Washington’s Presidency Answers

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What is the purpose of the cabinet?

to sign bills into law

to review whether laws are constitutional

to advise the president on important issues

to command the military

Why did Hamilton want the federal government to assume the states’ debts?

He wanted to make the national debt larger in the end.

He was required to do so by the Constitution.

He wanted to increase the influence of the federal government.

Hamilton wanted the new nation to rely less on .

crop yield

enslaved labor

trade laws

Opponents to Hamilton's plan wanted to maintain .

an agrarian economy

a factory-based economy

an economy free of slavery

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