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