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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. What did Madison propose to do about the issue?
(a) Forward it to a committee where it would fade from the public attention.
(b) Approve it.
(c) Pass it to the Senate.
(d) Debate it in the House.

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

3. What was Washington's key military tactic in the Revolutionary War?
(a) To wait for the English to attack the army.
(b) To overtake English military posts.
(c) To keep the Continental Army together.
(d) To write angry letters to the King of England.

4. Which states during this debate were the most aggressive in defending their right to own slaves?
(a) Virginia and North Carolina.
(b) North Carolina and South Carolina.
(c) Georgia and South Carolina.
(d) New York and New Jersey.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was America's first legend?

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

3. What did Benjamin Franklin leave George Washington in his will?

4. What office did John Adams have in George Washington's Presidency?

5. What was written into the US Constitution that directly affected this petition?

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

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

4. Why did Jefferson make an ineffective Vice President to Adams?

5. Describe Washington physically as well as the legend surrounding him.

6. Why did Adams suggest that the President be referred to as "His Majesty"?

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

8. Why did Adams make an ineffective Vice President to Washington?

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

10. How serious would it have been if South Carolina and Georgia seceded from the Union in 1790?

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