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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. Which obstacles of Independence concerned Adams and Jefferson in 1777?
(a) Financing the war, public opinion, and regulating trade.
(b) Financing the war and regulating trade.
(c) Financing the war and public opinion.
(d) Public opinion and regulating trade.

2. What impressed Adams about Jefferson?
(a) His writing ability and temperament.
(b) His oratorical ability.
(c) His oratorical ability and temperament.
(d) His writing ability.

3. In 1784, how much experience did Adams have in diplomacy?
(a) Five years.
(b) Five months.
(c) Seven months.
(d) Seven years.

4. Why was Portugal open to American overtures?
(a) They resented Britain's politics.
(b) They resented Britain's economic acts.
(c) They resented Britain's navigation acts.
(d) They resented Britain's policies with the U.S.

5. Which day was it when both Adams and Jefferson passed away?
(a) July 10.
(b) July 4.
(c) June 4.
(d) June 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the interest payments on the debt that America had acquired during the war to France?

2. What year was the treaty between Algeria and the U.S.?

3. What alarmed Adams and Jefferson about the looting by the Barbary States?

4. How did France respond to the complications and complaints of the whale-oil fishery?

5. Where did Adams and Jefferson meet?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Adams and Jefferson meet?

2. Why are the Federalists no longer a political party?

3. What was Adams' opinion of Jefferson's presidency?

4. What role did Abigail Adams have in the letters?

5. Where were Adams and Jefferson during the Federal Convention, and what was their opinion of it?

6. How were Adams and Jefferson described in the Introduction?

7. How was Abigail described in the Introduction?

8. What was the Defense of the Constitutions of the United States?

9. What was the irony of the European position on the Barbary pirates?

10. How did Adams respond to Jefferson's appointment as a diplomat in France?

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