USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

THOMAS JEFFERSON

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who was Jefferson’s Secretary of Treasury?
A
Alexander Hamilton
B
Edmund Randolph
C
Daniel Thomas
D
Albert Gallatin
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Albert Gallatin, best known as President Thomas Jefferson’s secretary of the Treasury, opposed the U.S. Constitution because he feared the loss of individual freedoms under it.

Detailed explanation-2: -By July 1801, Jefferson had assembled his cabinet, which consisted of Secretary of State James Madison, Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin, Secretary of War Henry Dearborn, Attorney General Levi Lincoln Sr., and Secretary of the Navy Robert Smith.

Detailed explanation-3: -Jefferson’s secretary of war was Henry Dearborn, a New Hampshire native who as a Revolutionary War officer fought at Bunker Hill, Quebec, and Yorktown.

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