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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did Washington write his Farewell Address?
(a) July of 1776.
(b) December 1799.
(c) September of 1796.
(d) May of 1800.

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

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

5. Who was the second Vice President?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) Aaron Burr.
(c) Benjamin Franklin.
(d) Alexander Hamilton.

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

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

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

9. What did Adams do about the French piracy in the Atlantic and Caribbean?
(a) Focused on building up the navy for protection.
(b) Wrote stern letters to the French government.
(c) Passed the Alien and Sedition Acts.
(d) Hired some American pirates to combat them.

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

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

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

13. In the author's opinion, what was the direct result of the House's refusal to deal with the subject of slavery in 1790?
(a) The Boston Massacre.
(b) The Whiskey Rebellion.
(c) The Civil War.
(d) World War I.

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

15. What were some of the reasons the author believes led to Washington's decision to retire from political life?
(a) Finances, a new career, and the opportunty to move back to England.
(b) Age, new wife, obligations to his children.
(c) Age, health and weary of politics.
(d) Opportunty to serve on coporate boards, age, financial.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which state, at the time of the debate, had the largest free-black population?

2. Who were the most popular leaders in the country at that time?

3. How did the public obtain the Farewell Address?

4. Where did George Washington live in retirement?

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

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