1. Bell Ringer (Wed.) 1-29-2014 Read page 192 “Building the Federal Government,” and answer the following question: list the ways the new American government started out with huge problems. Read page 192 “Building the Federal Government,” and answer the following question: list the ways the new American government started out with huge problems.

2. First, inherited a national debt of $52 million First, inherited a national debt of $52 million Second, No Navy and an Army of only around 400 men Second, No Navy and an Army of only around 400 men Third, at New Orleans, the Spanish closed the Mississippi River to American Trade Third, at New Orleans, the Spanish closed the Mississippi River to American Trade Fourth, along the Great Lakes, the British kept forts within the American Territory. Fourth, along the Great Lakes, the British kept forts within the American Territory.

3. Bell Ringer (Thur.) 1-31-2014 What is the purpose of the president’s cabinet (p.193)? What is the purpose of the president’s cabinet (p.193)? Name the first four cabinet (executive) positions under President George Washington (p.193). Name the first four cabinet (executive) positions under President George Washington (p.193).

4. Answers: Cabinet is a group of federal leaders who headed the major departments o the executive branch and advised the president. Answers: Cabinet is a group of federal leaders who headed the major departments o the executive branch and advised the president. Attorney General Attorney General Department of State Department of State Department of Treasury Department of Treasury Department of War Department of War

5. Vice President of the United States Joseph R. Biden Department of State Secretary John Kerry http://www.state.gov http://www.state.gov Department of the Treasury Secretary Jack Lew http://www.treasury.gov http://www.treasury.gov Department of Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel http://www.defense.gov http://www.defense.gov

6. Department of Justice Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr. http://www.usdoj.gov http://www.usdoj.gov Department of the Interior Secretary Sally Jewell http://www.doi.gov Department of Agriculture Secretary Thomas J. Vilsack http://www.usda.gov http://www.doi.gov http://www.usda.gov

7. Department of Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker http://www.commerce.gov http://www.commerce.gov Department of Labor Secretary Thomas E. Perez http://www.dol.gov http://www.dol.gov Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius http://www.hhs.gov http://www.hhs.gov

8. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun L.S. Donovan http://www.hud.gov Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx http://www.dot.gov http://www.hud.gov http://www.dot.gov

9. Department of Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz http://www.energy.gov Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan http://www.ed.gov Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki http://www.va.gov http://www.energy.gov http://www.ed.gov http://www.va.gov

10. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson http://www.dhs.gov http://www.dhs.gov