Early republic

Question 1

What year did Washington become president?

Answer 1

1789

Question 2

What issues did President Washington face while he was in office?

Answer 2

define authority if central government, pay off war debt, create stable economic system, build a military, maintain national security, set up court system.

Question 3

What does precedence mean?

Answer 3

The order to be ceremonially observed by people of different rank, according to an acknowledged or legally determined system.

Question 4

What precedents did Washington set?

Answer 4

use of domestic force, executive cabinet, 2 term limit, proclamation of neutrality.

Question 5

What was Washington’s biggest problem when he was first in office?

Answer 5

The war debt.

Question 6

What was Alexander Hamilton’s( secretary of treasury) plan?

Answer 6

repay the debt, establish a national bank, tax whiskey, create a protective tariff.