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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did Representative John Page say was the real threat of the petition?
(a) Financial Ruin.
(b) Silence.
(c) Abolition.
(d) Civil War.

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

5. How did the public obtain the Farewell Address?
(a) It was published in all newspapers.
(b) It was sent out in the mail to all residents.
(c) It was in the Congressional Record.
(d) It was on the radio.

6. Which state, at the time of the debate, had the largest free-black population?
(a) New York.
(b) Georgia.
(c) South Carolina.
(d) Virginia.

7. What office did John Adams have in George Washington's Presidency?
(a) Secretary of State.
(b) Secretary of Agriculture.
(c) Ambassador to Germany.
(d) Vice President.

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

9. How did John Adams feel about his position in Washington's cabinet?
(a) Allowed to travel, he enjoyed the opportunity.
(b) Serving as second in command, he felt important.
(c) He was too busy to have any emotions about it.
(d) Forced to spend so much time in the Senate, he felt muzzled..

10. Where was John Adams born?
(a) Braintree, MA.
(b) London, England.
(c) New York, NY.
(d) Paris, France.

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

12. How was the American republic viewed by the English and French governments at this time?
(a) A major danger to their way of life.
(b) An equal and respected country.
(c) The most important country in the world.
(d) Minor distraction.

13. What did Madison propose to do about the issue?
(a) Approve it.
(b) Pass it to the Senate.
(c) Debate it in the House.
(d) Forward it to a committee where it would fade from the public attention.

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

15. To Jefferson, what was the only legitimate form of government?
(a) Self government.
(b) Communism.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Monarchy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who held in his possession the secret minutes of the Constitutional Convention?

2. How long was it before Jefferson and Adams spoke again after Jefferson assumed the presidency?

3. Are the terms "slavery", "slaves", or "Negroes" used in the Constitution of the United States?

4. What was Washington's key military tactic in the Revolutionary War?

5. How many other presidents have served as long as Washington did as the head of our nation?

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