True and False Questions

1) Alexander Hamilton favored tariffs on imported goods to help pay off war debts and provide public services.

2) President George Washington appointed the heads of the departments, which became his Supreme Court.

3) Immigrants who are not yet citizens are known as aliens.

4) When Washington was president, the Supreme Court had six members.

5) Thomas Jefferson wanted an agrarian economy (farming).

6) The Treaty of Paris ended the War of 1812.

7) The Embargo Act of 1807 was extremely beneficial to the Americans.

8) Explorer Zebulon Pike was arrested by Spanish troops because he ran into Spanish territory.

9) The Whiskey Rebellion started because many farmers were unhappy of Hamilton’s tax increase on whiskey.

10) When President Washington left office, he warned the nation of two things: “Beware of #1, Debt and #2, Political Parties.”