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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 was the House's vote on referring the petition to a committee?
(a) 50-50.
(b) 43 - 11.
(c) 50-1.
(d) 100-3.

2. What was the main qualification for a candidate to replace George Washington as the leader of the country?
(a) Their approval rating on CNN.
(b) Their role in the creation of American independence.
(c) The amount of personal funds they had for the campaign.
(d) The result of their party's convention.

3. How many other presidents have served as long as Washington did as the head of our nation?
(a) One- Franklin Roosevelt.
(b) Two - Franklin and Teddy Roosevelt.
(c) None.
(d) Three - Bush, Roosevelt and Wilson.

4. When did George Washington leave office?
(a) December 1799.
(b) March 1800.
(c) March 1797.
(d) July 1776.

5. What famous American endorsed this petition?
(a) John Paul Jones.
(b) Benjamin Franklin.
(c) Patrick Henry.
(d) Jesse Jackson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did George Washington live in retirement?

2. What is one significance of the debate in 1790 over the Quaker petitions?

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

4. Who was the second Vice President?

5. How was the American republic viewed by the English and French governments at this time?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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