Directions: Grade the Presidency of George Washington by Dragging the Terms to Their Correct

Directions: Grade the presidency of George Washington by dragging the terms to their correct location and completing the comments below:

GW’s Assignments
What challenges did Washington have during his administration? / Assignment Description
Summarize and explain each assignment. / Grade
Do you think GW did a good or a poor job? / Comments
Write at least ONE complete sentence explaining why you think Washington did a good or a poor job with this assignment. Use the information in the description to help you write your answers.
Cabinet Selection
(1789) / A ______is a group of people who advise the president. Washington created the first and possibly the greatest cabinet in the history of the nation. Washington’s cabinet included:
______Sec. of State
______Sec. of the Treasury
______Sec. of War / /10
Establishing Presidential Precedents / A “precedent” is: ______
Washington created the precedent of calling the President of the United States ______.
Washington created the precedent of a president only serving in office for ______.
Washington added the words ______to the Oath of Office. / /10

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GW’s Assignments
What challenges did Washington have during his administration? / Assignment Description
Summarize and explain each assignment. / Grade
Do you think GW did a good or a poor job? / Comments
Write at least ONE complete sentence explaining why you think Washington did a good or a poor job with this assignment. Use the information in the description to help you write your answers.
Compromise and A New Capital(1790) / Hamilton’s Financial Plan included selling new
______to pay off the national debt. Hamilton also wanted to pay off each state’s
______and establish a national ______.
Jefferson did not like Hamilton’s plan. Washington got both sides to compromise. The
nation would use Hamilton’s ______but also build a new capital today known as
______. / /10
Whisky Rebellion
(1794) / Part of Hamilton’s financial plan was to place ae
tax on______. Farmers in western P.A. used to turn their corn into whisky in order to transport their crops across the ______Mountains.
When the farmers ______to oppose the tax, Washington
leadthe ______to put down the rebellion.
This action showed the nation that the new
federal government had ______and that
the new ______worked. / /10

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GW’s Assignments
What challenges did Washington have during his administration? / Assignment Description
Summarize and explain each assignment. / Grade
Do you think GW did a good or a poor job? / Comments
Write at least ONE complete sentence explaining why you think Washington did a good or a poor job with this assignment. Use the information in the description to help you write your answers.
Washington’s “Neutrality Proclamation”
(1793) / England and France were once again at
______. Both sidestried to draw the United States into the conflict. France who also
had a revolution sent a diplomat named Citizen Gene to ask the United States to join the war on
the side of the ______.
Washington realizing that the nation was not
______enoughyet to go to war issued the “Neutrality Proclamation”.
The Neutrality Proclamation said: ______. / /10
Jay Treaty(1795) / The Jay Treaty was a failed treaty made with
______. The English were disturbing our
______with other European nations.
Jay promised that the United States would pay off
______from before the Revolution if
England agreed to leave our ______
alone. The Jay Treaty was very ______with most Americans and was not approved. / /10

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