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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. Who was the second Vice President?
(a) Benjamin Franklin.
(b) Alexander Hamilton.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) Aaron Burr.

2. What was the subject of the petitions to the House of Representatives that caused so much controversy on February 11, 1790?
(a) Declaring November 25 the official date to celebrate Thanksgiving.
(b) Ending the African slave trade in the USA.
(c) Declaring December 25 the official date of Christmas.
(d) Revoking the women's right to vote.

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) Hired some American pirates to combat them.
(d) Wrote stern letters to the French government.

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

5. Which state, at the time of the debate, had the largest slave population?
(a) New York.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Rhode Island.
(d) Virginia.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many other presidents have served as long as Washington did as the head of our nation?

3. Which two Representatives reacted first to this petition?

4. Who were the most popular leaders in the country at that time?

5. Where was John Adams born?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Adams distrustful of his own cabinet?

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

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

4. Why do you think the framers of the Constitution placed a moratorium on laws regarding slavery until 1808?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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