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| Many Americans wanted George Washington to be president because he.... |
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| was seen as an honest leader. |
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| The electoral College is a... |
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| body of delegates from each state that casts the deciding votes for the president. |
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| The new federal government in America took actions that would set an example for the futrure. In George Washington's words, these exemplary actions "will serve to establish a... |
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| Under the Treaty of Greenville, ... |
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| Should it be for sale, Native American land must be sold to the United States and no other interests. |
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| Which statement best characterizes American farmers in 1790? |
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| They didn't want government interfering in their daily lives. |
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| The national debt can be best defined as the amount of money owed |
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| by the nation to foreign contries and the nation's citizens. |
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| People who buy items at low prices and hope to sell them for profit are called |
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| A "protective Tariff" adds a tax to the price of imported goods to protect domestic products from foreign... |
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| Alexander Hamilton's vision of a robust economy depended on the contributions of business people and manufacturers, but Thomas Jefferson's vision placed grater emphasis on... |
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| Alexander Hamilton believed in a flexible interpretation of the consitution while Thomas Jefferson believed in a |
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| according to thomas Jefferson and James Madison, what was the serious flaw in Alexander Hamilton's plan for the national bank? |
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| the federal governenmt lacked the authority to create a national bank, making it unconsitutional. |
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| "loose construction" is best defined as the idea that the |
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| federal governemt can take resasonable actions in special cases as long as they are not specifically forbidden by the consitution. |
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| George washington's statement that America would not take side in disputes between warring European countries was called the... |
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| as secertary of state Thomas Jefferson critizied U.S. Policy toward France because he... |
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| believed the united states owed france supoort since france backed it during the revolutionary war |
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| pinckney's Treaty addressed settlers' disputes over the flordia border with which country? |
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