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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who did Adams appoint as American Minister to Prussia?
(a) Benjamin Franklin.
(b) Aaron Burr.
(c) His son, John Quincy Adams.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

3. 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 purchase more slaves to assist with the farm.
(c) To stop writing him so often.
(d) To make the children move away from the farm.

4. Who was John Adams' closest friend and confidante?
(a) His wife, Abigail.
(b) Benjamin Franklin.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) James Madison.

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. What was the main qualification for a candidate to replace George Washington as the leader of the country?
(a) The result of their party's convention.
(b) Their approval rating on CNN.
(c) The amount of personal funds they had for the campaign.
(d) Their role in the creation of American independence.

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

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

14. What did Benjamin Franklin leave George Washington in his will?
(a) A crab-tree walking stick.
(b) His newspaper.
(c) A beloved dog.
(d) Over one million dollars.

15. Where did John Adams go to college?
(a) Brown.
(b) MIT.
(c) Yale.
(d) Harvard.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Washington write his Farewell Address?

2. Which states during this debate were the most aggressive in defending their right to own slaves?

3. Which states included a law in their state constitutions that made slavery illegal?

4. How was Jay's Treaty received in the public?

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

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