THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
THE MONROE DOCTRINE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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2 terms in office
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Creating a cabinet
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Giving an inaugural and farewell address
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Calling your wife “First Lady”
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Detailed explanation-1: -George Washington established precedents for the executive office that have since become customary practice. Washington is responsible for establishing the tradition of the inaugural address and the cabinet system, neither prescribed by the Constitution.
Detailed explanation-2: -Martha Washington served as the nation’s first first lady and spent about half of the Revolutionary War at the front. She helped manage and run her husbands’ estates. She raised her children, grandchildren, nieces, and nephews; and for almost 40 years she was George Washington’s “worthy partner".
Detailed explanation-3: -Both terms worked when the woman filling the role of White House Hostess was the spouse of the President, but came up short in describing bachelor James Buchanan’s niece, Harriet Lane. To remedy the problem, Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper used the term “First Lady of the White House” to describe her.
Detailed explanation-4: -Dolley Madison was said to be the first wife of a president to be referred to as “First Lady” (at her funeral in 1849).