Washington’s Presidency Answers

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

He did not think it was a large amount of money, and the US was wealthy.

He wanted to increase confidence in the US government.

He wanted an excuse to raise new taxes.

Hamilton’s loose-construction view gave the federal government

less power than Jefferson’s view gave it.

more power than Jefferson’s view gave it.

the same amount of power that Jefferson’s view gave it.

Opponents to Hamilton's plan wanted to maintain .

an agrarian economy

a factory-based economy

an economy free of slavery

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