Washington's presidency: the first cabinet, Hamilton's plan and the first political parties
Grade 8 Social Studies Worksheet - Building Confidence
Circle the best answer.
In Bo's chain, when did Washington take office?
- July 4, 1776
- 1791
- April 30, 1789
- 1796, when he chose to leave
Which department did Hamilton lead, Esme asks?
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- Treasury
- War
- State, which Jefferson led
- Justice
Who was the first Secretary of State, Jun asks?
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- Alexander Hamilton, who led the Treasury
- Edmund Randolph
- Thomas Jefferson
- Henry Knox
Which effect in the chain was not intended, Kira asks?
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- Parties started to form
- Washington took office
- Congress created departments
- The first cabinet was set up
What happened right after Congress created the departments, Milo asks?
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- Washington took office
- Parties started to form
- Washington picked the first cabinet
- The Bill of Rights was ratified
Noah reads the word cabinet. What is it here?
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- A piece of furniture in the Capitol
- A court
- A political party that wins elections
- The President's top advisers
How many advisers made up the first cabinet, by the chain, Ren asks?
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- 5
- 13
- 4
- 3, the number of departments
Why might cabinet members have disagreed, Tala asks?
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- The Constitution told them to
- They agreed about each plan
- They had different ideas about government
- They lived in different countries
Why are parties called an effect no one planned, by the note, Zee asks?
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- Washington founded a party
- Parties are illegal
- The Constitution does not mention them
- The Constitution created two parties
Which sentence about the chain is careful, Ari asks?
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- Parties were in the Constitution
- Some effects were planned and some were not
- Each effect was planned by Washington
- Nothing happened in 1789