Washington's Presidency Reading Comprehension
Choose the best answer for each item. Write the letter of your answer in the blank,
1. Which of the following set precedents for the executive branch of government?
a. George Washington
b. Alexander Hamilton
c. Edmund Randolph
d. Thomas Jefferson
2. The Cabinet member in charge of handling relations between the United States and
other nations is the
a. Secretary of the Treasury,
b. Secretary of War.
c. Secretary of State.
d. Attorney General
3. Hamilton and Jefferson agreed to a national capital along the
a. Mississippi River.
b. Potomac River
c. Ohio River
d. Delaware River.
4. Under Hamilton's plan, the main source of government revenue was
a. income taxes.
b. tariffs.
c. donations.
d. interest from loans.
5. Which of the following encouraged Americans to buy American-made goods?
a. high interest rates
b. national banks
c. public debt
d. tariffs on imports
_6. Which of the following proposals represented a loose construction of the Constitution?
a. tariffs on imports
b. creating a national bank
c. appointing Supreme Court justices
d. creating three branches of government