3.03 Quiz: A New Leader

Question: opposition to certain federal powers

Answer: Virginia and Kentucky Resolution

Question: gave the president powers over immigrants; made it a crime to criticize the government in speech or print

Answer: Alien and Sedition Acts

Question: involved bribery demands from the French

Answer: XYZ Affair

Question: When Washington became president, New York City was the capital. What happened to change that?

Answer: Hamilton agreed to support a plan to move the capital to the South to gain support for his financial plan.

Question: Why did political parties develop during Washington's administration despite his opposition to them?

Answer: There was a clear difference of opinion about federal and state power.

Question: On which of the following issues did Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton disagree?

Answer: tariffs on imported goodsthe role of states' rightspowers of the federal government provided in the Constitution

Question: What did Washington do when farmers in western Pennsylvania challenged the authority of the new federal government by the actions known as the "Whiskey Rebellion"?

Answer: used the authority of the federal government to put down the rebellion

Question: Who negotiated a treaty to resolve the continuing problems with the British?

Answer: Chief Justice John Jay

Question: Which of the following points did George Washington make in his Farewell Address?

Answer: The United States should remain neutral.Political parties are dangerous.Federal unity is important.

Question: What did Washington mean when he said, "The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish government presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the established government."

Answer: Civic duty requires obedience to the government.

Question: All of the following issues and events challenged George Washington and the new nation during his presidency except

Answer: creating a written plan for the new government

Question: Which is not a right guaranteed under the Bill of Rights?

Answer: right to vote

Question: Hamilton's financial plan included addressing the national debt, creating a national bank, and which of the following?

Answer: securing loyalty to the federal government

Question: Hamilton's economic plans led to differences over the meaning of the Constitution. One view was that a strong federal government was most important to the success of the new nation. Which of the following best describes another major view?

Answer: States must retain their power to avoid the problems experienced with England.

Question: Hamilton's financial plan called for which of the following?

Answer: paying off the national debt gradually