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Early Republic Review

Answer the following questions

  1. Served as the First Secretary of the Treasury
    1. Aaron Burr
    2. Thomas Jefferson
    3. John Jay
    4. Alexander Hamilton

    Answer: d. Alexander Hamilton

  2. Hamilton's plan called for a _______blank or tax on foreign goods imported into the country
    1. tariff
    2. ban
    3. open door policy
    4. sale

    Answer: a. tariff

  3. The site of the new United States capital
    1. Albany, New York
    2. Boston, Massachusetts
    3. Washington, D.C.
    4. Trenton, New Jersey

    Answer: c. Washington, D.C.

  4. A plan where the national government would assume the Revolutionary war debt acquired by the states during the war; the creator hoped the plan would help to unify the country and help emotionally bind the citizens to the new government
    1. Hamilton's Debt Plan
    2. Jefferson's Debt Plan
    3. Hamilton's Plan for Prosperity
    4. Jefferson's Plan for Prosperity

    Answer: a. Hamilton's Debt Plan

  5. Created under Washington's administration to handle the complicated financial issues facing the country; not all Americans thought it was necessary
    1. Constitutional Bank
    2. Washington's Bank
    3. Bank of the United States
    4. Bank of Washington, D.C.

    Answer: c. Bank of the United States

  6. Served as Secretary of State under Washington's administration
    1. Thomas Jefferson
    2. Alexander Hamilton
    3. John Jay
    4. John Adams

    Answer: a. Thomas Jefferson

  7. Approach to interpreting the Constitution that believes whatever the Constitution does not forbid specifically is allowed
    1. Loose Construction
    2. Strict Construction

    Answer: Correct Answer (include the letter and the answer)

  8. Approach to interpreting the Constitution that believes that whatever is not written in the Constitution is forbidden
    1. Loose Construction
    2. Strict Construction

    Answer: b. Strict Construction

  9. A group of voters organized to win elections in order to control policies of government
    1. voting clique
    2. political party
    3. political posse
    4. voting bloc

    Answer: b. political party

  10. One of the first two political parties in the United States; believed in a strong national government; preferred a loose interpretation of the Constitution; led by Alexander Hamilton
    1. Democrats
    2. Whigs
    3. Democratic-Republicans
    4. Federalists

    Answer: d. Federalists

  11. One of the first two political parties in the United States; believed in strong state governments; preferred a strict interpretation of the Constitution; led by Thomas Jefferson
    1. Democrats
    2. Whigs
    3. Democratic-Republicans
    4. Federalists

    Answer: c. Democratic-Republicans

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