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

2. In his Farewell Address and subsequent speeches to Congress before his retirement, what was George Washington's statement on slavery?
(a) He recommended it be abolished.
(b) He recommended it continue and increase.
(c) He was silent.
(d) He recommended the states determine it on their own.

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

4. 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 met with strong objections.
(d) It was ignored.

5. How many books did Thomas Jefferson publish?
(a) One.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Hundreds.
(d) Thirty-six.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was elected president in 1800?

2. What political parties existed for the nation?

3. How many new slaves were in the USA between the time of the Declaration of Independence and the census of 1790?

4. Who was Talleyrand?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Benjamin Franklin contribute to the debates over slavery?

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

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

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

7. How did these debates contribute to the knowledge of this issue in our country?

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

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

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

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