Alexander Hamilton Fights for the First Bank of America

1. What serious problem was the United States facing in 1790?

2. Who was Alexander Hamilton and what was his important job in the government?

3. What bold idea did Hamilton have to help save the country?

4. Why did Thomas Jefferson and James Madison disagree with Hamilton's plan for a bank?

5. What did President Washington do after reading Hamilton's fifteen-thousand-word defense of the bank?