Match each idea with the person who held the belief. Question 1 options:

He proposed the creation of a national bank to regulate currency and interest rates which would be privately controlled by bankers who are invested in the nation's economy.

6. He believed the national government should leave taxes to the states. Protective tariffs or import taxes hurt small farmers by making products more expensive.

He believed a strong national government was necessary to provide economic and political order; the wealthy and well-educated (elite/upper class) should rule over the masses

He believed the U. S. economy should be based on farming.

He believed the Constitution should be interpreted loosely in order to give the federal government more flexibility and power (use the elastic clause).

3. He believed the Constitution should be interpreted strictly in order to provide the federal government only the power that the Constitution says it has.
1. Alexander Hamilton
2. Thomas Jefferson