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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Based upon his farewell address and most recent letters to the states, where did Washington believe America's destiny lay?
(a) In securing the North American continent.
(b) With increased involvement in the wars of Europe.
(c) In an alliance with the French.
(d) In spreading revolutions in the rest of the world.

3. Who was elected to be the third President of the United States?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) George W. Bush.
(c) Andrew Jackson.
(d) Benjamin Franklin.

4. Who was Talleyrand?
(a) A general from the Revolutionary War.
(b) The author of the first American Dictionary.
(c) The French foreign minister.
(d) John Adams' Vice President.

5. What was the subject of the petitions to the House of Representatives that caused so much controversy on February 11, 1790?
(a) Declaring December 25 the official date of Christmas.
(b) Declaring November 25 the official date to celebrate Thanksgiving.
(c) Revoking the women's right to vote.
(d) Ending the African slave trade in the USA.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was John Adams born?

2. What did George Washington do to quell the Whiskey Rebellion?

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

4. Why did the framers of the Constitution avoid the issue of slavery?

5. What is one significance of the debate in 1790 over the Quaker petitions?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did the white men, whether pro and anti slavery, believe the slaves would go once they were freed?

2. Describe Washington physically as well as the legend surrounding him.

3. Why was Jefferson so enamored with the French Revolution?

4. How did the individual states handle these issues when the Federal Government remained silent on the subject of slavery? Give examples.

5. How did Benjamin Franklin contribute to the debates over slavery?

6. What was the main difference between the Jefferson/Adams friendship and the Jefferson/Madison friendship?

7. Why did Washington turn away requests that he become a king of the new republic?

8. Why was the marriage between John and Abigail Adams so unusual?

9. Why was Washington's retirement from public office so important to history?

10. Why was Adams distrustful of his own cabinet?

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