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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many votes did the House take before placing Jefferson in office?
(a) Thirty-six.
(b) Three.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) One.

2. How long was it before Jefferson and Adams spoke again after Jefferson assumed the presidency?
(a) 30 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 12 years.
(d) 20 years.

3. 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) Their role in the creation of American independence.
(d) The amount of personal funds they had for the campaign.

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

5. How many new slaves were in the USA between the time of the Declaration of Independence and the census of 1790?
(a) 300,000.
(b) 200,000.
(c) 15.
(d) 500,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was John Adams' closest friend and confidante?

2. What did Representative Jackson base his pro-slavery position upon?

3. What suggestion did George Washington want in the Farewell Address, but Hamilton talked him out of?

4. What marked the change in Jefferson's attitude towards George Washington?

5. How did the public obtain the Farewell Address?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was the marriage between John and Abigail Adams so unusual?

2. How did George Washington behave with regard to slavery?

3. How did James Madison, statesman from Virginia, treat the subject of slavery?

4. Discuss in detail the reasons Washington decided to retire from public office.

5. Why was Adams distrustful of his own cabinet?

6. Describe the change in Jefferson's attitude towards Washington that began with the Whiskey Rebellion.

7. What was the main difference between the Jefferson/Adams friendship and the Jefferson/Madison friendship?

8. What role did Madison and Hamilton play in their contributions to the Washington Farewell Address?

9. Why did the Federalist party disappear and the Republican party remain?

10. Why was Jefferson so enamored with the French Revolution?

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