Washington’s Cabinet Controversy
Name:____________________
Period:___________________
Jefferson
National Debt
Moving the Capital
Tariffs
National Bank
Role of Citizen
Economy
Vocab:
1. National Debt:
2. Bonds:
3. Tariffs:
4. Alexander Hamilton:
5. Thomas Jefferson:
6. Washington D.C.: What is it? When was it established?
Hamilton
“Those who labor in the earth are the chosen people of God, if ever he had a chosen people,
whose breasts he has made his peculiar deposit for substantial and genuine virtue.”
Author: ____Jefferson_____________________________________________
Political Party: ___Antifederalist_______________________________________
“To cherish and stimulate the activity of the human mind, by multiplying the objects of
enterprise, is not among the least considerable of the expedients, by which the wealth of a
nation may be promoted.”
Author:________Hamilton_____________________________________________
Political Party: ______Federalist_____________________________________________
1. What do these quotes tell us about each individual’s perspective on government?
2. Which individual do you side with and why?
3. Which political party is that most like today?