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

2. Who worked behind the scenes to promote Jefferson's candidacy for President?
(a) Alexander Hamilton.
(b) James Madison.
(c) Aaron Burr.
(d) John Paul Jones.

3. What was Washington's attitude towards America's involvement in European conflict?
(a) He recommended America always take the side of the English.
(b) He recommended America always take the side of the French.
(c) He recommended neutrality.
(d) He did not address this problem at any point in his career.

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

5. What was the religious preference of the delegations that presented the petitions?
(a) Atheist.
(b) Buddhist.
(c) Quaker.
(d) Catholic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did George Washington do to quell the Whiskey Rebellion?

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

3. When George Washington wrote to the Cherokee Nation, what did he recommend that they do?

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

5. What was the main qualification for a candidate to replace George Washington as the leader of the country?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why was Adams distrustful of his own cabinet?

9. Why were John Adams and Thomas Jefferson at the top of everyone's list as possible replacements for Washington as President?

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

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