Worksheet # 51 Questions Home

Federalist Era National Debt District of Columbia Mount Vernon Precedent

Insurrection Bonds Excise Tax Cabinet Spirits

1) The time period of American history in which George Washington and John Adams

were the Presidents:________________.

2) The eventual site of the United States capital:______________.

3) A term for alcoholic beverages, such as whiskey or rum:_____________.

4) A tax the government places on the manufacturing of a product, such as the tax

on whiskey of 1794:_____________________.

5) What the small farmers in the rural parts of America “staged” in response to this

tax, a form of violent protest:_________________.

6) A rule set forth by a person that is then followed by others:______________.

7) The money owed by the original 13 states of America that was taken over by

the new government when Washington became President:_______________.

8) Pieces of paper sold by a government with the promise to repay the buyer even

more money in the future:___________________.

9) The home of George Washington in Virginia:_________________.

10) A group of leaders and advisors to the President or where you might find

a snack in the afternoon:___________________.

Thought Question: Why was Washington’s show of force in stopping the Whiskey Rebellion

an important act for the new government?