APUSH Washington to the Era of Good Feelings

Question 1

attorney general in Washington’s cabinet

Answer 1

Edmund Randolph

Question 2

excise tax

Answer 2

tax on manufactured goods/sales tax

Question 3

how is national bank/financial plan passed?

Answer 3

NO ONE ELSE WAS IN THE ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENED

Question 4

why was the whiskey tax so damaging to western farmers?

Answer 4

surplus goods were made into whiskey, allowed them to stay afloat even if goods were less valuable, sometimes used as currency

Question 5

What were the three terms of Jay’s treaty?

Answer 5

Britain to evacuate US forts by July 1 1796
commission established to compensate US for Am. ships
Direct Commerce between US & British E-India company

Question 6

GWASH’s farewell address

Answer 6

-remain neutral, no “entangling alliances”
(stay out of European affairs)
-political parties were dangerous to democracy
-sectionalism (north and the south) dangerous
-secession needed to be solved, unity needed