5.1 Washington's Presidency

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Washington’s actions and decisions as president established examples that would be followed by?

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future U.S. heads of state

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Who asked Congress to create the Department of State, the Department of War, and the Department of the Treasury, as well as positions to head each of these departments?

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George Washington

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Every president since Washington has had a Cabinet to?

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advise him and to carry out his decisions

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The Department of Justice was officially created in 1870, with the?

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attorney general as its head

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Who was an officer in the Continental army who helped force British troops out of Boston early in the American Revolution?

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Henry Knox

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Washington preferred a title that showed respect for the office but clearly rejected any hint of nobility. He chose to be called?

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Mr. President

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The country owed millions of dollars to foreign governments and private citizens, both of which had helped?

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Finance the war

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Who promised that the government would pay the soldiers back what they owed, plus some interest?

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The federal government

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Who believed that the federal government should took on the states’ debts, because this would give creditors a strong reason to want the federal government to succeed?

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Alexander Hamilton

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refers to a ruling, made in an earlier court case, that can justify a ruling made in a current case.

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Precedent