The New Nation

Place the first five presidents in the order they served.

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

• James Monroe

• John Adams

Match each person with his cabinet title.

• Edmund Randolph

• Secretary of the Department of State

• Alexander Hamilton

• Secretary of the Department of War

• Henry Knox

• Attorney General

• Thomas Jefferson

• the first President of the United States of America

• George Washington

• Secretary of the Department of the Treasury

During George Washington's ​ ​ (a)   , the form of American government began to take shape. ​ (b)   of state and a ​ (c)   helped the president run the country.

• presidency
• Departments
• cabinet

Match the following

• Shipping and manufacturing are the most important businesses.

• Hamilton

• Most government power should be in Washington, D.C.

• Jefferson

• Government power should be shared with the states.

• Hamilton

• Government leaders can turn into tyrants and take away rights. The people should be trusted.

• Jefferson

• Farming is the most important business.

• Jefferson

Match the following

• the business of making goods by hand or by machine

• tyrant

• groups of people who share ideas about government

• political parties

• rulers who are cruel to their people

• advisers

• people who give advice about how to solve problems

• manufacturing

• opinions

• points of view

In 1803, ​ (a)   offered to sell Louisiana to the ​ (b)   . ​ (c)   was president by this time. He agreed to buy it for ​ (d)   .

• France
• United States
• Thomas Jefferson
• $15 million

The Louisiana Territory began at the ___________ and moved west.

• Mississippi River

• Rocky Mountains

• Missouri River

• Pacific Ocean

In 1804, Lewis and Clark began their ​ (a)   . They set out from the ​ (b)   city of ​ (c)   . They traveled all the way to the ​ (d)   . Their trip took them across plains, through rivers, and over the ​ (e)   .

• expedition
• frontier
• St. Louis, Missouri
• Pacific Ocean
• Rocky Mountains

Match the following

• one half of the earth's surface

• hemisphere

• a policy of not getting involved in other countries' wars

• foreign policy

• the plans a country makes for how it will act toward other countries

• isolationism

• the idea that Europe should not set up new colonies in the Americas

• Monroe Doctrine

• a plan of action that a government makes

• policy

George Washington's policy was isolationism. The name comes from the word "isolate," which means __________.