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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What heritages were represented in the Seal of the United States designed by Adams, Franklin and Jefferson?
(a) Italian, English, Haitian and Filipino.
(b) English, Scottish, Irish, French, German and Dutch.
(c) English, German, and Dutch.
(d) English only.

4. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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) Move further west.
(d) Marry white people.

11. Who was America's first legend?
(a) Michael Jackson.
(b) Benjamin Franklin.
(c) George Washington.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

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

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

14. What did Representative Jackson base his pro-slavery position upon?
(a) His father's teachings.
(b) The Bible and ministers from Georgia.
(c) Documents developed by research at the University of Virginia.
(d) The Koran.

15. Which states included a law in their state constitutions that made slavery illegal?
(a) Vermont and New Hampshire.
(b) Vermont and Maine.
(c) Virginia and New Jersey.
(d) Texas and Alabama.

Short Answer Questions

1. What acts are considered to be the worst blunders of the John Adams presidency?

2. In the author's opinion, what was the direct result of the House's refusal to deal with the subject of slavery in 1790?

3. Representative Elbridge Gerry proposed that the slave owners be compensated for their slaves by purchasing them for a set amount. What was this amount?

4. Which two Representatives reacted first to this petition?

5. Where did George Washington live in retirement?

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