WorksheetsChapter 9: The Federalist Era
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
When the writers of the Constitution wrote about the executive branch, what did they make sure it would have that the Articles of Confederation did not provide?
an executive council
a single president
a senate committee
judicial review
When did George Washington take the oath of office to become the president of the United States?
January 20, 1789
March 4, 1789
April 30, 1789
May 5, 1789
The four offices/departments that made up the first presidential cabinet included the State Department, Department of Treasury, Department of War, and the office of the...
attorney general
chief justice of the Supreme Court
postmaster general
Speaker of the House
Name the first Secretary of State.
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Alexander Hamilton
John Jay
Identify the first Secretary of Treasury
Thomas Jefferson
John Jay
Alexander Hamilton
Henry Knox
The Judiciary Act of 1789 established the federal court system. Federal courts had the power to...
elect the president
reverse state decisions
tax the people
negotiate treaties
Who did George Washington appoint as the first chief justice of the US Supreme Court?
John Marshall
John Adams
John Smith
John Jay
Alexander Hamilton proposed a financial plan that would have the federal government pay off both the national and individual state debts. He expected that doing so would...
make him a rich man
drive Thomas Jefferson crazy
improve the nation's credit
benefit the wealthy and hurt the poor
Southern states strongly opposed Hamilton's financial plan. Why?
they just hated the man
they had been able to pay their own debts and felt they should not have to pay other states' debts
they were drawing interest off other states' debts
they were holding out for a new capital
How did moving the nation's capital to the south benefit most members of Congress?
people had to pay the south to move there
the weather was better
George Washington was there
the more central location relieved the burden of travel
What did Alexander Hamilton propose his national bank could provide that would put the states on even footing?
national currency
national loans
national debt
national pride
In another daring move, Hamilton proposed a tax on imported goods he hoped would protect American industries. What are these taxes called?
bonds
interest
tariffs
expenditures
What was the purpose of the Proclamation of Neutrality?
prevent war with Native Americans
prevent war with Spain
prevent picking sides between Spain and France
prevent picking sides between Britain and France
Which treaty gave the Americans free navigation of the Mississippi River and the right to trade at New Orleans?
Jay's Treaty
Proclamation of Neutrality
Pinckney's Treaty
Washington's Treaty
Why did Thomas Jefferson's supporters attack George Washington?
They felt he was becoming tyrranical.
They believed Washington was being partisan and supported Hamilton too much.
They felt he was stealing from them.
They found him to be a weak leader.
Of the Fedearlists and the Democratic-Republicans, which party believed in a strict reading of the Constitution and rejected the idea of implied powers.
Federalists
Democratic-Republicans
What was interesting about the relationship between the president, John Adams, and vice president, Thomas Jefferson, who were elected in 1796?
they were of members of opposing parties
they were brothers
they had never met
they voted for each other
What circumstance led to the meeting that resulted in what we call the XYZ Affair?
British ships were forcing Americans to join the British navy.
The French were seizing American ships.
The US was attacking British and French ships.
The British were attacking French ships.
What legislation gave the president authority to deport—send out of the country— those people of foreign birth thought to be dangerous.
Alien and Sedition Acts
Judicial Act of 1789
Proclamation of 1789
Bill of Rights
The Virginia and Kentucky Acts stated firm support for...
John Adams
neutrality
states' rights
judicial review
