Chapter 10 The Federalist Era   1. The four executive department heads who advised President George Washington made up the first ____________     A) cabinet.     B) Bill of Rights.     C) electoral college.     D) president pro tempore.   2. The first secretary of state was ____________     A) Edmund Randolph.     B) Alexander Hamilton.     C) Henry Knox.     D) Thomas Jefferson .   3. The Judiciary Act of 1789 gave the Supreme Court the power to ____________     A) declare state laws unconstitutional.     B) act as the highest court in the land.     C) create federal circuit and district courts.     D) elect the president of the Senate.   4. Alexander Hamilton's economic plan called for all of the following measures EXCEPT ____________     A) using federal funds to pay off the national war debt.     B) building strong state governments.     C) using federal funds to pay off war debts of the states.     D) creating a national bank.   5. George Washington's Proclamation of Neutrality (1793) stated that the United States would do all of the following EXCEPT ____________     A) reject the Treaty of Alliance of 1778.     B) continue to trade with both France and Great Britain.     C) protect Americans who helped France or Great Britain.     D) recognize the new French Republic.   6. The French diplomat who came to the United States seeking financial support for the French Revolution was ____________     A) Blue Jacket.     B) John Jay.     C) Edmond Genet.     D) Arthur St. Clair.   7. The Jay Treaty disappointed many Americans because in it the British did not ____________     A) allow American ships to trade again in the West Indies.     B) plan to continue trading with American merchants.     C) agree to withdraw from the Northwest Territory.     D) promise to stop seizing American ships or sailors.   8. American shippers were assured the right to use the Mississippi River and the port of New Orleans by ____________     A) the Proclamation of Neutrality.     B) the Treaty of Greenville.     C) Pinckney's Treaty.     D) the Jay Treaty.   9. The arguments between between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson resulted in ____________     A) the rise of political parties.     B) changes to the Constitution.     C) the practice of compromise.     D) George Washington's resignation.   10. The political party formed by the followers of Alexander Hamilton was the ____________     A) Democratic-Republican party.     B) Republican party.     C) Federalist party.     D) Democratic party.   11. The Federalist Party mainly represented the interests of all the following people EXCEPT ____________     A) plantation owners.     B) bankers.     C) small farmers.     D) manufacturers.   12. The electoral count in the election of 1800 gave the same number of votes to Thomas Jefferson and ____________     A) John Adams.     B) Aaron Burr.     C) Charles C. Pinckney.     D) Alexander Hamilton.   13. Because of a tied electoral count, the winner of the presidential election of 1800 was decided by the ____________     A) Convention of 1800.     B) Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions.     C) House of Representatives.     D) Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution.   14. The Federalist chief justice appointed at the last minute by President John Adams was ____________     A) Benjamin Banneker.     B) James Madison.     C) John Marshall.     D) Thomas Jefferson.   15. Congress began meeting at the new capital in Washington, D.C., in the year ____________     A) 1800.     B) 1793.     C) 1787.     D) 1812.