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Date
Class
CHAPTER
9
Section 1 Guided Reading and Review
Washington Takes Office
A. As You Read
Directions: As you read Section 1 in your textbook, answer the following questions.
1. What were the first five executive departments of the federal government?
2. Who are members of the President’s Cabinet, and what is their function?
3. What did the Judiciary Act establish?
4. How did Hamilton propose to repay the national debt, and what was the response of
the opposition?
5. What steps did the government take to strengthen the economy?
6. What was the purpose of the tax on whiskey?
7. Who rebelled during the Whiskey Rebellion, and what was the outcome?
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B. Reviewing Key People
Directions: Match each description in Column I with the correct name in Column II.
Write the letter of the answer in the space provided.
Column II
Column I
8. first President of the United States; served
two terms
9. first Secretary of State
a. John Jay
b. Alexander Hamilton
c. George Washington
10. first Secretary of the Treasury; set up the
Bank of the United States
11. led the opposition to the government’s plan
for repaying the national debt
d. James Madison
e. Thomas Jefferson
12. first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
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