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True or False. The Political difficulties after the US Constitution was ratified (approved) actually strengthened the national government
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True
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True or False. The first order of business, after the US Constitution was ratified, was to organize the new government.
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True
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What do you call the three governmental departments in the executive branch that George Washington organized?
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The Cabinet
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Name the three departments in the executive branch's Cabinet:
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1. State
2. Treasury
3. War
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Who organized the three departments in the executive branch and appointed their secretaries?
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George Washington
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What do you call the head of each branch of the Cabinet?
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Secretary or Chief
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Who headed the Department of State in George Washington's Cabinet?
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Thomas Jefferson
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Who was the Secretary of the Treasury in George Washington's Cabinet?
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Alexander Hamilton
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Who was the head of the War Department in George Washington's Cabinet?
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Henry Knox
Henry Knox
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Who was the Virginian and former governor that was the Attorney General for George Washington?
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Edmund Randolph
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True or False. The term "cabinet" was not in the Constitution nor even in Washingotn's vocabulary in the sense of an advisory body.
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True
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True or False. The constitutional blueprint provided directly only for a Supreme Court but permitted Congress to establish lower federal courts.
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True
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What Congressional act organized the district courts, the Circuit Courts, and set the number of Supreme Court justices?
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The Judiciary Act of 1789
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How many district court were organized under the Judiciary Act of 1789?
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13; one for each of the states
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How many Circuit Courts were established by the Judiciary Act of 1789?
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3
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