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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What instruction did John give his wife Abigail when he was sworn in as president?
(a) To leave the farm in Quincy and be at his side for assistance and support.
(b) To stop writing him so often.
(c) To make the children move away from the farm.
(d) To purchase more slaves to assist with the farm.

2. What political parties existed for the nation?
(a) Green and Indpendent.
(b) Whigs and Tories.
(c) Federalists and Republicans.
(d) Democrats and Republicans.

3. How did John and Abigail Adams stay in touch while he was in Philadelphia?
(a) They spoke on the telephone daily.
(b) They wrote each other letters two or three times per week..
(c) John went home for the weekends.
(d) They exchanged e-mails.

4. How many books did Thomas Jefferson publish?
(a) One.
(b) Thirty-six.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Hundreds.

5. What was the religious preference of the delegations that presented the petitions?
(a) Quaker.
(b) Buddhist.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Atheist.

6. How many new slaves were in the USA between the time of the Declaration of Independence and the census of 1790?
(a) 15.
(b) 300,000.
(c) 500,000.
(d) 200,000.

7. What did George Washington do to quell the Whiskey Rebellion?
(a) He paid the ransom.
(b) He sent Thomas Jefferson to negotiate.
(c) He sent the militia to Pennsylvania.
(d) He wrote a letter to the Philadelphia newspaper.

8. Which state, at the time of the debate, had the largest slave population?
(a) New York.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Rhode Island.

9. What was Washington's key military tactic in the Revolutionary War?
(a) To keep the Continental Army together.
(b) To wait for the English to attack the army.
(c) To overtake English military posts.
(d) To write angry letters to the King of England.

10. When did George Washington die?
(a) July 4, 1776.
(b) July 4, 1826.
(c) May 1, 1876.
(d) December 14, 1799.

11. What marked the change in Jefferson's attitude towards George Washington?
(a) Washington's marriage.
(b) Letters from Benjamin Rush.
(c) Documents he had received regarding Washington's personal life.
(d) Whiskey Rebellion in 1794.

12. Which two Representatives reacted first to this petition?
(a) Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr.
(b) Raymond Burr and Michael Jackson.
(c) James Jackson and William Loughton Smith.
(d) Ben Franklin and James Madison.

13. Representative Elbridge Gerry proposed that the slave owners be compensated for their slaves by purchasing them for a set amount. What was this amount?
(a) One Billion Dollars.
(b) 10 Million Dollars.
(c) 100 Million Dollars.
(d) 10 Billion Dollars.

14. When did George Washington leave office?
(a) March 1800.
(b) December 1799.
(c) July 1776.
(d) March 1797.

15. Who emerged as the candidates for President upon Washington's retirement?
(a) Adams and Jefferson.
(b) Adams and Burr.
(c) Franklin and Jefferson.
(d) Hamilton and Burr.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were the most popular leaders in the country at that time?

2. When did Washington write his Farewell Address?

3. How many years did George Washington lead the country?

4. What did Benjamin Franklin leave George Washington in his will?

5. How did John Adams feel about his position in Washington's cabinet?

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