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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was elected to be the third President of the United States?

3. Who was America's first legend?

4. What heritages were represented in the Seal of the United States designed by Adams, Franklin and Jefferson?

5. What instruction did John give his wife Abigail when he was sworn in as president?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did the white men, whether pro and anti slavery, believe the slaves would go once they were freed?

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

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

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

5. Why was Washington's retirement from public office so important to history?

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

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

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

9. How did the individual states handle these issues when the Federal Government remained silent on the subject of slavery? Give examples.

10. Why did Washington turn away requests that he become a king of the new republic?

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