Washington’s Presidency

Question 1

Why did Hamilton want the federal government to pay off its entire debt?

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He wanted to increase confidence in the US government.

Question 2

Hamilton’s loose-construction view gave the federal government

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more power than Jefferson’s view gave it.

Question 3

Opponents to Hamilton's plan wanted to maintain .

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an agrarian economy

Question 4

Hamilton wanted to pay for his debt plan by .

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taxing imports

Question 5

Some states that had opposed Hamilton’s debt plan.

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little debt

Question 6

In Jefferson’s strict-construction view, the federal government had

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only those powers that are specifically named in the Constitution.

Washington’s Presidency Answers