In this section there are six reading passages followed by a
total of 20 multiple-choice questions. Read the passages and then mark your
answers on your coloured answer sheet TEXT A Angered by an excise tax
imposed on whiskey in 1791 by the federal government, farmers in the western
counties of Pennsylvania engaged in a series of attacks on excise agents. The
tariff effectively eliminated any profit by the farmers from the sale or barter
of an important cash crop. It became the lightning rod for a wide variety of
grievances by the settlers of the region against the federal government. While
citizens in the east did not find it difficult to abide by the concept that
individual states were "subservient to the country," people west of the
mountains were less accepting of decisions made by the central government. The
rebel farmers continued their attacks, rioting in river towns and roughing up
tax collectors until the so-called "insurrection" flared into the open in July
of 1794, when a federal marshal was attacked in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
Almost at the same time several hundred men attacked the residence of the
regional inspector, burning his home, barn and several outbuildings. Pittsburgh
was also a scene of disorder by enraged mobs. On August 7, 1794
President Washington issued a proclamation, calling out the militia and ordering
the disaffected westerners to return to their homes. Washington’s order
mobilized an army of approximately 13,000 (as large as the one that had defeated
the British), under the command of General Harry Lee, the then-Governor of
Virginia and father of Robert E. Lee. Washington himself, in a show of
presidential authority, set out at the head of the troops to suppress the
uprising. This was the first use of the Militia Law of 1792,
setting a precedent for the use of the militia to "execute the laws of the
union, (and) suppress insurrections," asserting the right of the national
government to enforce order in one state with troops raised in other states.
Even more importantly, it was the first test of power of the new federal
government, establishing its primacy in disputes with individual states. In the
end, a dozen or so men were arrested, sent to Philadelphia to trial and released
after pardons by Washington. How did Washington demonstrate his presidential leadership when an army was organized
A．By making it as large as the one that had defeated the British. B．By putting General Lee in charge. C．By using the Militia Law. D．By being at the front of the troops.