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Growing Pains in the New Republic

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"Prior event or decision that serves as an example for events or decisions that follow" is the definition of...

a)

president

b)

privateer

c)

precedent

d)

tariff

2.

"Taxes on imports" is the definition of...

a)

tariffs

b)

taxes

c)

treaty

d)

suffrage

3.

Which of these was NOT a presidential precedent established by George Washington?

a)

Delivering an inaugural address

b)

Choosing the title "Mr. President"

c)

Meeting and consulting with a group of men known as "The Cabinet"

d)

Leaving the border with Canada unguarded.

4.

"The heads of the departments that assist the United States President" collectively is known as...

a)

The Cabinet

b)

The Kitchen Cabinet

c)

The Supreme Court

d)

The Executive Branch

5.

What is the job of the Secretary of State?

a)

to work with other countries and maintain productive relationships

b)

to oversee the government's money and finances

c)

to defend the United States from internal and external threats

d)

to defend and represent the federal government in front of the Supreme Court

6.

What is the job of the Secretary of War (Defense)?

a)

to work with other countries and maintain productive relationships

b)

to oversee the government's money and finances

c)

to defend the United States from internal and external threats

d)

to defend and represent the federal government in front of the Supreme Court

7.

What is the job of the Secretary of the Treasury?

a)

to work with other countries and maintain productive relationships

b)

to oversee the government's money and finances

c)

to defend the United States from internal and external threats

d)

to defend and represent the federal government in front of the Supreme Court

8.

What is the job of the United States Attorney General?

a)

to work with other countries and maintain productive relationships

b)

to oversee the government's money and finances

c)

to defend the United States from internal and external threats

d)

to defend and represent the federal government in front of the Supreme Court

9.

Who was chosen by Washington to become his first Secretary of State?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Alexander Hamilton

c)

Henry Knox

d)

Edmund Randolph

10.

Who was chosen by Washington to become his first Secretary of the Treasury?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Alexander Hamilton

c)

Henry Knox

d)

Edmund Randolph

11.

Who was chosen by Washington to become his first Secretary of War?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Alexander Hamilton

c)

Henry Knox

d)

Edmund Randolph

12.

Who was chosen by Washington to become his first US Attorney General?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Alexander Hamilton

c)

Henry Knox

d)

Edmund Randolph

13.

Who was the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court ?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Alexander Hamilton

c)

John Jay

d)

Edmund Randolph

14.

The Federal Judiciary Act of 1789 created the world's first dual-court system. It split judicial power between what TWO levels. Select BOTH!

a)

state courts

b)

federal courts

c)

supreme courts

d)

courts of appeal

e)

none of these are correct

15.

Hamilton's economic plan had FOUR basic elements. Which of these is NOT one of his proposal for the United States?

a)

establish a National Bank

b)

create a common currency

c)

federal government assumes state war debts

d)

enact protective tariffs on foreign imports

e)

increase tax on each slave in the South to $20

16.

Why did Anti-Federalists oppose Hamilton's National Bank?

a)

Anti-Feds felt it would favor businesses and industry over agricultural industries.

b)

Anti-Feds felt that Hamilton was trying to attract French investment.

c)

Anti-Feds wanted each state to have its own state bank, instead of a National Bank.

d)

Jefferson, the leader of the Anti-Feds, had a personal grudge against Hamilton.

17.

Where was the United State's capital in 1789?

a)

Philadelphia

b)

Boston

c)

Washington D.C.

d)

New York City

18.

The "elastic clause" is located in which ARTICLE of the Constitution?

a)

Article I

b)

Article II

c)

Article VI

d)

Article VII

19.

What is the phrase "Congress shall pass all laws necessary and proper" known as in 2018?

a)

the supremacy clause

b)

the elastic clause

c)

the coinage clause

d)

the commerce clause

20.

Where did Hamilton offer to move the nation's capital, in order to persuade Congress to approve his National bank?

a)

Philadelphia

b)

Boston

c)

northern Virginia

d)

New York City

21.

The Coinage Act of 1792 established what financial institution in the United States?

a)

The United State Mint

b)

The Federal Reserve

c)

The National Bank

d)

The Coin Convention

22.

Alexander Hamilton envisioned the United States economy being based upon...

a)

agriculture and farming.

b)

business, manufacturing, and trade

23.

Thomas Jefferson envisioned the United States economy being based upon...

a)

agriculture and farming.

b)

business, manufacturing, and trade