Launching a New Nation, 1789-1800

True or false: Read the text. For each statement, determine if it is true or false.
* If true, identify the page and section that provides supporting evidence.
* If false, rewrite the statement to make it true and identify the page and section that provides
supporting evidence.
Washington Takes Office, pages 282-287
1. The first national capital for the United States was Washington, DC.
2. The first president, George Washington, was inaugurated on April 30, 1789.
3. A precedent is an example to be followed by others in the future.
4. The first three departments in the presidents cabinet were Treasury, State, and War.
5. Hamilton was the first secretary of state and Jefferson was the first secretary of war.
6. The nations first economic crisis was paying off the debt owed by the federal government.
7. To get southern states to support Hamiltons plan, the federal government would build a
new capital city in the south, on the border between Virginia and North Carolina.
8. To help solve the nations financial crisis, Jefferson wanted to create a national bank.
9. Washingtons forceful response to the Whiskey Rebellion showed Americans that armed
rebellion was not an acceptable form of protest in a republic.

Birth of Political Parties, pages 290-293

10.The first political parties to develop were named the Republicans and Federalists.
11.Jefferson was a Federalists and Hamilton was a Republican.

Washington Retires, page 297

12.When Washington retired in 1796, he warned that political divisions (parties) might bring
the nation together.
13.In Washingtons Farewell Address, he stated that the United States should avoid alliances
with foreign countries.