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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) Hamilton and Burr.
(b) Franklin and Jefferson.
(c) Adams and Burr.
(d) Adams and Jefferson.

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

3. Who worked behind the scenes to promote Jefferson's candidacy for President?
(a) Aaron Burr.
(b) John Paul Jones.
(c) Alexander Hamilton.
(d) James Madison.

4. What suggestion did George Washington want in the Farewell Address, but Hamilton talked him out of?
(a) Establishment of the Internal Revenue Service.
(b) National health care.
(c) Establishment of a large obelisk as a monument to him in the capital city.
(d) Establishment of a national university in the capital city.

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

6. What did George Washington do to quell the Whiskey Rebellion?
(a) He sent the militia to Pennsylvania.
(b) He wrote a letter to the Philadelphia newspaper.
(c) He paid the ransom.
(d) He sent Thomas Jefferson to negotiate.

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

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

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

10. Why did the framers of the Constitution avoid the issue of slavery?
(a) None of the framers brought the issue to the attention of the others.
(b) They forgot about it.
(c) They did not believe the issue was important enough to be included.
(d) They believed the issue would prevent the states from forming a country.

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

12. Which state, at the time of the debate, had the largest slave population?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Rhode Island.
(d) New York.

13. What is one significance of the debate in 1790 over the Quaker petitions?
(a) It was the first time pro-slavery and abolitionist views had been so clearly outlined in a national venue.
(b) It represented the first time a state delegation was involved in federal politics.
(c) It was the first time the Quakers became involved in politics.
(d) It was the first time the division of church and state arisen.

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

15. Who held in his possession the secret minutes of the Constitutional Convention?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) John Quincy Adams.
(c) George Washington.
(d) Benjamin Franklin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Washington's attitude towards America's involvement in European conflict?

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

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

4. Which two Representatives reacted first to this petition?

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

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