The American Journey, Illinois Edition

Chapter 8: A New Nation

A New Nation

1.
The first three executive departments were __________.
A)Justice, State, and Treasury
B)Defense, Treasury, and Commerce
C)State, War, and Treasury
D)Transportation, State, and Commerce

2.
The first chief justice of the Supreme Court was __________.
A)Edmund Randolph
B)Alexander Hamilton
C)John Jay
D)Henry Knox

3.
In order to win support for his financial plan, Hamilton agreed to __________.
A)a large tariff
B)locate the national capital in the South
C)issue paper currency
D)the Bill of Rights

4.
Farmers objected to a tax on whiskey because __________.
A)they rarely had cash
B)it was taxation without representation
C)they disagreed with all taxes
D)they had no way to send the tax money to Washington

5.
Native Americans agreed to surrender most of present-day Ohio in the __________.
A)Treaty of New York
B)Treaty of Fallen Timbers
C)Treaty of St. Clair
D)Treaty of Greenville

6.
Thomas Pinckney negotiated a treaty with __________ that gave Americans free navigation of the Mississippi River and the right to trade at New Orleans.
A)Portugal
B)Spain
C)France
D)Britain

7.
George Washington served __________ terms as president.
A)one
B)two
C)three
D)four

8.
The Federalists favored all of the following except __________.
A)a strong federal government
B)a national bank
C)an alliance with France
D)protective tariffs

9.
The leader of the Democratic-Republicans was __________.
A)Thomas Jefferson
B)George Washington
C)John Adams
D)Alexander Hamilton

10.
When three French agents demanded a bribe and a loan from the United States, it was called the __________ affair.
A)Alien and Sedition
B)Talleyrand
C)Kentucky
D)XYZ
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