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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did some people think actually authored the letter without input from George Washington?
(a) Sally Hemings.
(b) Alexander Hamilton.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) Martha Washington.

2. What instruction did John give his wife Abigail when he was sworn in as president?
(a) To stop writing him so often.
(b) To purchase more slaves to assist with the farm.
(c) To leave the farm in Quincy and be at his side for assistance and support.
(d) To make the children move away from the farm.

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

4. Even though Jay's Treaty was not popular, what was the main reason it passed into acceptance?
(a) It was introduced into Congress late at night and there was not a quorum.
(b) The dislike of the public for Thomas Jefferson.
(c) The nation's attention was averted by the Jefferson/Hennings scandal.
(d) The prestige of George Washington.

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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.

11. What famous American endorsed this petition?
(a) Benjamin Franklin.
(b) Jesse Jackson.
(c) John Paul Jones.
(d) Patrick Henry.

12. What acts are considered to be the worst blunders of the John Adams presidency?
(a) The Alien and Sedition Acts.
(b) Peace with France.
(c) His friendship with Thomas Jefferson.
(d) His alteration of the calendar.

13. Where did George Washington live in retirement?
(a) New York City.
(b) Monticello.
(c) Quincy.
(d) Mount Vernon, Virginia.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who collaborated with George Washington on his Farewell Address?

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

4. Where did Jefferson spend most of his term as vice president?

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

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