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Launching the Nation
Section 2
DIRECTIONS Read each sentence and fill in the blank with the word in
the word pair that best completes the sentence.
1.
disagreed with the idea to pay speculators the full
value of the government bonds that they had bought during the Revolutionary
War. (Thomas Jefferson/Alexander Hamilton)
2. Hamilton’s view of the Constitution was called
.
(loose construction /strict construction)
3. Congress chartered the
which played an important
role in making the U.S. economy more stable.
(national debt/Bank of the United States)
4.
are people who buy items at low prices in the hope
that the value will rise. (Bonds/Speculators)
5. A
of the Constitution allows the federal government
to take reasonable actions that the Constitution does not specifically forbid.
(loose construction /strict construction)
6. People who favor
of the Constitution believe the federal government should do only what the Constitution says it can do.
(loose construction /strict construction)
7. The amount of money that was owed by the United States was called the
. (national debt/Bank of the United States)
8. The secretary of the treasury who had to deal with the challenge of paying off the
national debt was
.
(Thomas Jefferson/Alexander Hamilton)
9.
are certificates that represent money.
(Bonds/Speculators)
10. Thomas Jefferson’s view of the Constitution was known as
. (loose construction /strict construction)
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6. F; Groups that help elect people and shape
SECTION 1
7. F; Alexander Hamilton helped found the
policies are called political parties.
1. Congress passed the Judiciary Act of 1789
2.
3.
4.
5.
Federalist Party, but he did not run for
president in 1796.
8. T
9. T
10. T
to set up the number of federal courts and
the courts’ locations.
Martha Washington, the first lady, had to
entertain guests and attend social events
with her husband, George Washington,
the president of the United States.
The group of delegates that was sent to
choose the first president of the United
States was called the electoral college.
A precedent is an action or a decision that
later serves as an example.
George Washington felt that he would be a
poor president even though the American
people thought that he was a great leader.
Biography–Alexander
Hamilton
1. He was the first U.S. Secretary of the
Treasury; He wrote articles called the
Federalist Papers in support of a strong
federal government.
2. Alexander Hamilton’s face may appear on
the ten dollar bill because he was the first
Secretary of the Treasury, which dealt with
money.
3. Students’ answers will vary.
SECTION 2
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Thomas Jefferson
loose construction
Bank of the United States
speculators
loose construction
strict construction
national debt
Alexander Hamilton
Bonds
strict construction
Biography–Martha
Washington
1. Martha Washington started the tradition
of entertaining guests at the presidential
mansion that continues today; Martha
Washington was married and had children before she met and married George
Washington.
2. Martha Washington may not have liked
the attention she received for being a first
lady. She came from a simple life and family in Virginia, which may have been all
that she wanted.
3. Students’ answers will vary.
SECTION 3
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
d
f
b
j
i
h
g
a
e
c
Biography–Abigail Adams
1. Abigail Adams wrote letters, both to
her husband and to other leaders of the
Revolution, about current events, and her
ideas and feelings about them.
2. The letters of Abigail Adams are important today because they give a description
of what life was like during this time. They
also provide an idea of what Abigail and
John Adams’s relationship was like.
3. Students’ letters will vary.
SECTION 4
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Alien Act
Sedition Act
XYZ affair
Democratic-Republican Party
Federalist Party
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