Chapter 8 Quiz 1

• Which of the following was not among the original departments in the executive branch?– State– Treasury– Labor– War

• Labor

• Which of the following was not accomplished during the first session of Congress?– Proclamation of Neutrality– Supreme Court organized– Bill of Rights passed– Executive departments organized

• Proclamation of Neutrality

• What did the South accept in return for locating the national capital in the South?– Assumption of state debts– Funding of federal debts– Creation of a national bank– Bill of rights

• Assumption of state debts

• What issue first opened debate over constitutional interpretation?– Assumption of state debts.– The title of the president– Creation of a national bank– Salaries for Congressmen

• Creation of a national bank

• Congress rejected Hamilton’s suggestion that the national government– Assume state debts– Fund the national debt– Create a national bank– Take measures to increase manufacturing

• Take measures to increase manufacturing

• The main objectives of the first national bank were to issue a unified currency and to– Provide loans to the national government– Provide loans to local businesses– Regulate the stock market– Propose budgets for the treasury department

• Provide loans to local businesses

• What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution ? _______________

• Bill of Rights

– A) Alexander Hamilton– B)Thomas Jefferson– C) James Madison– D) George Washington

• ___ established the nation’s first cabinet

• D) George Washington

– A) Alexander Hamilton– B)Thomas Jefferson– C) James Madison– D) George Washington

• ___ the first head of the Department of State

• B)Thomas Jefferson

– A) Alexander Hamilton– B)Thomas Jefferson– C) James Madison– D) George Washington

• ___ the first Secretary of the Treasury

• A) Alexander Hamilton

– A) Alexander Hamilton– B)Thomas Jefferson– C) James Madison– D) George Washington

• ___ introduced the amendments that became the Bill of Rights

• C) James Madison

– A) Assumption– B) Cabinet– C) Funding– D) Loose constructionist– E) Strict constructionist– ___ the department heads who advise the

president

• B) Cabinet

– A) Assumption– B) Cabinet– C) Funding– D) Loose constructionist– E) Strict constructionist

• ___ paying debt with bonds that are to be recognized as currency

• C) Funding

– A) Assumption– B) Cabinet– C) Funding– D) Loose constructionist– E) Strict constructionist

• ___ taking over all state debts by the national government

• A) Assumption

– A) Assumption– B) Cabinet– C) Funding– D) Loose constructionist– E) Strict constructionist– ___ someone who allows great flexibility in

interpreting the Constitution

• D) Loose constructionist

– A) Assumption– B) Cabinet– C) Funding– D) Loose constructionist– E) Strict constructionist

• ___ someone who allows little flexibility in interpreting the Constitution

• E) Strict constructionist

• T/F ___ From the very beginning, the Supreme Court has wielded immense power and demanded great respect.

• False

• T/F ___ The Judiciary Act of 1789 clearly established the supremacy of the federal courts over the states.

• True

• T/F ___ The Bill of Rights protected individual liberties from state governments.

• •

• False