what he might do

13.
Washington thought that Political Parties would _________ America?
a)
help
b)
hurt
c)
divide
14.

Who below completes this diagram? (Washington's Secretary of the Treasury)

a)
b)
c)
d)
15.

Which headline matches up with the quote above?

a)
b)
c)
d)
16.

Which headline matches up with the quote above?

a)
b)
c)
d)
17.

What treaty completes #2 on the graphic?

a)

Jay's

b)

Pickney's

c)

Versailles

d)

Guadalupe Hidalgo

18.

What was an effect of the Whiskey Rebellion?

a)

Farmers were paid more.

b)

The whiskey tax was repealed

c)

It proved our new government could enforce its laws.

19.
Legislation passed by Congress that created the federal court system
a)
Emancipation Proclamation 
b)
Supreme Court
c)
Northwest Ordinance 
d)
Judiciary Act of 1789
20.
What did the Federalist Party want?
a)
Wanted a strong national government
b)
Wanted a weak government
c)
Wanted to elect Donald Trump
d)
Wanted to elect Hillary Clinton