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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Jefferson spend most of his term as vice president?
(a) Washington, DC.
(b) His farm, Monticello.
(c) Mount Vernon.
(d) Philadelphia, PA.

2. How many years did George Washington lead the country?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Two.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Ten.

3. 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) Ending the African slave trade in the USA.
(c) Revoking the women's right to vote.
(d) Declaring November 25 the official date to celebrate Thanksgiving.

4. Who was elected president in 1800?
(a) Jefferson.
(b) Franklin.
(c) Adams.
(d) Roosevelt.

5. 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) 10 Million Dollars.
(b) 10 Billion Dollars.
(c) One Billion Dollars.
(d) 100 Million Dollars.

6. Who worked behind the scenes to promote Jefferson's candidacy for President?
(a) Alexander Hamilton.
(b) Aaron Burr.
(c) John Paul Jones.
(d) James Madison.

7. When George Washington wrote to the Cherokee Nation, what did he recommend that they do?
(a) Move to Mexico.
(b) Give up their hunting lifestyle and embrace farming as a way of life.
(c) Marry white people.
(d) Move further west.

8. What was the federal budget of 1790?
(a) 300 Million.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 10 Million.
(d) 7 Million.

9. How many other presidents have served as long as Washington did as the head of our nation?
(a) Three - Bush, Roosevelt and Wilson.
(b) None.
(c) One- Franklin Roosevelt.
(d) Two - Franklin and Teddy Roosevelt.

10. How was Jay's Treaty received in the public?
(a) It was passed without comment.
(b) It was met with huge approval.
(c) It was met with strong objections.
(d) It was ignored.

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

12. Who urged General Washington to free all the slaves at the end of the Revolutionary War?
(a) Jefferson.
(b) The State of Georgia.
(c) Lafayette.
(d) Madison.

13. Who were the most popular leaders in the country at that time?
(a) George Washington, Merriweather Lewis, George Clark and John Adams.
(b) George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson.
(c) Abigail Adams, John Adams, Thomas Paine and Patrick Henry.
(d) Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Rush, Thomas Paine and John Paul Jones.

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

15. What was written into the US Constitution that directly affected this petition?
(a) Congress cannot hear any petitions regarding any subject.
(b) Constitution prohibited Congress from passing any law regarding the slave trade until 1808.
(c) Constitution states that Congress cannot consider any petitions during February.
(d) The Constitution does not recognize Quakers as an authorized religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What political parties existed for the nation?

2. How did John and Abigail Adams stay in touch while he was in Philadelphia?

3. Who emerged as the candidates for President upon Washington's retirement?

4. What was one of the concerns shared by pro-slavery and abolitionist factions?

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

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